Vancouver's November forecast shows a dramatic change is in store

Put on your rain boots and hold onto your umbrellas because the November forecast is out, and Vancouver is looking mighty wet.

Even as Metro Vancouver trick-or-treaters enjoyed a dry Halloween, the weather outlook for the first week of the new month is filled with rain and showers.

According to Environment and Climate Change (ECCC) meteorologist Matt Albers, a cold front is coming to the region later this week.

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“The next couple of days will be nicer, with scattered sun and clouds, with some showers,” Albers told Daily Hive. “However, Wednesday night and Thursday morning will bring a cold front to Vancouver.

“It won’t be shaping up to change temps, but it will bring lots of rain.”

Showers are expected to start during the midweek, with up to 10 to 15 mm of precipitation on Thursday in the Vancouver forecast.

ECCC‘s Canadian Climate Normals Data shows that the daily average temperature in November for the city is 7.5˚C, with a daily maximum of 9.7˚C and a daily minimum of 5.3˚C.

The month averages 245.2 mm of rainfall.

“As we progress into the weekend, there could be some breaks as each consecutive system moves into the area,” explained Albers. “But we are stuck in a pattern of repeated low-pressure systems with rain and some wind as well.

“Based on where the jet stream is set up at the moment, Vancouver will be hit with showers every couple of days. But later in November, hopefully things will moderate and return to near normal.”

The wet weather ahead is a change of pace from the abnormally dry Vancouver weather in October.

Steve Boily from ECCC said that it still looks like October will see about one-third of what a normal month would in terms of precipitation, when he looked at stations in Vancouver and Pitt Meadows.

Boily said that there was a series of ridges of high pressure that pushed the lows towards the north coast of B.C., as well as Alaska and the Yukon.

“So, they didn’t come to our area. So that’s why it was so dry.”

According to Albers, the Vancouver Harbour station recorded 54 mm of rain during the month of October. The normal total precipitation is 156.8 mm.

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With files from Hanna Hett and Daily Hive staff