Environment Canada issues snow warnings and advisories for parts of Vancouver Island

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The potential for heavy accumulating snowfall on Vancouver Island Monday has prompted Environment Canada to issue a weather alert for parts of the region, from Greater Victoria to south of Courtenay.

Greater Victoria.

Ken Dosanjh, meteorologist with Environment and Climate Change Canada, tells CHEK News that cool arctic air colliding with a low-pressure system is providing ample moisture responsible for the anticipated weather. “So you bring those two ingredients into effect and that leads to possible concerns for snowfall,” said Dosanjh in an interview.

The East Island in particular is expected to see up to 10 centimetres of snow late Monday morning and another 5 cm at night, as pockets of“As it crosses the Strait of Georgia, localized pockets of heavy snow will develop across southeast Vancouver Island,” the agency said in its statement. “Snow levels will initially be near 200 metres but may drop to sea levels depending on precipitation intensity. Confidence in occurrence is medium, but confidence in exact area and snowfall accumulation is low as it will be highly variable.”

 

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