If you are looking forward to more spring-like sunny weather this week, you will likely be disappointed.
While locals enjoyed plenty of golden rays over the weekend, the Metro Vancouver weather forecast includes plenty of gloomy, wet days this week.
Starting on Valentine's Day, Environment Canada calls for periods of rain during the day and drizzle overnight with a high of 8°C and a low of 4°C. Following this, Tuesday's forecast doesn't include rain but periods of drizzle are expected throughout the day.
Wednesday is expected to offer the lone respite from the wet weather this week, with the national weather forecaster calling for a mix of sun and cloud and a high of 8°C. However, periods of drizzle are expected overnight.
Thursday is expected to see periods of drizzle during the day while Friday's forecast includes a high likelihood (60% and 70%) of rain throughout the day and night.
Heading into the weekend, Saturday's forecast includes rain during the day and Sunday is also looking wet.
Metro Vancouver Weather Forecast
Environment Canada meteorologist Doug Lundquist told Vancouver Is Awesome in a previous interview that Metro Vancouver typically only sees one period of truly cold winter and that there are usually only one to three "arctic air" events per year. Moving forward, the region could have another cold-weather event in February or March.
In any event, arctic air that moves into the Lower Mainland in February or March won't be as cold as the temperatures the region saw in December, he emphasized. "That is impossible."
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