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WWCN13 CWVR 181605
SNOWFALL WARNING
FOR INTERIOR AND NORTHERN BRITISH COLUMBIA
UPDATED BY ENVIRONMENT CANADA
AT 8:05 A.M. PST WEDNESDAY 18 DECEMBER 2024.
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SNOWFALL WARNING FOR:
BOUNDARY.
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==DISCUSSION==
SNOWFALL WITH TOTAL AMOUNTS OF ABOUT 10 CM IS EXPECTED.
WHERE: BOUNDARY
WHEN: NOW TO MIDDAY.
WHAT: TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATION OF AROUND 10 CM, LOCALLY UP TO 15 CM
POSSIBLE.
REMARKS:
A MOISTURE-LADEN PACIFIC FRONTAL SYSTEM WILL BRING SNOW TO PARTS OF
THE SOUTHERN BC INTERIOR. PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CONTINUE AND EASE
AROUND MIDDAY TODAY AS THE SYSTEM DEPARTS.
SNOW LEVEL IS EXPECTED TO RISE THROUGH THIS MORNING, THEREFORE SOME
OF THE HIGHER ELEVATION COMMUNITIES AND HIGHWAYS WILL GET LOCALLY
HIGHER SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS.
RAPIDLY ACCUMULATING SNOW WILL MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT. SURFACES SUCH
AS HIGHWAYS, ROADS, WALKWAYS AND PARKING LOTS MAY BECOME DIFFICULT
TO NAVIGATE DUE TO ACCUMULATING SNOW. IF VISIBILITY IS REDUCED WHILE
DRIVING, TURN ON YOUR LIGHTS AND MAINTAIN A SAFE FOLLOWING DISTANCE.
TAKE FREQUENT BREAKS AND AVOID STRAIN WHEN CLEARING SNOW. PUBLIC
SAFETY CANADA ENCOURAGES EVERYONE TO MAKE AN EMERGENCY PLAN AND GET
AN EMERGENCY KIT WITH DRINKING WATER, FOOD, MEDICINE, A FIRST-AID
KIT AND A FLASHLIGHT.
SNOWFALL WARNINGS ARE ISSUED WHEN SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED.
PLEASE CONTINUE TO MONITOR ALERTS AND FORECASTS ISSUED BY
ENVIRONMENT CANADA. TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER, SEND AN EMAIL TO
BCSTORM(AT)EC.GC.CA OR TWEET REPORTS USING (HASH)BCSTORM.
HTTP://WEATHER.GC.CA
END/PSPC
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