Juneuary is back; snow expected on B.C.’s Interior mountain passes

While the calendar says we’re firmly in the middle of June, the weather forecast for southern B.C. has something else to say.

Even though it’s technically summer in just a couple of days, there’s snow in the forecast for some of B.C.’s mountain passes heading into the Interior.

CityNews Meteorologist Michael Kuss says it’s all part of a cooling trend arriving Monday.

“We’ve been talking about a transition back towards seasonal for a couple of weeks now, and now that it’s arrived, it seems like it’s a bit of a shock,” he explained.

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“Temperatures [are] way cooler around the Lower Mainland, with showers, unsettled conditions through the weekend, and with thunderstorms and small-size hail. And it’s going to remain active for a couple of days now.”

Kuss says with the snow line coming down to about 1,300 to 1,400 metres, there’s a good chance to see at least mixed precipitation if not snow over the mountain passes.

“We do have an alert to that effect — a special weather statement. So if you are traveling, keep that in mind,” he said.

Kuss says this cooling pattern is pretty normal for springtime, explaining that we don’t normally see seasonal temperatures every day throughout the year.

“It takes some hot days and it takes some cold days mixed in and we’re into those colder days,” he said, adding that by the time June is up, we’ll see warmer, more seasonable temperatures again.

Monday and Tuesday will see some cooler air and precipitation for the Lower Mainland, Kuss adds.

“We might not see highs out of the very low teens over the next day or two.”

–With files from Dean Recksiedler