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Snow possible on Interior highways over the long weekend
Anyone heading to the B.C. Interior this Thanksgiving long weekend needs to make sure to get those winter tires ready.
Environment Canada has issued a special weather statement for high-elevation highway passes, in particular the Okanagan Connector (between Merritt and Kelowna) and Allison Pass (from Hope to Princeton).
“A cold front moving through the interior of British Columbia will begin to drop temperatures Saturday afternoon,” the weather service said.
“Rapid cooling over the Interior combined with moisture from an upper lower moving through Washington is likely to give snow over the high elevation highway passes.”
Two to 10 centimetres of snow are possible, and visibility may be greatly reduced.
The special weather statement is in effect from Saturday afternoon extending into Thanksgiving Monday.
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