How is 2023B次元官网网址檚 weather going to stack up to previous years?

One expert says itB次元官网网址檚 about B次元官网网址渆xpecting the unexpected, which is part of the forecast.B次元官网网址�

Armel Castellan, a warning preparedness meteorologist with Environment and Climate Change Canada, said climate change is B次元官网网址渙bviously part of our landscape now.B次元官网网址�

B次元官网网址淚t is something that we have seen repeatedly over the last few years, if not decades if we look back over to the north of Canada.B次元官网网址�

However, Castellan said he did see comparisons to a few different years: 2012 and B次元官网网址渢o a certain extent last year.B次元官网网址�

But when it comes to exactly how 2023 could compare weather-wise to previous years, Castellan said it is B次元官网网址渘uancedB次元官网网址� during an update from the province on the spring freshet and wildfire season.

Officials say British Columbians in the southern half of the province may be in for a cool spring, but a lack of rainfall since last fall could cause an increased risk of droughts and wildfires come summer.

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B次元官网网址淭he devilB次元官网网址檚 in the details of that 10-day, two-week forecast where weB次元官网网址檙e going to start to see the events that are really going to shape the hazard season.B次元官网网址�

David Campbell echoed that.

B次元官网网址淲e need to watch that week-to-week weather as we go through the year and how the river systems are responding to it,B次元官网网址� explained Campbell, who is the head of the B.C. River Forecast Centre.

He added B次元官网网址渨eB次元官网网址檙e onto the real wildcards, and thatB次元官网网址檚 the point we want to get across as well.B次元官网网址� ItB次元官网网址檚 that uncertainty over the next couple of months, he said, that is B次元官网网址渞eally going to drive things.B次元官网网址�

B次元官网网址淲e know that weB次元官网网址檝e experienced things like the heat dome. We know that extreme rainfall, and looking back to recent years, for example, 2017 in the Okanagan where seasonal rainfall could really play a part in terms of elevating the risks that are there.B次元官网网址�

Meantime Minister of Emergency Management and Climate Readiness Bowinn Ma said the B次元官网网址渃limate crisis is here,B次元官网网址� with extreme weather events happening B次元官网网址渕ore frequently, with more severity, longer durations and greater impacts.B次元官网网址�

B次元官网网址淚n fact, in recent years, what weB次元官网网址檙e also seeing is that the time between these extreme weather events is decreasing, which means it is not uncommon for communities to be actively recovering from a previous event and then facing a next one,B次元官网网址� she said.

B次元官网网址淭hese accumulative events are really wearing on a lot of communities, and unfortunately, are likely to become more common as time goes on because of climate change.B次元官网网址�

B次元官网网址� With file from Wolfgang Depner

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