Heavy rain ruled over New Westminster on Monday, Dec. 4.
Metro Vancouver's latest atmospheric river event drenched the city in a total of 85.6 mm of rain in a 24-hour span — from 8 a.m. Monday to 8 a.m. Tuesday, Dec. 5.
Weatherhood's data showed the height of the storm peaked at around 3 p.m. on Monday when nearly 11 mm of rain accumulated in the hour.
And the wet stuff kept on falling at a consistent pace until 1 a.m. early Tuesday morning.
New West endured the third-highest amount of precipitation in the same time frame compared to its neighbouring communities.
The following totals are from Weatherhood's stations during the atmospheric river event:
- Burnaby West = 100.4 mm
- Surrey City Centre = 92 mm
- New Westminster = 85.6 mm
- Annacis Island = 79.6 mm
- River District = 79.4 mm
- Port Coquitlam = 76.4 mm
What's next?
The rain will continue in New West for the rest fo the week, according ro Weatherhood, declining from an 80 per cent chance of showers tomorrow, Dec. 6 to only 30 per cent by Friday.
However, the organization is calling for possible snow by the weekend.
During a mix of sun and clouds, Saturday's forecast is showing a 95 per cent chance of the white stuff with as much as 13 mm by 6 p.m. that night.
