Forecast for Today - 5 a.m. to 5 p.m. PDT:

Snow for the coast this morning as a surface low and trough make landfall. 10 to 15 cm for the NW ranges, 10 to 20 cm for Sea-to-Sky and up to 30 cm for South Coast and Vancouver Island ranges.

Snow across the interior ranges today with the heaviest in the K-B and Purcell ranges near the U.S. border. Accumulation will be in the five to eight centimetres range except up to 15 cm near Kootenay Pass.

Freezing levels rise to 1,000 to 1,500 metres this afternoon.

A mix of sun and cloud under a ridge of high pressure. Winds light.

Forecast for Tonight - 5 p.m. to 5 a.m. PDT:

Snow transitioning to convective flurries across the SW and Vancouver Island ranges this afternoon. There's a risk of a thunderstorm with small hail or graupel.

With freezing levels near 1,000 metres, significant snowfall accumulation is possible across the SW ranges, with an additional five to ten centimetres locally.

Periods of snow over the NW ranges with light accumulation

Snow transitioning to convective flurries with chance of hail or graupel this afternoon.

General accumulations of two to ten centimetres of snow. Locally higher in convective flurries (up to 15 cm)

Freezing levels peak at 1,500 metres this afternoon and fall to valley bottom tonight.

Moderate SW ridgetop winds developing late this afternoon across the Purcells and Lizard ranges.

Partly cloudy under a ridge of high pressure. Winds light.

Forecast for Sunday - 5 a.m. to 5 p.m. PDT:

Unsettled conditions across the B.C. coast under the influence of a broad upper trough with embedded shortwave disturbances. Risk of graupel. Risk of thunderstorms over SW and Vancouver Island ranges.

Daytime freezing levels peaking between 800 and 1,000 metres.

Scattered flurries on Sunday for the Cariboo and North Rockies with daytime freezing levels near 1,200 metres.

A system brushes the southern interior ranges, south of Revelstoke late on Sunday with snow. Freezing levels peaking near 1,500 metres. Five to ten centimetres of snow generally but watch Fernie for potentially 15 to 20 cm of snow.

There's a non-zero chance of an isolated lightning strike in the K-B or Purcell ranges, near the U.S. border Sunday afternoon or early evening.

Mostly sunny under a ridge of high pressure. Winds light.

Scattered flurries on Monday with freezing levels near 800 metres over the NW ranges and up to 1,200 metres over the SW ranges. Highly variable snowfall rates due to convective flurries..

Cloudy on Tuesday across the SW ranges with freezing levels at 1,000 metres or lower. Periods of light snow over the NW ranges as a weather system brushes the north coast with five to ten centimetres over 24 hours. Freezing levels peak at 800 metres.

Scattered flurries on Monday as a ridge builds offshore. Light accumulation. Freezing levels peak near 1,400 metres across the southern interior ranges.

Isolated flurries Tuesday morning over southern interior ranges then drying out. Freezing levels peak from 1,400 metres over the southern interior ranges to 1,200 metres over the North Rockies.

A trough of low pressure will arrive on Monday and linger on Tuesday bringing  light snow. Winds will rise to light to moderate southerly on Monday and continue into Tuesday.

One, Two, Three Days a Trough

Jon B and Gary D

Low pressure systems over coastal B.C. will generate widespread snow and flurries with afternoon risk of thunderstorms over Vancouver Island

Snow will spread into the southern interior ranges and NW Smithers this afternoon

General troughiness continues on Sunday with widespread flurries across B.C. with risk of thunderstorms across SW and Vancouver Island ranges. Convective flurries with risk of graupel is also possible across the North & South Columbia ranges

A ridge begins to build offshore on Monday with one last day of widespread flurries with risk of thunderstorms over southern B.C. 

As the ridge establishes itself on Tuesday, it will send Pacific weather systems north into the South Klondike area with light snow