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Whiteout Driving Conditions in The Okanagan-Isnutz, you were saying?https://globalnews.ca/news/5407544/okanagan-connector-june-snow/ Okanagan Connector painted white with unseasonable June ‘thundersnow’ By Simon Little Online Journalist Global News more WATCH: Global BC weather forecast for Wednesday, June 19 - A A + Drivers headed in and out of the Okanagan are being warned of some unseasonable weather conditions as snow is sticking on the Okanagan Connector. DriveBC has reported an accumulation of the white stuff in the Elkhart Lodge area and at the Pennask Summit. WATCH BELOW: Snow falling in June on the Okanagan Connector READ MORE: Summer snow blankets parts of Newfoundland in late June Environment Canada reported snowfall along the connector, parts of which are more than 1,700 metres above sea level, between Aspen Grove and Brenda Mines. View image on Twitter View image on Twitter ECCC Weather British Columbia ✔ @ECCCWeatherBC Heads up! It's SNOWING on the Okanagan Connector between Aspen Grove and Brenda Mines. Low freezing levels + unstable airmass = thundersnow! Threat continues through this morning. #BCHwy97C #DriveBC #BCstorm 56 8:22 AM - Jun 19, 2019 Snow blankets the Okanagan Connector following an unseasonable storm. Global News The weather agency said the snow was the result of low freezing levels and an unstable air mass creating “thundersnow.” READ MORE: Summer snow in Edmonton means early call for winter clothing donations Global B.C. meteorologist Mark Madryga said more cells were still expected to move through the area, possibly producing additional snow showers on Wednesday. He said temperatures should rise to 1 or 2 C later on Wednesday but that snow was possible again in the area on Thursday. |
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