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November 09, 2023 - 4:21 PM
It’s going to get very wintery on high elevation highways in the Southern Interior this weekend.
Environment Canada has issued a special weather statement warning upper elevation mountain passes will see between 20 and 30 centimetres of snow between Friday night, Nov. 10, through to Sunday morning.
A weather system laden with moisture is expected to cross southern BC over the Remembrance Day weekend.
The Coquihalla Highway from Merritt to Hope will see rain mixed with snow at first but that is expected to rapidly change to straight up snow Saturday morning and through to Sunday morning when the snow is expected to ease.
On the Trans-Canada Highway from Rogers Pass to Eagle Pass, Highway 3 through the Paulson Summit and Kootenay Pass, the weather office said light flurries will become snow, at times heavy, Friday night and continue through Saturday.
The heavy snow on Kootenay Pass will taper off late Saturday evening while the snow on the Rogers Pass should ease Sunday morning.
Meteorologists warn the snow will create difficult winter travel conditions including reduced visibility in snow and blowing snow.
For the latest on the special weather statement, go to Environment Canada’s public weather alert page here.
For the latest conditions on they highways, check out DriveBC here.
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