Christina Lake, British Columbia, Canada Severe Weather Alertstar_ratehome

Possible wet snow over high elevation highway passes.

What: Snowfall accumulations of trace to 4 cm.

When: Overnight to Saturday afternoon.

Where: 
-Coquihalla Highway - Hope to Merritt
-Okanagan Connector - Merritt to Kelowna
-Highway 3 - Hope to Princeton via Allison Pass
-Highway 3 - Paulson Summit to Kootenay Pass


Additional information: 
An upper disturbance over southern British Columbia is bringing widespread moderate to heavy showers and a possibility of wet snow over the highway summits. 

Because of the convective nature of the system, snow levels may temporarily lower to 1200-1600 metres as intense bands of precipitation move through. Snowfall accumulations will be highly variable depending on elevation. Trace to 4 cm can be expected tonight to Saturday afternoon.

Be prepared to adjust your driving with changing road conditions.

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Weather in the mountains can change suddenly resulting in hazardous driving conditions.

Road conditions are available at https://www.drivebc.ca/.

Please continue to monitor alerts and forecasts issued by Environment Canada. To report severe weather, send an email to BCstorm@ec.gc.ca or post reports on X using #BCStorm.