As promised, much of southern half of the province was walloped with snow on Tuesday creating issues on highways throughout the region.
Environment Canada says a low-pressure system tracking along the U.S. border spread snow to southern Vancouver Island, the Lower Mainland and the Southern Interior.
This storm marked the first significant snowstorm of the 2017-18 winter season for both southern Vancouver Island and the Lower Mainland.
As of Wednesday morning at 6 a.m., Environment Canada released its current statistics on the amount of snow we received on Tuesday.
Summary of snowfall in centimetres:
Vancouver Island
- Malahat Summit: 31
- Nanaimo Airport: 20
- Shawnigan Lake: 20
- Duncan Area: 18
- Victoria Airport: 3
Metro Vancouver & Fraser Valley
- North Vancouver: 10-15
- Burnaby Mountain (SFU): 12
- Vancouver Airport: 7
- Abbotsford Airport: 7
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Southern Interior
- Trail: 39
- Castlegar Area: 20-30
- Cranbrook Airport: 28
- Moyie: 24
- Morrissey: 24
- Princeton Area: 15-20
- Kamloops Area: 10-20
- Vernon Area: 10-20
- Penticton Airport: 15
- Kelowna Area: 5-15
- Sparwood Area: 13
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Highway Passes
- Coquihalla Summit: 25
- Helmer Lake: 41
- Walloper: 30
- Allison Pass: 44
- Kootenay Pass: 35
- Paulson Summit: 33
- Pennask Summit: 42
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While the snow weather warnings for the province have all been lifted, Drive BC still has a travel advisory on most major highways, due to the ice and snow that accumulated overnight.
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