Prince George, BC.- Yesterday’s snowfall will go in the record books.

 

Prince George received 17 cm of snow January 6^th, that smashed the previous record for that date of 11.2 cm set back in 1949.

 

There won’t likely be any record broken today though as the record is 22.9 cm. Prince George has already received 9 cm’s today and may have another 4-8 cms before the day is over. While that’s still a lot of snow, it isn’t enough to break the old mark.

 

The snowfall has had an impact on Diversified Transportation. The company which provides school bus service had several delays on routes this morning as some of the school bus routes had not been ploughed. Diversified wasn’t able to say how the afternoon run will go until after 3:00 but there were plans in the making to drop off students at highway 16 west and Sykes road because that road has not yet been ploughed. Diversified says many of the parents agreed to meet the students at the highway to ensure they got home safely.

 

A couple of flights at the Prince George airport have been impacted by the weather, but not because of conditions here. They were flights that were coming from snow and rain challenged Vancouver. Late flights in, means late flights out.

 

The meteorologists at Environment Canada say the weather should see a change on the weekend with rain instead of snow as temperatures are expected to climb above the zero mark. 

The  Streets Division  at the city of Prince George has  full crews out and numerous contractors to help  clear up the mess. 

 

The city  is asking for  residents to  help out by not  parking vehicles on the  roads during daylight hours.