Currently in Vancouver — March 16, 2023

The weather, currently.

Mainly sunny and afternoon temperatures around 9 degree C for Thursday, March 16th

We continue our sunny and warming trend. For Thursday expect mainly sunny skies again with afternoon temperatures of 9°C. We continue this sunny trend through Saturday and from Thursday through Saturday, we are expected to get one degree warmer each day. Storms will come back into the forecast on Sunday.

—Megan Montero filling in for Meghan Wise

What you need to know, currently.

Today, we shared a story from Grist, about how climate change is making atmospheric rivers in California much wetter and more intense. These changing patterns are making flooding along the West Coast significantly worse.

Read the full article here.

How rising temperatures are intensifying California’s atmospheric rivers
As storms get warmer and wetter, California’s flood control system is struggling to keep up with atmospheric rivers.

What you can do, currently.