Locals might not face any potent storms anytime soon but they won't exactly stay dry.
The Metro Vancouver weather forecast includes a mix of rain, showers, and cloudy conditions over the next week.
Environment Canada Meteorologist Chris Doyle told V.I.A. the region is experiencing its coldest temperatures of the year, despite sitting close to average.
Thursday, Jan. 2, is expected to see a high of around 5 C and a low of 2 C; the seasonal average is 6 C with a low of freezing.
Doyle says temperatures will gradually start warming heading into the weekend as weak storms bring light rain to the south B.C. coast. The weak waves are running into a ridge on the coast, preventing them from bringing heavy rain needed for rainfall warnings.
Conditions will feel largely "cool, clammy, and cloudy" rather than especially stormy, particularly when compared to the powerful windstorm on Christmas Day, Doyle adds.
The storms may bring some wind through the weekend but no powerful gusts or power outages are expected.
"Even next week is looking pretty quiet," he notes.
Metro Vancouver weather forecast
Monday and Tuesday are expected to be cloudy but dry, with temperatures falling a few degrees. Wednesday's forecast includes the possibility of more wet weather.
Doyle says Arctic air is chilling temperatures in the B.C. interior by about -10 C but isn't expected to reach the coast.
"The flow is funnelling it southeast through the Prairies to the United States."
January's forecast includes above-average temperatures with near-average precipitation for Metro Vancouver.
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