Frigid week looms for British Columbia
Digital Reporter
Tuesday, February 4, 2014, 10:43 AM -
When the Vancouver forecast talks about "wind chills," you know it's a cold day in B.C.
After a frigid start to the week, British Columbia is in for more of the same until at least the weekend.
Layer up in B.C. today! This afternoon temps/windchills: #Vancouver -1C/-8; #Kelowna -6C/-12; #PrinceGeorge -16C/-25 #ArcticOutflow
— Chris Murphy TWN (@chris_m_twn) February 4, 2014
"There's an Arctic outflow warning for parts of northern, central and southwestern B.C.," Weather Network meteorologist Doug Gillham said Tuesday morning.
The warning itself - a rare advisory typically only issued by Environment Canada in B.C. - only covers Whistler and inland sections of the North and Central coasts, with overnight windchill values of -20 possible.
Vancouver island and the lower mainland are under a special weather statement warning of similarly cold overnight windchills in some areas overnight Tuesday into Wednesday, a repeat of Monday's frigid temperatures.
Those frigid temperatures had the Metro Vancouver area open more than a dozen emergency shelters for the region's homeless population.
Vancouver itself was actually slightly colder than average throughout the entirety of January, although it didn't record any snowfall amounts at all, a rarity for January.
FOLLOW US IN B.C.: The Weather Network's Chris St. Clair is in British Columbia this week. Check out some of his adventures on Monday in the video below.