The last several days of winter behaved more like a pleasant day in June with roses in full bloom. Sadly, the first several days of spring will be more like, well March weather. What’s wrong with that? Perhaps we got a little spoiled by such a nice run of 70-degree weather. We had five days of high temperatures of 70 degrees or warmer.
The last streak of 70-degree days recorded officially here in Vancouver was four days in March of 1978. That’s a long time ago for sure. The longest days in succession of 70-degree highs in March I could readily find were five days in March 1941.
OK on to the present and a little bit of the future, which we are always interested in, right? Unsettled weather will continue until further notice, most likely all the remaining days of March. There could be some scattered showers about today, but a stronger storm arrives Friday for a good soaking, enough to keep that grass growing wildly. Showers over the weekend with snow in the mountains. Another storm with breezy conditions Monday and Tuesday keeps the dismal weather intact.
When I mention the word unsettled, I refer to instability conditions in the upper atmosphere which will prevail between any bouts of steady rain. That also implies in between showers we get some sunbreaks so not all gloom and doom but no extended dry weather for any required outdoor work or activities. Proceed at your own risk I’d say ha-ha.
