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Saturday, December 14, 2013

More showers


Forecast

A rather boring pattern of weather this week as dribs and drabs of precipitation continue. Freezing levels this morning are around 1600m.


System offshore this morning


A warm front will push across onto the south coast late Saturday. Freezing levels will rise before the the trailing cold front crosses the province on Sunday. Monday with be a pretty benign weather day ahead of the next low pressure system expected early in the week.

Tonight and Saturday: Expect snow to start falling Saturday morning. This will turn to rain at lower elevations as the freezing level rises through the day to around 1650m. Snow accumulations at higher elevations will range between 5 to 10cm. Southwesterly ridgetop winds will start as moderate but become strong later in the day as the system is passing to the north slightly isobars are pretty tight. 


1 pm Saturday precipitation


Sunday: Light precipitation will continue before tapering off overnight. Ridge top winds will slowly diminish and become more westerly. Freezing levels will drop slightly in the wake of the cold front.

Monday: A brief break ahead of the next system is forecast with overcast skies, light southwest winds and freezing levels holding at 1000m.


Today
Showers. High: 2 °C
Tonight
Flurries or rain showers. Low: 2 °C
Sunday
Flurries or a few rain showers ending late in the afternoon then partly cloudy. High: 4 °C
Monday
Cloudy with 30 percent chance of showers. Low: -5 °C
High: 1 °C
Tuesday
Flurries or rain showers. Low: -2 °C
High: 0 °C
Wednesday
A mix of sun and cloud. Low: -1 °C
High: 0 °C
Thursday
Cloudy with 30 percent chance of flurries. Low: -5 °C
High: 0 °C
Friday
Cloudy with 60 percent chance of flurries. Low: -7 °C
High: -4 °C

Forecast Issued: Saturday, December 14 2013 05:00 PST

Almanac

For December 14ValueYear
Greatest Rainfall (1976-2012)28.4 mm2002
Greatest Snowfall (1976-2012)51.2 cm2006
Greatest Precipitation (1976-2012)45.4 mm2006
Most Snow on the Ground (1980-2012)93.0 cm1984
Highest Temperature (1976-2012)7.8 °C1980
Lowest Temperature (1976-2012)-12.9 °C2008
Average Maximum Temperature-0.4 °C
Average Minimum Temperature-6.1 °C
Average Temperature-3.3 °C
Sunrise08:04
Sunset16:10
Normal Low-6 °C

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