VIDEO: First snowfall of 2016 reaches Vernon’s Foothills

It's beginning to look a lot like.....winter in the North Okanagan

A couple of pups play around in the snow just above the Foothills in Vernon Monday morning.

A couple of pups play around in the snow just above the Foothills in Vernon Monday morning.



It’s beginning to look a lot like…..winter in the North Okanagan.

Snow reached Vernon‘s Foothills Tuesday morning, blanketing the mountain above Tillicum Road in a fresh powder.

But the white stuff isn’t expected to hit the valley bottom, yet.

Environment Canada’s forecast shows rain ending Tuesday afternoon and the snow level at 600 metres rising to 1,400 metres

Wednesday’s forecast is a mix of sun and cloud with a high of six, with similar weather called for on Thursday and Friday (highs of four and five respectively. Periods of rain and high of six are forecast for Saturday with the evening calling for a 40 per cent chance of showers or flurries.

Vernon Morning Star