An upper trough has brought in cooler-than-normal temperatures for parts of Western Canada this week.
This has also meant freezing levels that resemble October rather than August. Freezing levels have been at approximately 1800 metres, and normally they would be around 3000 metres at this time of the year.
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Areas across British Columbia such as Whistler, Revelstoke and the Okanagan connector have already seen late-summer flakes of snow on Tuesday.
The precipitation will last through Wednesday in the alpine, with up to 30 cm possible in the Alberta Rockies. A pretty bold reminder that winter may be closer than you think.
The temperatures will rebound by the weekend, however, as a ridge of high pressure dominates, bringing another round of summer heat.
With files from Jaclyn Whittal, a meteorologist at The Weather Network.
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