Active AlertsManning - Skagit Valley

Heavy snow, blowing snow and very strong wind gusts for Wednesday night.

What:
- Up to 10 cm for the Okanagan Connector and up to 15 cm for Highway 3 - Hope to Princeton
- Near zero visibility in blowing snow
- Strong wind gusts up to 100 km/h

When:
Snow: Wednesday night to Thursday
Blowing snow: Wednesday night to Thursday
Strong winds: Wednesday night to Thursday

Where:
Highway 3 - Hope to Princeton
Okanagan Connector - Merritt to Kelowna

Hazards:
- Challenging driving conditions due to heavy snowfall
- Sudden reduction in visibility due to blowing snow
- Difficult driving conditions due to strong gusty winds, especially high profile vehicles

Additional information:
A low pressure system crossing the southwest interior Wednesday night will bring another round of heavy flurries, blowing snow and strong winds to the southern interior highways. Snow will begin in earnest late Wednesday afternoon as the low approaches the highways. As a sharp cold front associated with this low passes over the area Wednesday night, snowfall will intensify and winds will rise with strong wind gusts up to 100 km/h resulting in near zero visibility in blowing snow.

Conditions will improve Thursday morning but gusty winds and scattered flurries will prevail.

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Roads and walkways may be difficult to navigate. Visibility may be suddenly reduced to near zero at times. Some travel delays are possible.

Weather in the mountains can change suddenly resulting in hazardous driving conditions.

Road conditions are available at https://www.drivebc.ca/.

Please continue to monitor alerts and forecasts issued by Environment Canada. To report severe weather, send an email to BCstorm@ec.gc.ca or post reports on X using #BCStorm.

Allow extra time for travel. The site https://shiftintowinter.ca/ reminds drivers to know before you go. Adjust to winter driving behaviour and use winter tires and chains.