Freezing rain warning issued for B.C. Southern Interior

Environment Canada is warning drivers and residents about freezing rain. 

You're going to want to be careful, especially if you are heading over any mountain passes today. The weather office says freezing rain is expected or occurring since last night and into today. The warning covers the South and North Thompson, Nicola, Similkameen, Okanagan, Shuswap and Boundary areas as well as all highway routes.

The same weather system that brought heavy snow, followed by freezing rain and fog warnings continues. 

"An approaching Pacific system is spreading warm, moist air over a thin layer of arctic air trapped in the southern interior valleys this morning," Environment Canada weather says in the warning. "Precipitation will fall as freezing rain initially then quickly transition back to snow or rain as a cooler air moves in aloft."

The likelihood of freezing rain is higher where temperatures are coolest, such as mountain passes and will make driving more difficult. 

For more on the freezing rain warning, visit Environment Canada. 

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