Snow may fall on Metro Vancouver next week after record average temperature in November

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      It will soon be time to pull out the gloves and put those winter tires on vehicles.

      According to the Weather Network, there's a possibility of snow next week in Metro Vancouver.

      "[The] first opportunity will be Sunday night into Monday—relatively minor system, but could see a couple centimetres of snow across parts of the region and some convective bursts of snow," Weather Network meteorologst Doug Gillham said on the station's website.

      Snowflakes might also fall mid-week if Arctic air remains in the region. That's because precipitation is expected at that time.

      Meanwhile, CBC News meteorologist Johanna Wagstaffe has reported that this November was the warmest on record Vancouver.

      The average temperature of 9.5° C through the first 29 days eclipsed the previous record of 8.9° C in 1939.

      It was slightly colder on the final day of the month this year, but the mercury did not fall anywhere near enough to take away the new record average high.

      November was also quite soggy, with rain falling on 26 of the 30 days.

      It occurred during La Niña. It's a weather pattern in which surface temperatures in the Eastern Central Pacific Ocean are 3° C to 5° C lower than the average.

      La Niña has been linked in the past with higher than average snowfalls on coastal mountains.

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