A southern high pressure system caused a warmer and dryer than normal January through the Bulkley Valley and Lakes District.
According to Environment Canada, the mean temperature recorded was -3.3 degrees while the typical is -7.2.
“We can typically expect 42.2 millimetres of precipitation but we only saw 19.8 which is about 47 per cent,” said Meteorologist Ken Dosanjh.
He added over the next few days, an atmospheric river is expected to hit the north and central coast of the province which will spill over into the Bulkley Valley and Lakes District.
“Precipitation intensity doesn’t look to be too prominent at this point but what we will note is freezing levels will rise to about 2,000 metres and will provide snow melt around mid to high terrain,” said Dosanjh.
He added warm temperatures aren’t expected to go away because of it with Wednesday expecting a high of about 10 degrees.
Rain is also expected to continue most of this week with a break on Friday.
A full weather forecast for the Bulkley Valley and Lakes District can be found on Environment Canada’s website.
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