Beautiful day across much of the province today (Nov. 25, 2011) as a transient ridge of high pressure moves through. A major wind and rain storm is now developing off the coast and will bring heavy rain and strong winds to the BC Coast Saturday through Sunday morning. Rain amounts in excess of 100 millimetres are expected on the outer coast, especially along western slopes of Vancouver Island. The central coast will be hardest hit on Saturday spreading to the south coast Saturday night and early Sunday. Freezing levels will be coming way up as the system taps sub-tropical air from just north of Hawaii. This is setting up to be a pineapple express type of event that will likely cause flooding especially in areas where melting snows and high tides are added to the mix. Have a look at the 48 hour total precip map issued this morning (5 am Friday) - rain amounts will be quite a bit less over inland areas but still heavy at times. Winds will also be fairly strong but the main impacts from this storm will be the heavy rain and high freezing levels.