Will Arctic air blast bring snow?

Temperatures are set to drop this weekend across Metro Vancouver, though it will probably be more of a brisk chill than a deep freeze.

“Colder air is pushing out to the coast, but it’s only going to be three or four degrees colder than normal,” said 1130 NewsRadio meteorologist Michael Kuss.

“That said, we just haven’t seen weather like that so far this season. In fact, you have to go all the way back to last winter to find anything below average by that type of range.”

Kuss calls it an unusual winter so far for B.C.’s South Coast, simply because it has been so consistently “usual.”

“Temperatures have been right around average for overnight lows and daytime highs all the way through the month so far. And you have to all the way back to November to find some snow — just one day on November 19th.”

Kuss says that since Jan. 19 last year, 364 days ago, it’s been warmer than four degrees every day in Vancouver.

“We do only average less than three days a year with highs below zero, however,” he said.

“Both highs and lows are within a degree of normal. What we haven’t seen is either extreme cold or extreme warmth so far this winter which is a little unusual.”

Despite a blast of arctic air keeping the forecast temperatures below average through next week, there is not much chance of snow over the next few days, as it remains chilly and clear.

“The cloud cover doesn’t really fill back in until the tail end of next week, and that’s the next chance where we could see precipitation. With it being cold, the potential is there for snow developing longer range,” said Kuss.

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