High winds howled through Prince George over Thursday night but fell short of Environment Canada's advance billing.
The weather service had issued a warning for winds as high as 60 km/h gusting to 90 km/h sweeping through the Central Interior but the best they could do in Prince George was a peak of 45 km/h gusting to 72 km/h at 7:20 p.m.
"It didn't quite get the speeds that were feared but it was windy enough to get your attention," Environment Canada meteorologist Jim Steele said Friday morning.
For BC Hydro crews, it meant a single power outage that affected less than five customers in the 5800 block of Bellos Road in Red Rock from shortly before 4 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.
Steele said the initial burst from the south was followed by a second onrush from the west that delivered winds as high as 55 km/h gusting to 70 km/h between 2 a.m. and 4 a.m. and by 8 a.m. all was calm.
More wind of similar strength is in the forecast.
"The next storm is manifesting itself off the B.C. coast heading once again for the central coast and ahead of that we'll see temperatures on the chilly side with light snow beginning this evening," Steele said.
"Winds increasing from the south at 50 gusting to 70 km/h after midnight and that'll slowly bring milder air into the area overnight and by tomorrow night temperatures will rise to maybe to 8 to 10 C with strong southerly winds of 50 gusting to 70 and then they'll drop off by tomorrow night."
"So if there were leaves left on any of those trees, they're gone."
