Snow on mountain passes with flurries and cold expected in Kamloops, Okanagan
Highway alerts have been issued by Environment Canada through Southern Interior mountain passes today through Tuesday.
The Coquihalla Highway from Merritt to Kamloops could get 5-10 cm of snow starting tonight, Oct. 23, through to Tuesday morning with snow continuing through Tuesday.
“A slow-moving arctic front will bring lowering freezing levels and the first snow of the season to the Southern Interior highway passes,” the alert says. “A low pressure system from the coast will spread more snow late Tuesday and Tuesday night. Over the other highway passes, a few centimetres of snow are expected from tonight to Tuesday.”
There’s a 30% chance of showers or flurries in Kamloops and the Okanagan Tuesday morning with an overnight low of 1 Celsius. Overnight lows will drop below freezing for the rest of the week.
The coldest mornings are forecast as low as -5 C Friday and Saturday.
Seasonal lows for this time of year are 2 C with highs around 11 C.
Kamloops is forecast to reach a high of 13 C today but daily highs will slowly drop during the week to 3 C on Thursday and Friday, rising to about 6 C on the weekend.
It will be mainly cloudy most days in Kamloops although Wednesday and Sunday are forecast to be sunny. No precipitation is in the forecast after Tuesday morning.
Vernon could get more moisture with a 60% chance of showers today and tonight, dropping to 30% overnight.
Highs in the Okanagan are forecast to be 12 to 14 C today and the entire region could get flurries Tuesday morning.
Overnight lows drop below freezing Wednesday morning with the coldest mornings expected to be -5 C on Friday and Saturday.
Daytime highs will drop to 1 C by Thursday. Most days will be cloudy. A mix of sun and cloud forecast for next weekend.
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