If you're planning to drive out to the coast this week, there's plenty of snow headed for the upper elevation highways.
Environment Canada Meteorologist Doug Lundquist says there's a weather system moving in.
"There's a cold front crossing the Lower Mainland and Vancouver Island that'll drop freezing levels enough that it should even snow at the snowshed and towards the old toll booth, the Coquihalla Summit. And with the flow pattern coming in from the southwest like it is, that's a recipe for fairly heavy amounts. So we're forecasting all total, it could be 30 cm on the Coquihalla Summit," he said.
"Even other sections, like the Pennask Summit, could get 10 or 20 cm, and it's already cold enough (on the Connector) that it could be snowing there already. Staying towards Kamloops, a little drier that direction - probably in the +/- 10 cm range, so no matter where you go it's going to be pretty snowy."
He says warm temperatures in the valley bottom don't translate onto the highways.
"We're a bit on the warmer than average side, but it's still cold enough that the snow will accumulate in the mountain passes. It looks like it's going to dry off a little bit for Thursday into the weekend, and then wetter for early next week. Definitely you want to check (conditions) on a day-by-day basis."
Lundquist says he expects conditions to dry up towards the end of the week, before more snow will likely fall early next week.