Environment Canada issues snowfall warning for Metro Vancouver

Environment Canada issued a snowfall warning for Metro Vancouver Saturday, warning the area could see five centimetres of the white stuff.

The agency said “an intense Pacific frontal system” over the Central Coast would slowly move south and hit the South Coast on Sunday.

“This system is expected to spread rain to most communities in Metro Vancouver. However, with current snow levels slightly above sea level precipitation will fall as snow at higher elevations,” forecasters said in a warning posted to its website.

The bulk of the snow was expected overnight and Sunday morning.

Environment Canada said drivers should expect “changing and deteriorating travel conditions” on the roads, and said visibility could be reduced.