Preliminary reports put Vancouver snowfall at up to 10cm

In case you hadn’t noticed, it’s snowing in Vancouver today.

See also

• Winter is here: Vancouver wakes up blanketed in snow (PHOTOS)
• 10 places to take photos of the snow in Metro Vancouver
• Snowfall warning in effect for Metro Vancouver

And it’s not just a sprinkling either. Metro Vancouver is getting a dumping. In fact, according to preliminary recordings by Environment Canada, Metro Vancouver has received between 2 and 10cm already, with the North Shore getting between 5 and 15cm.

Some preliminary #snowfall amounts from the south coast this morning. Thanks again for all your #snow reports using #BCstorm. pic.twitter.com/favtPZt2r5

— EC_BCweather (@ECCCWeatherBC) December 5, 2016

To put that into context, the all time record for snowfall on December 5 is 15.7cm which was set all the way back in 1942.