One more day of sun

A final dry and mainly sunny day will continue over the South Coast today. Increasing higher cloud will spread northwards across the region tonight ahead of a couple of upper disturbances expected on Sunday with the first one arriving in the morning. A second and wetter band of moisture is expected over the region Sunday afternoon or in the early evening.

Today..Sunny with occasional high cloudiness.
Alpine high plus 3.
Freezing level valley bottom rising to 2000 metres.
Mountain top wind southwesterly 15 to 25 km/h.

Tonight..A few clouds this evening. Increasing cloud overnight.
Alpine low minus 4.
Freezing level lowering to valley bottom.
Mountain top wind southeasterly 30 km/h.

Sunday..Mainly cloudy with scattered morning flurries. Periods of snow at times mixed with rain in the evening.
Alpine high plus 1.
Snowfall accumulations 3 to 5 cm. Rainfall amounts trace to 2 mm.
Freezing level valley bottom rising to 1700 metres.
Mountain top wind southerly 30 km/h.

Monday..Periods of light snow. Snow changing to rain at lower elevations.
Snowfall accumulation 5 to 8 cm.
Freezing level valley bottom rising to 1500 metres.

Tuesday...Cloudy with flurries changing to showers at lower elevations.
Snowfall accumulation 5 to 8 cm.
Freezing level valley bottom rising to 1200 metres.

Wednesday..Periods of snow.
Snowfall accumulation 10 to 15 cm.
Freezing level valley bottom rising to 800 metres.


5 Day Trend..On Monday a low centre will move to lie to the west of Vancouver Island bringing more organized precipitation over the region. As a surface trough becomes established over the South Coast on Tuesday freezing levels should begin to lower over the region.

They will continue to lower on Wednesday as arctic air moving southwards over the BC Interior approaches southwestern BC.