As was forecast, snow has hit high-elevation highways in some parts of B.C.'s Interior Sunday morning.
The snow has arrived on the Okanagan Connector in a big way OCt. 10, while conditions continue to be a white-out on the Coquihalla between Merritt and Kamloops.
Significant snow began falling on the Connector at about 8 a.m. Sunday, quickly covering the road. Webcam footage from the Pennask Summit shows completely bare roads at 7:55 a.m., before snow completely covers the highway just 20 minutes later.
Meanwhile, snow continues to cover much of the stretch of the Coquihalla between Merritt and Kamloops, and drivers are reporting delays as vehicles spin out in the snow.
Highway cameras show significant snow began dropping on the Coquihalla Highway, north of Merritt near Helmer Lake, just before 6 a.m. The area sits at 1,385 m elevation, and when the snow started falling, it quickly covered the road before also covering the camera.
Jeremy Markel posted a photo to Twitter showing stopped traffic on the Coquihalla in the Inks Lake area, closer to Kamloops.
To the south, the Coquihalla Summit remains wet, but no snow has begun accumulating yet. The Summit is about 150 metres lower in elevation compared to the Helmer Lake area.
Rogers Pass, between Revelstoke and Golden, has been getting hit with snow through the night, with the first flakes of the storm falling around 8 p.m.
A special weather statement remains in effect for high-elevation highways across the Interior, with Environment Canada now calling for upwards of 10 cm of snow to fall throughout the day.
The forecast calls for showers in the Valley bottom, with the freezing level dropping to about 1,200 metres later this afternoon.
The winter tire requirement for mountain passes went into effect Oct. 1.
