The majority of Canada is suffering an unusual June chill this week, as the Arctic rides anomalously-far south on the back of an unpredictable ‘meridional’ jet stream flow.
Starting in British Columbia, just a week ago high temperature records were falling across Vancouver Island — temperatures on the Malahat, for example, reached 28.6C (83.5F) on Wednesday, June 2.
However, slapping B.C. back to some GSM reality comes this week’s descending polar cold.
On Sunday June 6, the mercury in Victoria –the capital city of B.C., located on the on the craggy southern end of Vancouver Island– reached a high of just 12.5C (54.5F).
This made it Victoria’s coldest June 6th since records began in 1899 (the Centennial Minimum), comfortably usurping the previous record holder — the 12.8C (55F) set back in 1933 (solar minimum of cycle 16):
RARE JUNE SNOW SETTLES IN B.C. AND A.B.
Last week’s heatwave seems even more of a distant memory across the Okanagan.
Despite the fact we’re entering the second week of June, SilverStar Mountain Resort is currently receiving a substantial dusting of global warming goodness, across the top of the Comet as well as the village:
The village at Silver Star [webcam].
Drivers travelling along Silver Star Road are warning of slushy conditions as snow continues to build.
Temperatures on the mountain are sitting at freezing point.
The village at Silver Star [webcam].
Drivers travelling along Silver Star Road are warning of slushy conditions as snow continues to build.
Temperatures on the mountain are sitting at freezing point.
HEADED SOUTH
Headed south, and across the border, Mt Baker in Washington State is also set for some rare late-season snow.
In a change-up across much of the eastern half of the North American continent, record heat is being replaced with record cold — a setup serving as yet another example of the violent and unpredictable “swings between extremes” we should expect during times of low solar activity (such as the historically low output we’re receiving now).
According to NOAA, snow at Mt Baker, Washington is forecast through June 13.
The flakes are expected to be heavy at times, while the temperature lows will be record-challenging–struggling to hold above 20F on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday.
The GFS is picking up on the pattern shift up and down the west coast of the United States.
Those “blues” and “purples” look to intensify and spread as the week progresses.
This will be the setup by Thursday, June 10 across the west, where temperature departures could sink as much as 20C below the seasonal average:
GFS 2m Temperature Anomalies (C) for June 10 [tropicaltidbits.com].
Anomalous June cold looks set to linger all week, particularly for central and western provinces:
GFS 2m Temperature Anomalies (C) for June 8 [tropicaltidbits.com].
The COLD TIMES are returning, the mid-latitudes are REFREEZING, in line with the great conjunction, historically low solar activity, cloud-nucleating Cosmic Rays, and a meridional jet stream flow (among other forcings).
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