Rain won’t offer much relief to B.C.’s historic drought conditions

The little blue raindrops on your weather app showing rain early Monday in Metro Vancouver are nothing to get excited about, said Environment Canada meteorologist Johnson Zhong.

A few droplets may fall, but there will be no significant precipitation Monday morning, nor in the weeks and months to come. There’s also no rain in the forecast

Rain in the forecast over the next 24 hours in some other areas in B.C. also won’t be enough to provide relief from wildfires or alleviate dry conditions.

“It will be one to two millimetres,” said Zhong.

The long-range forecast for the province will continue to be drier than normal, explained Zhong, due to a ridge of high pressure that is holding over southern B.C., ensuring sunny skies and warm weather.