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Metro Vancouver weather: Snow flurries possible with subzero temperatures

Keep your mittens on deck.
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The Metro Vancouver weather forecast includes a second chance for flurries thanks to Arctic air and a storm front in the week starting on Jan. 21, 2025.

Metro Vancouverites face at least 10 days of subzero temperatures and modest precipitation.

An Arctic airmass in the B.C. Interior has caused temperatures in the Lower Mainland to drop a few degrees below seasonal over the past several days. 

Environment Canada Meteorologist Lisa Erven tells V.I.A. that a low-lying cloud over the Strait of Georgia could produce flurries to freezing drizzle on Tuesday, Jan. 21.

"When we have a low-level cloud it is typically not moisture-rich enough for a major snow or rain event but you can get fine precipitation falling as flurries or perhaps freezing drizzle that can make surfaces slippery," she explains. 

Anywhere where the cloud coverage is thick enough could see precipitation, regardless of the elevation level.

"The risk is low because we aren't expecting significant precipitation." 

Tuesday's overnight low is expected to dip to -1 C and -4 C inland; temperatures will feel closer to -5 C with the wind chill from 15 km/h winds. The temperatures are expected to remain low through Wednesday morning and as low as -5 C again during the day with the wind chill. 

Wednesday's forecast includes a mix of sun and cloud with a high of 4 C falling to a frigid -3 C overnight.  

"Today, tomorrow, and really into the next week, we are stuck in a [colder] weather pattern," she notes, emphasizing that temperatures will continue to dip a few degrees below seasonal averages.

Metro Vancouver weather forecast includes a second frosty event

On Thursday, a storm front from B.C.'s north coast will move into the Lower Mainland. It is expected to "fall apart" after it arrives but will bring a chance of flurries or rain. 

"The precipitation is based on timing," she says. "If it is early in the morning it will be flurries and in the afternoon it will be rain. We are expecting widespread cloud cover.

"We could potentially see 4 centimetres of accumulation in more inland areas."

Heading into the weekend and the start of next week, a ridge of high pressure will keep conditions dry, with daytime highs between 4 C and 5 C and overnight lows between -1 C and -2 C.

Erven says "a quiet weather pattern that isn't expected to change dramatically" is expected heading into February. 


Stay up-to-date with hyperlocal forecasts across 50 neighbourhoods in the Lower Mainland with V.I.A.'s Weatherhood.