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WOCN18 CWVR 190017
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
FOR THE B.C. TRAVELLERS ROUTES
UPDATED BY ENVIRONMENT CANADA
AT 5:17 P.M. PDT SUNDAY 18 MAY 2025.
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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT FOR:
COQUIHALLA HIGHWAY - HOPE TO MERRITT
COQUIHALLA HIGHWAY - MERRITT TO KAMLOOPS
OKANAGAN CONNECTOR - MERRITT TO KELOWNA
HIGHWAY 3 - HOPE TO PRINCETON VIA ALLISON PASS
HIGHWAY 3 - PAULSON SUMMIT TO KOOTENAY PASS.
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==DISCUSSION==
WHAT: WET SNOW NEAR HIGHWAY SUMMITS.
WHEN: MONDAY TO TUESDAY.
WHERE:
OKANAGAN CONNECTOR - MERRITT TO KELOWNA, HIGHWAY 3 - PAULSON SUMMIT
TO KOOTENAY PASS, COQUIHALLA HIGHWAY - HOPE TO MERRITT, COQUIHALLA
HIGHWAY - MERRITT TO KAMLOOPS, AND HIGHWAY 3 - PRINCETON VIA ALLISON
PASS.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:
A PACIFIC FRONT WILL APPROACH THE SOUTHWESTERN BC INTERIOR MONDAY
MORNING. WET SNOW ARE EXPECTED OVER THE HIGHWAY SUMMITS AS SNOW
LEVELS WILL BE NEAR 1200 METRES INITIALLY. SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS
FROM TRACE TO 5 CM ARE EXPECTED ON MONDAY. AS SNOW LEVEL RISES TO
ABOVE THE SUMMITS MONDAY AFTERNOON, SNOW WILL THEN CHANGE TO RAIN,
BUT WET SNOW MAY RETURN MONDAY NIGHT AS SNOW LEVEL FALLS AGAIN.
OVER PAULSON SUMMIT AND KOOTENAY PASS, WET SNOW WILL START MONDAY
AFTERNOON AND REMAIN THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS
FROM TRACE TO 5 CM ARE EXPECTED.
PLEASE BE PREPARED TO ADJUST YOUR DRIVING AS WEATHER CONDITIONS AT
HIGH ELEVATIONS MAY CHANGE QUICKLY. SLOW DOWN AND MAINTAIN A SAFE
FOLLOWING DISTANCE.
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(AT)EC.GC.CA OR POST REPORTS ON X USING (HASH)BCSTORM.
HTTP://WEATHER.GC.CA
END/PSPC
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