Wind gusting to as high at 80 km/h is expected to blow through the region starting Friday afternoon, Environment Canada says.
"An approaching Pacific low pressure system will make landfall along the central coast midday Friday and then track across northern B.C. in the afternoon and evening," the agency says in an alert issued Thursday.
"As the low moves inland Friday afternoon, strong southerly winds will develop over the central interior."
The peak is expected to occur in the late afternoon and then gradually diminish Friday night.
