Light snow to fall in B.C.'s Lower Mainland Tuesday: Environment Canada
British Columbians should brace for more snow this week, according to special weather statements issued by Environment and Climate Change Canada.
Both Metro Vancouver and the Fraser Valley can expect to see light snow start to fall Tuesday morning, bringing the risk of “patchy freezing drizzle” the federal agency warned Monday.
“A low pressure system will spin up over Vancouver Island producing periods of light snow and a risk of freezing drizzle beginning early Tuesday morning,” reads the statement.
Four centimetres of snowfall is forecast to accumulate in Metro Vancouver and the western part of the Fraser Valley. The light snow is forecast to turn into light rain as temperatures rise Tuesday afternoon.
Further east in the Fraser Valley, up to 10 centimetres of snow is expected to accumulate.
Conditions are more extreme inland from the north coast, where a risk of frostbite and hypothermia is in effect for places like Kitimat and Terrace due to wind chill values near -20 C.
Environment Canada says the next Pacific system will move in Wednesday night, meaning rain will replace snow in lower elevations on the south coast.
Tuesday’s snowfall will mark one week since southern B.C.’s first major snowfall of the season, which had some commuters trapped in cars and buses for upwards of eight hours.
With temperatures hovering around zero, the city of Vancouver says 11 additional shelters and warming centres that were set to close Monday will remain open an extra night.
Additional warming centres now available
- Directions Youth Services Centre - 1138 Burrard St
- Cascades Church - 3833 Boundry Road
- Bud Osborn EWR - 27 West Hastings St
- The Salvation Army Belkin House - 555 Homer St
- Langara YMCA - 282 W 49th Ave (South Side of 49th)
- Powell Street Getaway - 450 E. Hastings
- Marpole Neighbourhood House - 8585 Hudson St
- Odd Fellows Hall - 1443 W 8 Ave
- Aboriginal Front Door - 390 Main St
- Mount Pleasant Community Centre - 1 Kingsway (entrance off West 8th)
With files from The Canadian Press
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