
Environment Canada calling for snow on B.C. mountain passes this May long weekend
KAMLOOPS — It may be the Victoria Day long weekend, but Environment Canada is calling for up to 5 cm of snow on some B.C. highway passes.
The weather agency has issued a special weather statement for the entire Coquihalla Highway from Kamloops to Hope, as well as the Okanagan Connector from Merritt to Kelowna and Highway 3 from Hope to Princeton via the Allison Pass and from Paulson Summit to Kootenay Pass.
It says wet flurries are possible overnight Saturday (May 17) until Sunday morning as an upper disturbance passing through the B.C. interior is expected to drop snow levels to around 1500 meters tonight.
“Snowfall accumulations will be minimal, from trace to 5 cm,” Environment Canada said.