Snow and more snow

Vancouver doesn't get much snow.  We get a lot of rain and hopefully the temperature stays above zero so snow doesn't happen.  Most Vancouverites don't know how to drive in snow or don't put snow tires on their cars.

Environment Canada forecast 5 - `10 cm of snow in Vancouver last night and early this morning.  So far, we have nothing!  I'm really glad they got it wrong as most of the last few forecasts their predictions have been right on!   On Wednesday they predicted snow right after lunch.  It did snow and I had to pick up Lexie after school.  Thankfully the way I go to her high school I don't have hills.  When I left it was snowing but nicely melting on the roads.  By the time we came back, the roads were white.  That night a 25 minute commute for Cheryl turned out to 1 hour and 20 minutes!  Some areas of Vancouver didn't get a lot of snow and traffic wasn't affected.  Most of the storms have come from the south.  Victoria has broken all snow fall records!  They've really had a bad winter.

It appears the Farmer's Almanac is right:

ANNUAL WEATHER SUMMARY

NOVEMBER 2018 TO OCTOBER 2019

Winter will have near-normal temperatures, on average, with above-normal precipitation and snowfall. The coldest periods will be in late December, early January, and late February, with the snowiest periods in early to mid-January and late February. April and May will have below-normal temperatures with above-normal precipitation. Summer will be slightly cooler and drier than normal, with the hottest periods in mid- to late July and early to mid-August. September and October will be warmer and drier than normal.