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Blowing snow makes for treacherous commute of Fraser Valley
After a weekend of multiple snowstorms, bands of snow continue to fall right across the Lower Mainland Monday morning.
If you’re driving around more western parts of the Lower Mainland, most of the major roads are pretty much clear Monday, but as you head east into the Fraser Valley, it is a very different story.
There are parts of snow-covered spots on Highway 1 in parts of Langley, Abbotsford, and Chilliwack, with multiple vehicles in the ditches.
While no lanes are officially blocked off, Traffic Anchor Ryan Lidemark says, “It’s treacherous right now between 264 and 232 streets.”
“The residential and side streets are quite slick. Some people may have an issue getting out of their house,” Lidemark added.
Plows are out hard at work, but the blowing snow and accumulation overnight means they’re doing their best to catch up.
And while parts of the Fraser Valley are still seeing snow, other parts of the Lower Mainland aren’t seeing any at all.
“That’s the way this type of weather pattern sets up,” 1130 Meteorologist Michael Kuss shared. “We have a very, relatively weak low-pressure system to that’s still to the west of Vancouver Island.”
Kuss explains that the low has been mixing with the Arctic air that’s flowed in through B.C.’s South Coast since the weekend.
“We do still have some snow showers around Metro Vancouver, but they will continue to wane as the Arctic air becomes more dominant,” Kuss added. “High pressure takes over and starts to clear things out.”
“It will still be unstable, though, today and again tomorrow, where we will see sunny breaks into the afternoon, but the chance for bursts of snow in pockets continues today and through Tuesday, with that temperature falling. Through the day times and into the overnights, wind chills are in the minus double digits,” Kuss explained.
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