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Snowfall warning ends as snow lightens up across Metro Vancouver, Vancouver Island

VANCOUVER (NEWS 1130) — A snowfall warning from Environment Canada has been lifted for B.C.’s South Coast.

NEWS 1130 Meteorologist Michael Kuss says — as of Saturday afternoon — the worst of the snow is behind us.

“We still can see a few flurries around very light dusting of snow in a few spots,” he explains. “As we get later into the afternoon into the evening — the majority of that snow is going to be south of the border flying all the way down into Oregon mainly.”

Kuss adds, the Lower Mainland could see temperatures around zero overnight and then up to one or two degrees Sunday.

“We should start to see a moderation of those temperatures [Sunday] tomorrow and again on Monday.”

The cold weather is also set to stick around for at least a few more days.

“For Family Day in fact we could get another blast of snow. It looks like late on Sunday and into Monday, but it’s going to be warmer with temperatures at two to three degrees, we get a mix of rain and snow. Some areas will see more rain than anything else but we will get some bursts of snow that could amount to another five to 10 centimetres.”

Because the polar vortex is weakening and sliding towards the east, Kuss says it won’t affect B.C. as much.

“We’re getting a warm front pushing in from the coast and that’s the snowmaker really for late Sunday and into Monday. So temperatures will be on the rise, we’ll start to see a moderation of the temperatures not just on the coast, but pushing into eastern B.C. eventually Alberta and Saskatchewan — that’s still a few days away for the prairies.”

Kuss says there will still be snow in the mountains all week long “so we’ll still see snow from high elevation neighbourhoods — if not more widespread on Sunday night into Monday.”

“And then a couple more bursts of rainfall for the Lower Mainland as temperatures climb back closer to normal but not above. We’re still looking at daytime highs of five to about eight degrees for the coming, seven to potentially 10 days, and that’s still in a range where we’ll get snow on the North Shore ski hills, let alone higher up into the Alpine.”

Over on the Island, up to 15 centimetres of powder could fall Saturday alone.

“Snowfall records could even be in jeopardy around the Lower Mainland … definitely on Vancouver Island.”

The record snowfall is 8.9 centimetres set in 1944, and Kuss says he wouldn’t be shocked to see that record beat this weekend with an expected 10 centimetres at YVR.

If you have to be on the road, conditions are likely going to be slippery.

RELATED: Road crews keeping ahead of snow on major arteries in Lower Mainland

Meanwhile, if you are relying on transit to get around, expect some delays.

TransLink has tweeted the Canada Line trains are being held at stations while techs work to resolve a switch issue. And on the island, there are some severe road conditions and some buses aren’t running.

READ MORE: Snow creating delays for Transit; riders encouraged to pre-plan route


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