Winter doesn't officially arrive until next weekend, however the month of December has been quite busy in its first 10 days, colourizing the alert map on the Environment Canada website.
The entire western side of Vancouver Island remains under a rainfall warning Wednesday -- from Zeballos to the West Shore.
The west side of the island is being drenched in an atmospheric river system.
Environment Canada by the time this band of rain has passed, Port Renfrew, Sooke & Tofino will get between 80 to 110 mm of rain.
Greater Victoria will get another 15-25 mm today (Wednesday) with more gusting winds, which which possible lead to more downed trees and BC Hydro outages.
A high streamflow advisory is active for Vancouver Island in entirety. Minor flooding in low-lying areas is possible.
Drivers are asked to avoid driving through flooded roads and be aware of sudden hazardous driving conditions.