Enjoy the sunshine now Squamish because it looks as if some rain is on the horizon later into the weekend and next week.
According to Squamish meteorologist, Jason Ross, a high-pressure ridge over the coast over the past week will slowly be moving inland.
“The ridge of high pressure that has been over the south coast for the past week will slowly move east as an upper low develops offshore,” Ross wrote in an email to The Squamish Chief.“The weekend is looking not too bad to start with a transient ridge of high pressure on Saturday. Upper trough pattern will set up in the Gulf of Alaska on Sunday into Monday with much cooler temperatures and a chance of showers over the south coast.”
Environment Canada is predicting a high and low temperature of 18 C and 11 C today, 19 C and 9 C for Saturday, and 14 C and 8 C for Sunday. The organization predicts a 30% chance of shows on Saturday and periods of rain on Sunday.
Monday is also predicted to have rain.
Howe Sound forecast
Squamish looks to earn its moniker wind gusts up to 50 km/h overnight on Friday and in the morning and early afternoon on Saturday.
As such, there is a wind warning in effect for Howe Sound on Friday and Saturday with winds predicted to be between 15 and 25 knots, which is equivalent to about 28 to 45 km/h.
The low tide on Saturday is at 9:50 a.m., at 2.2 metres, and the high tide is at 3:30 p.m., at 3.8 metres. The low tide on Sunday is at 10:30 a.m., at 1.7 metres, and the high tide is at 4:46 p.m., at 4.1 metres.
On this day
- According to Environment Canada, on May 3, the average high temperature is 16.6 C in Squamish.
- The average low temperature is 5.6 C.
- The highest temperature recorded was 27.2 C in 1992.
- The lowest temperature recorded was 0.6 C in 2006.
- The greatest amount of precipitation (between 1983 and 2023) was 33.6 mm in 1987.
Weekend events
Don’t miss out on some upcoming weekend events, such as The Wilderness playing at the Cleveland Tavern on Saturday or the Cheakamus Centre’s annual open house on Sunday.
Check out more local events at squamishchief.com/local-events.
*Please note that this story is updated often, as the weather changes.
