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Another 10 cm Of Snow Is Forecasted To Slam The Coquihalla Highway Today

Coquihalla Highway

What’s going on? After some unexpected snow hit the region on Thursday, Environment Canada has issued another special weather statement for the Coquihalla Highway that will impact the area throughout Friday morning.

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The special weather statement in effect for:

  • Coquihalla Highway – Hope to Merritt
  • Highway 3 – Hope to Princeton via Allison Pass

“A cold upper trough moving through British Columbia will give some late season flurries to the mountain passes and northern British Columbia this morning” reads the statement.

Flurries are expected in areas above 1300-1500m elevation. However, flurries could briefly descend to lower elevation areas as well.

Most southern highway passes are forecast to receive about 2 to 5 cm of wet snow Friday morning. As for the Okanagan Connector, up to 10 cm of snow can fall.

For road conditions, click here.

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