B.C. weather: Snowfall, freezing rain warnings in parts of Interior [Video]

Wintery weather is in store for parts of B.C.’s Interior over the weekend, according to Environment Canada.

The federal weather agency issued a slate of snowfall, freezing rain and winter storm warnings Saturday morning.

On the Coquihalla, from Hope to Merrit, forecasters say 15 to 25 centimetres of snow is expected to fall between Saturday and Sunday afternoon.

“With the arrival of a strong Pacific low pressure system on the south coast, moderate rain is expected this morning. Rain will transition to snow, at times heavy, this afternoon, then periods of moderate flurries through the night,” the notice for the highway reads.

“Surfaces such as highways, roads, walkways and parking lots may become difficult to navigate due to accumulating snow.”

North and south of the Coquihalla, there were freezing rain warnings in place for the Okanagan Connector from Merrit to Kelowna and Highway 3 between Hope and Princeton Saturday morning, …