More snow falls on Vancouver, but it won't stay long

Meteorologist David Jones said five centimetres of snow was expected to fall after midnight, rising to 10 cm over higher terrain, including the North Shore mountains.

"It looks like this system will blow through pretty quickly," Jones said Monday.

"The worst of it will be over by late morning [today] and whatever falls later in the week will be wet flurries or rain showers.

"This is not going to be a return to crappy weather."

Mild temperatures will mean that any precipitation through the rest of the work week and next weekend will fall as rain, he said.