A high-pressure system dominating much of B.C. will continue to deflect Pacific storms into Alaska and Yukon.
The record hot, dry weather dominating B.C.’s South Coast is not expected to go away anytime soon, according to Environment Canada.
She said the province’s Lower Mainland has faced similar “much-warmer-than-normal” conditions. While Vancouver International Airport reported the fourth warmest on record, Abbotsford had the warmest and driest September on record going back to 1945. But that’s an average, and Charbonneau says individual years will bring their own unpredictable collection of weather events, not all of them driven by climate change.
What’s different this time around is a stubborn high-pressure system that has crept up from the south and established itself over the province. “In terms of how much rain those storms might bring, it’s so far away it’s really hard to know,” said the Environment Canada meteorologist.
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