As quoted from the Vancouver Weather Page, evening of January 1st - 2007 http://vancouver.weatherpage.ca/
Heavy Rainfall Warning for Greater Vancouver.....
Rainfall amounts 120 to 180 mm through Tuesday morning for West Vancouver Island. Rainfall amounts 50 to 100 mm through Tuesday afternoon for Greater Vancouver Fraser Valley and Howe Sound. A moist frontal system moving through the central coast will stall across northern Vancouver Island near noon. Heavy precipitation and strong winds are associated with this front. Southeast winds of up to 90 km/h have developed over the central coastal regions in advance of the front and will ease to southerly 30 to 50 km/h near noon behind the front. Southeast winds of 50 to 70 km/h have developed over the East Vancouver Island and Sunshine Coast and will persist through this afternoon. Over the West Vancouver Island southeast winds 50 to 70 km/h this morning will ease this afternoon. Strong southwest winds of 50 to 70 km/h will pick up again this evening. Heavy rainfall is developing over the south coast as the front stalls. On the west coast of Vancouver Island 120 to 180 mm of rainfall amounts are forecast today through Tuesday morning. Heavy rainfall amounts of 50 to 100 mm are also expected for Greater Vancouver Fraser Valley and Howe Sound with the heaviest rain falling this afternoon through Tuesday afternoon.
