Unseasonal cold temperatures to continue over next two weeks
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“It’s been a bit of a bummer for spring,” said Weather Network meteorologist Tyler Hamilton on Monday. “We have a lot of cold air aloft that has come down from Alaska and across from Siberia and that’s made a really cold trough. We have been persistently below seasonal for temperatures.”Start your day with a roundup of B.C.-focused news and opinion delivered straight to your inbox at 7 a.m., Monday to Friday.
Metro Vancouver has already seen snow in six months straight for the first time in a century, from November to April. According to Environment and Climate Change Canada, a cold subsurface temperature anomaly off the B.C. coast persists and is due to a third consecutive La Niña winter. This cool offshore water is forecast to persist through early spring and have a cooling influence on B.C. weather.Article contentHamilton said the snowpack is around average for most parts of B.C., with the exception of the Chilcotin, Lower Thompson and Boundary regions that are above average.
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