AN INTENSE PACIFIC FRONTAL SYSTEM CROSSING THE BRITISH COLUMBIA COAST IS SPREADING STRONG SOUTHEAST WINDS UP TO 90 KM/H TO EXPOSED COASTAL SECTIONS OF NORTH VANCOUVER ISLAND AND THE CENTRAL COAST. THE WINDS WILL GRADUALLY ABATE BY WEDNESDAY MORNING. MEANWHILE THE FRONT WILL MOVE ONTO AND STALL OVER THE SOUTH COAST TONIGHT SPREADING RAIN AT TIMES HEAVY TO THE AREA. RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF UP TO 100 MM ARE EXPECTED OVER WEST VANCOUVER ISLAND AND HOWE SOUND THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT. METRO VANCOUVER NORTH SHORE MOUNTAINS..FRASER VALLEY..SUNSHINE COAST..EAST VANCOUVER ISLAND NEAR BOWSER CAN ALSO RECEIVE CLOSE TO 30 TO 50 MM OF RAIN DURING THE PERIOD.