The Metro Vancouver weather forecast is calling for another chance of snow tomorrow as a northwestly flow brought cool air into the Lower Mainland over the weekend.
Starting on Monday, Feb. 3, the forecast is calling mainly cloudy skies with a chance of rain in the afternoon. The evening is expected to be cloudy and temperatures are expected to dip down to minus two degrees.
Following this, the forecast calls for significant snow on Tuesday in Metro Vancouver. Environment Canada calls for a, "favourable set up for widespread low elevation snow over the south coast is shaping up for Tuesday and Tuesday night."
The department notes that a front will track down the B.C. coast beginning Tuesday morning and combine with a cool airmass to produce snow across the lowlands.
WIth this in mind, the amounts of snowfall will vary in the Lower Mainland. The air will be cool, but not truly Arctic, so snowfall amounts will vary with proximity to the water, elevation and intensity of precipitation.
Anywhere from five to 20 cm of heavy, wet snow is expected. The highest amounts are likely over Metro Vancouver and the Fraser Valley where the snow will persist the longest, until Tuesday night or Wednesday morning.
Special weather statement in effect for:
- Metro Vancouver - central including the City of Vancouver Burnaby and New Westminster
- Metro Vancouver - North Shore including West Vancouver and North Vancouver
- Metro Vancouver - northeast including Coquitlam and Maple Ridge
- Metro Vancouver - southeast including Surrey and Langley
- Metro Vancouver - southwest including Richmond and Delta
The forecast notes that the precipitation should turn to rain everywhere in Metro Vancouver by Wednesday as a flow of milder Pacific air returns. Futher, rainfall is expected to continue until Saturday.
