iN TRAFFIC: Watch out for compact ice on the TransCan and Connector

It’s a chilly morning and drivers are being warned of wintery conditions on some Interior highways.

Drive B.C. is warning drivers of compact ice on Highway 1 from Spences Bridge Cache Creek; as well as on Highway 97C from the Highland Valley Copper Mine to Ashcroft.

Compact snow has been reported on Highway 1 from Jackass Mountain Summit to Spences Bridge, and from Cache Creek to Kamloops.

Slippery sections have been reported on Highway 3 between Princeton and Osoyoos; Highway 97 from Osoyoos to Kelowna and from Coldstream to Vernon; Highway 97A from Enderby to Sicamous; Highway 97B from Black road to the end of the highway; and on Westside Road.

Commuter Charles Andrews, who travels from Armstrong to Sicamous each morning via Highway 97A, said the roads were mostly bare and dry the entire way this morning.

In weather, Kamloops is sitting at -16 Celsius and temperatures are only expected to warm up to -13 C, according to Environment Canada. It’s -13 C in Vernon with a high of -10 and a chance. In Kelowna it’s -13 C and warming up to -10 C. And in Penticton it’s -10 C with a high of -6 C. There is a chance of flurries throughout the region beginning around 4 p.m.

At Big White Ski Resort there has been no new snow to fall but 60 centimetres over the last week. And no new snow at Sun Peak Ski Resort however there has been 60 cm over the past week.

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