Greater Victoria residents are putting down the golf clubs and picking up the snow shovels as a blast of winter weather grips Vancouver Island this week.
Snow began falling in parts of Greater Victoria Wednesday morning, with the white stuff expected to continue to fall right through the weekend.
B次元官网网址淲e are expecting around two centimetres today with more flurries off and on over the next couple days and possibly more on the weekend,B次元官网网址� said Environment Canada meteorologist Bobby Sekhon.
There is also an arctic outflow warning for Greater Victoria with temperatures expected to dip down to -4 C overnight Wednesday and Thursday and the windchill reaching -10 C.
B次元官网网址淧eople should be prepared for winter weather and get their snow clearing equipment ready instead of having to go out and get it,B次元官网网址� said Sekhon.
He said winter has kind of struck in reverse this year, with a milder start to the season before being hit with a blast of winter.
B次元官网网址淧eople are ready for spring but they forget that February can be quite a cold month still.B次元官网网址�
He said there was a similar situation in 2019 when temperatures dipped to -3 C and a total of 54 centimetres of snow fell at Victoria International Airport from Feb. 10 to 14. Snowfall records are not kept at the Gonzales weather station in Victoria which likely saw considerably less snow. The latest snow has fallen in the region is April 25, 1970, when 1.3 cm fell.
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Those who arenB次元官网网址檛 fans of the white stuff can expect things to get back to normal next week.
B次元官网网址淭he weekend will be a transitional period and we should return to more seasonal weather by the beginning of next week,B次元官网网址� said Sekhon.
Normals for this time see highs of 8 C and lows of 2 C.
And those who thought winter was over for the year can take it up with CanadaB次元官网网址檚 groundhogs who called for an early spring.
B次元官网网址淚B次元官网网址檓 glad the groundhog is not threatening our jobs,B次元官网网址� said Sekhon.
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