B.C. residents 乌鸦传媒� even those living in its typically wet southwest corner 乌鸦传媒� should be prepared for white Christmas this year.

The south coast forecast looks favourable with an 80 or 90 per cent chance of snowfall for Dec. 25 乌鸦传媒� even in typically green Victoria, according to Doug Lundquist, a meteorologist for Environment Canada.

Meanwhile, Lundquist says Hope and communities to the north and east 乌鸦传媒� areas typically more prone to snow over the holiday 乌鸦传媒� have a 100 per cent chance of a white Christmas.

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He also predicts the entire nation could have a white Christmas, with only a small portion in the extreme south of Ontario possibly escaping.

Five days is a stretch to anticipate how much snow will fall, those numbers will come later in the week. But there are parts of Vancouver Island likely to see snow as early as Tuesday (Dec. 21).

By Saturday it乌鸦传媒檒l be white, even in downtown Victoria, Lundquist said.

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As of Monday, Dec. 20, the forecast for Christmas Eve through Boxing Day in Greater Victoria includes snow. Christmas Eve, with a high of 4 C and an overnight low of -1 C, is set to be cloudy with a mix of rain and flurries and turning to snow overnight. Christmas Day warms up slightly to 2 C but has an overnight low of -3 C with a mix of rain and snow, returning to straight snow Boxing Day when the daytime temperature is expected to stick to 0 C.

There could be flurries on Christmas Eve, Lundquist noted, but he expects regular snowfall will wait until residents can 乌鸦传媒渉unker down乌鸦传媒� for the holiday.

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