Prince George should get a reprieve for the next few days following Wednesday's heavy snowfall.
Although there is a 30-per-cent chance of flurries on Saturday, Environment Canada is predicting largely sunny weather until Monday, when the odds of snowfall rise to 60 per cent.
However, Environment Canada meteorologist Doug Lunquist hedged his bets saying flows from the northwest can be unpredictable.
"Even though there is nothing really mentioned in the forecast until Monday, I don't trust it," Lundquist said.
The daytime high was forecast to be -10 C throughout the period.
As of mid-afternoon Wednesday about seven centimetres had fallen at the airport, well below the record for the day of 16.8 cm set in 2007, but Lundquist added the total could have been as high as 15 cm in other parts of the city and there were reports of 20 cm in the Hart.
Drivers generally stayed out of trouble within city limits. Prince George RCMP were called to just three collisions between 10 p.m. Tuesday, when the snow began to fall, and 3 p.m. Wednesday.
"I think people are driving to the weather for the most part, which is a very good sign," said Prince George RCMP Cpl. Craig Douglass.
However, North District RCMP traffic services Staff Sgt. Pat McTiernan said there have been ongoing reports of crashes on outlying highways.
"Nothing with any serious injuries at this time, but we've got a number of vehicles that are sliding off the road," McTiernan said, and added most are due to drivers failing to slow down in response to the slippery conditions.
Indeed, it had got so bad that at least one vehicle went off the road after it had stopped.
The driver of a semi pulling a B-train full of diesel saw his truck slide into the ditch after he got out of the cab to help two others put chains on their trucks about 39 km west of McBride on Highway 16, said McBride RCMP Cst. Brady Knezacek.
There no injuries or spills and the truck was on a passing lane so it was not blocking the road, he added. It had been expected the highway would be completely cleared by 8 p.m.
