Snowfall warnings continue on B.C.'s South Coast Sunday

Cold winds from the east teamed up with a storm system that slid over Haida Gwaii Friday to bring snow to B.C.'s South Coast this weekend.

10 cm of additional snow expected at higher elevations on Vancouver Island and the Lower Mainland

CBC News Posted: Feb 23, 2014 1:33 PM EST | Last Updated: February 24, 2014

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A healthy dose of snow came to southwestern B.C. this weekend, and many kids didn't waste any time making serious work of play time in the white stuff.

Wet snow continues to fall over much of the South Coast Sunday morning, withEnvironment Canada predictingthat up to 10 additional centimetres will fall on areas at higher elevations.

Between twoand fivecentimetres of snow is expected to fall on low-lying areas of East Vancouver Island, Inland Vancouver Island, Greater Victoria,the SouthernGulf Islands, the Sunshine Coast, Metro Vancouver and the Fraser Valley.

The South Coast snowstormbegan Saturday morning after cold winds from the east teamed up with a warmstorm frontthat slid over HaidaGwaiiFriday.

A snowfall warning was in effect Saturday for Greater Victoria,the east side of Vancouver Island and the Southern Gulf Islands, where between10 centimetres and up to 20 centimetres ofsnow was expected, though unofficial totals recorded as of 5:38 p.m. PT Saturdayfell under predicted values.

On Sunday, Environment Canada said that the weather system stayed further north than was forecast Saturday, and snow persisted over most areas through the night.

"Another system is moving onto thecoast today and will continue to bring snow to much of the SouthCoast. Snow is forecast to ease this evening," Environment Canada said in a bulletin at 11:30 a.m. Sunday.

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Unofficial snowfall totals, in centimetres, forSunday, February 23, at 4 p.m. PT

"Widely varying reports of snowfall accumulation have been observed. Little to no snowfall accumulation occurred at many coastal or lowlevel locations while inland and higher terrain locations havereached above 20 cm," Environment Canada says.