Question submitted by Penny
(Burnaby, BC)
Hi there Penny,
Yes my thoughts too turn to Christmas as soon as the calendar hits December!
Environment Canada has a great web sit dedicated to this answer at http://www.msc-smc.ec.gc.ca/media/xmas/index_e.html.
Basically we here in the Lower Mainland stand around an 11% chance.. which is not great, but remember last year - we got dumped on with 22 cm on the 21st and then 27 cm on the 24th and finally got another 16 cm on the 26th! So we can only hope for a repeat performance.
Claire Martin is an award winning Senior Meteorologist for CBC News: Vancouver. She has over 20 years of experience ranging from official weather observing to operational forecasting to television broadcasting. She has worked for Environment Canada and the UK Meteorological Office in England. In 2005, Claire was awarded "Certified Broadcast Meteorologist" by the American Meteorological Society. The International Weather Festival awarded Claire Martin the honour of "Best Weather Presenter in the World" in 2000, 2001 and 2003.
