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My Location: Erie, PA
Current Time: 12:41:29 AM EDT
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| Type | Yellow Watch - Winter Storm - |
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| Issuing Time | Tue, 10 Mar 2026 17:23:19 PDT | |
| Broadcast Time | Tue, 10 Mar 2026 17:23:19 PDT | |
| Valid Until | Wed, 11 Mar 2026 03:39:49 PDT | |
| Brief Description | Yellow Watch - Winter Storm - | |
| Detailed Description | Heavy snow, blowing snow and strong wind gusts for Wednesday night. In addition, heavy snow tonight for the Coquihalla Highway. What: - Heavy snowfall of 10 to 15 cm tonight and a further 20 to 30 cm Wednesday night for the Coquihalla Highway - Up to 10 cm for Highway 3 and the Okanagan Connector - Near zero visibility in blowing snow - Strong wind gusts up to 100 km/h When: Snow: Tonight for the Coquihalla Highway Snow: Wednesday afternoon to Thursday for all highways Blowing snow: Wednesday night to Thursday for all highways Strong winds: Wednesday night to Thursday for all highways Where: Coquihalla Highway - Hope to Merritt Highway 3 - Hope to Princeton Okanagan Connector - Merritt to Kelowna Hazards: - Challenging driving conditions due to heavy snowfall and reduced visibility from Hope to the Coquihalla Summit - Sudden reduction in visibility due to blowing snow north of the Coquihalla Summit, Okanagan Connector and Highway 3 - Hope to Princeton - Strong gusty winds north of the Coquihalla Summit, Okanagan Connector and Highway 3 - Hope to Princeton Additional information: An upper low will bring another round of convective flurries to the Coquihalla Highway tonight with 10 to 15 cm expected. These heavy flurries will taper off early Wednesday morning. 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. ### 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. |
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