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'Insane amounts of hail': Metro Vancouverites share snaps of freak hailstorms

"This is hail so, technically, we don't have to shovel it right?"
Elana Shepert
Elana Shepert
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The Metro Vancouver weather forecast includes flurries following a hail-filled weekend in the region.Photo via @pattoni and @heidili_canada/Twitter

If you thought it was snowing in Metro Vancouver on Sunday (April 2), you weren't alone. 

A couple of storms brought heaps of heavy frozen pellets to the ground over the weekend, causing many locals to question whether it had started snowing in the region.

There was also some mixed precipitation and snow at higher elevations overnight Saturday, as temperatures fell close to the freezing mark overnight.

In between periods of snow, hail, heavy rain, and showers, there were also some sunny moments and slightly warmer daytime highs.

Vancouverite Ryan Voutilainen shared a photograph of an angry-looking rain cloud from his flight from Los Angeles to Vancouver. 

"Not the greatest photo but caught one of the culprits that were dropping all forms of [precipitation] on [Seattle] and [Vancouver] this weekend," he wrote. 

Metro Vancouver weather forecast includes flurries following hail-filled weekend

Locals shared snaps of some productive hailstorms over the past few days, with many of them commenting that it was the most they had ever seen.

B.C. photographer David McColm also shared some photographs of the city from his collection that he snapped over the past few years, calling it "Gotham Style."

The Metro Vancouver weather forecast calls for some more stormy moments this week, including the possibility of snowfall.