It was snowing in June Tuesday morning as a ‘June-ary’ weather pattern brought a dusting of snowflakes to the North Shore mountains.
Webcams on Grouse Mountain showed winter scenes more typical of winter, with flakes covering outdoor patio tables near the chalet Tuesday morning, while temperatures hovered at around one degree.
Lisa Coldwells, a meteorologist with Environment Canada, said the unseasonal snow on the North Shore mountains was brought in by a “cold low” weather pattern in the upper atmosphere moving down the coast from the Gulf of Alaska. “It generates a lot of heavy showers,” she said – or in the case of higher elevation – snow.
The cool weather in the past week - which saw a low of 9.2 C at the West Vancouver weather station on Highway 1 overnight on June 11 – is in contrast to the blistering temperatures which began the month. On June 5, West Vancouver hit a high of 29.5 degrees.
Coldwells said unsettled weather patterns are typical for June.
Weather is forecast to warm up and dry out later in the week, with sunny weather expected for the weekend.
