Snow on its way

If you haven't changed over to winter tires yet, now might be a good time to do so.

Although it may not stick, as much as 10 cm of snow was expected to have fallen on the higher elevations of Prince George starting early this morning, Environment Canada predicted Wednesday.

With the temperature continuing to hover around zero, any of the snow that did fall should be gone by Friday, meteorologist Doug Lunquist said.

Following that, chances of flurries ranging from 30 to 40 per cent are predicted throughout the Remembrance Day long weekend as the region transitions into winter.

"We have a weak ridge of high pressure building in, it's neither a strong Arctic ridge nor really a wet pattern," Lunquist said. "It's just kind of that cloudy, maybe a few sunny breaks and it's a chance of showers and flurries throughout the rest of the week."

During the long weekend, highs will hover around zero to -2 C and the lows will dip to around -7 to -10 C, "which is just smidgen cooler than average for this time of year and as a result of that, of the snow that does come, some of it will melt but it won't all melt."

The serious winter weather is still to come.

"It's the beginning of the more snowy period of our early winter but it's not the really cold air that we'd get if we had an Arctic outbreak," Lunquist said.

Arctic air is not in the cards for at least the next week to 10 days, "but it's certainly definitely cooler."