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WOCN10 CWLW 141216
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
ISSUED BY ENVIRONMENT CANADA AT 5.09 AM PDT FRIDAY 14 APRIL 2006.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT ISSUED FOR..HEAVY SNOWFALL FOR THE
INTERIOR MOUNTAIN PASSES.
A MOIST PACIFIC FRONTAL SYSTEM WILL BRING HEAVY SNOWFALLS TO THE
INTERIOR MOUNTAIN PASSES TODAY AND TONIGHT. THE SNOW LEVEL WILL
HOVER AROUND 1100 METRES TODAY FOR MOST SOUTHERN PASSES EXCEPT NEAR
1500 FOR KOOTENAY PASS. SNOW LEVEL WILL LOWER TO 600 TO 800 METRES
TONIGHT. TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 10 TO 20 CM FOR COQUIHALLA
SUMMIT, ALLISON PASS, ROGERS PASS AND 20 TO 30 CM FOR KOOTENAY PASS
ARE FORECAST TODAY THROUGHT TONIGHT. MUCH LESSER AMOUNTS UP TO 5 CM
ARE EXPECTED FOR THE CONNECTOR, COQUIHALLA HIGHWAY BETWEEN MERRIT
AND KAMLOOPS AND PINE PASS IN THE NORTH. UNSEASONABLY COOL AND
UNSTABLE CONDITIONS WILL PERSIST ON THE WEEKEND.
END/RW/ABC
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