Sunny skies and melting snow are kicking off what promises to be a reasonably springlike week in New Westminster — if we ignore the ice pellets in tomorrow's forecast.
Yes, the forecast for New West calls for a fairly pleasant start to the week, with a mix of sun and clouds and a high of up to 8 C this afternoon (Monday, March 6). But it looks like Mother Nature could once again throw a little sprinkle of winter our way tonight, as the Weather Network is also forecasting mixed precipitation and, yes, ice pellets overnight and into Tuesday.
Once that's out of the way, however, the rest of the week is looking more like spring, with highs of 9 C Wednesday and Thursday, with a mix of sun and clouds on Wednesday and cloudy skies with sunny breaks on Thursday.
By Friday, we could see a few showers and a high of 6 C to take us into a damp but warmish weekend: cloudy with showers on Saturday and light rain on Sunday, with a high of 7C both days.
Environment Canada has no snowfall or other weather warnings in effect for Metro Vancouver right now — which, after a week of snow warnings last week, comes as a pleasant change.
However, Environment Canada's spring forecast warns of likely below-average temperatures through March, April and May in the region.
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