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It did actually snow in Metro Vancouver today (PHOTOS)

Someone get the team at Environment Canada some celebratory cookies: As predicted (here, and elsewhere in the newsiverse), actual snow has actually fallen in Metro Vancouver today.

Someone get the team at Environment Canada some celebratory cookies: As predicted (here, and elsewhere in the newsiverse), actual snow has actually fallen in Metro Vancouver today.

 Snow in South Delta, B.C. on Feb. 3, 2019 (Lindsay William-Ross/Vancouver Is Awesome)Snow in South Delta, B.C. on Feb. 3, 2019 (Lindsay William-Ross/Vancouver Is Awesome)

A special weather statement was issued early Sunday morning for all of Metro Vancouver calling for "cold with snow."

Environment Canada explains that our region is moving into a period of "much colder conditions" currently, with temps "5 to 10 degrees below seasonal average." Surprisingly, they left out all apologies to our fellow Canadians in places like Winnipeg, Toronto, and Montreal, where they've been digging out of the snows thanks to the polar vortex.

"With the cold air in place, incoming moisture today will produce some snow. Snowfall accumulations of 1 to 5 cm are expected, with up to 10 cm in Howe Sound but uncertainty continues about where bands of snow will develop due to the instability of the airmass and where convergent winds will happen," continues our national weather agency.

And snow has, indeed, made its way down from the sky. The results vary wildly by elevation, with actually accumulation higher up, like on the North Shore. But even further south at or below sea level, residents are seeing white bits of cold stuff falling from the sky.

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Cold, below-zero overnight temps are forecast for the rest of the week, with more chances of flurries tonight and in days to come. Stay safe out there, Vancouverites. In the meantime, enjoy a selection of documentation and snark from today's snow "storm."

https://twitter.com/MeganMCollinson/status/1092112205409964032

https://twitter.com/SeanDraxa/status/1092127524077789184

https://twitter.com/ScottTDaley/status/1092107396632080384

https://twitter.com/yougoventi/status/1092117513914073088

https://twitter.com/craigobrien/status/1092121966411055104

https://www.instagram.com/p/BtbY2idBLNa/

https://twitter.com/MrHongsClass/status/1092123501761310720

https://www.instagram.com/p/BtbShBHAkp9/

https://www.instagram.com/p/BtbfZTbATX3/

https://www.instagram.com/p/BtbdadzBCfR/

https://twitter.com/cleanrag/status/1092126139282157568