The January forecast for BC is out and keep that umbrella handy
January can be all over the place when it comes to weather in BC, and a fresh forecast for the month is hinting that it will be a bit of a roller coaster ride.
Daily Hive spoke with Brian Proctor, a meteorologist with Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC), regarding what British Columbians should expect to see as we enter January.Â
One nice trend over the next week after a pretty stormy holiday season is that the forecast shows that the storm track is settling further south, so no heavy-impact storms should be on the way.
“It will be unsettled with intermittent storms, but it’ll just be a showery regime, not like what the holidays saw,” Proctor said.
Proctor added that January in BC is forecast to have above-seasonal temperatures across the southern half of the province, while northern BC will trend a little cooler in some areas.
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“It will be fairly warm for most of the province, and will be seeing a good amount of precipitation.”
Most of the precipitation will fall as rain on the coast, while wet snow is in the cards for the interior. Proctor added that folks travelling should time things right to anticipate any snow in some areas.
Looking at the seven-day forecast for Vancouver and Victoria, the outlook is cloudy, showery, and somewhat gloomy heading into New Year’s Day and the first weekend of January.
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A silver lining for the January forecast for British Columbia is that major metropolitan spots in the province should be clear from a blast of cold moving down into Canada, with our pals in Saskatchewan and Manitoba bearing the brunt of the coldest temperatures.
Looking at the middle and latter half of January, Proctor pointed out that a weak La Niña is still in the cards for BC, and more typical conditions are in the forecast for the rest of the month.