It’s nonetheless summer season, however snow was falling on a freeway in B.C.’s Inside Tuesday afternoon.
DriveBC freeway cameras present that white stuff got here down at excessive elevations on Freeway 97C, or the Okanagan Connector, between Kelowna and Merritt. The pictures present snow accumulating together with the street and on bushes at Pennask Summit and Elkhart.
Simply earlier than 4 p.m., Setting Canada issued a particular climate assertion saying flurries are within the forecast for increased elements of the freeway, lasting till early Tuesday night.
“A trough of low strain over southern Inside is bringing showers and a cooler airmass to the area,” the alert reads. “With snow ranges decreasing to close 1,600 metres, showers have modified to flurries close to Pennask Summit alongside the Okanagan Connector.”
The climate company warned drivers of “winter-like” driving circumstances and reminded that mountain climate can change rapidly and make roads hazardous instantly.
A DriveBC freeway digicam reveals snow on the Okanagan Connector at 5 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 27.
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