There's not a heck of a lot of good news when it comes to Prince George weather in the next few weeks but at least we won't get above average precipitation, Nadine Powell, a Weather Network meteorologist, said during a telephone interview Tuesday morning.
"We're looking at sticking close to average in terms of rainfall and snowfall," Powell said who was enjoying sunshine and 14 C at her office in Ontario while talking to The Citizen. "That's in the range for March, say 20 cm of snow and 10 to 20 ml of rainfall, as well. In terms of your snowfall amounts those will naturally diminish as you move into April and May. Rainfall will increase a bit but will be near seasonal."
La Nina has had most of Canada in its icy grip and it seems we won't be shaking loose any time soon, with spring arriving a little later than most of us hope.
"Typically La Nina brings very cold conditions and we've had a couple of Arctic outbreaks for B.C., especially across the north," Powell said. "So, you've been in the chill, but guess what? Although temperatures will hang on a bit below seasonal for the next few weeks or so, it should be coming back to more seasonal values by the end of spring and we have some indication that maybe summer will be on the warm side because we're waning out of the La Nina pattern for us so perhaps going to a neutral pattern, not sure if it will go into an El Nino pattern because right now La Nina is winning but it looks like it might be a little bit above average for us in summer temperature wise."
For now, Prince George will hang onto the cold for a little bit longer and as a result it might delay the wildfire season and that's always good news, Powell added.
