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Highway 5 — Coquihalla · Hope → Merritt winter driving conditions and weather

Official highway events, Environment Canada weather warnings and camera context for winter travel planning without inferring traction or safe travel.

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INCIDENTS REPORTEDCURRENT

3 active matching official records. A missing event is never interpreted as a route-wide open or safe condition.

Retrieved: Aug 19, 2026, 10:38 p.m. UTC
Environment Canada

Weather along the corridor

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Alerts
1
Temperature
33°C
Wind
—
Gust
29 km/h
YELLOW WARNING - AIR QUALITY
warning · yellow alert level · expires Aug 20, 2026, 11:08 a.m. UTC
Nearest available city-page weather point: Merritt · observed Aug 19, 2026, 10:00 p.m. UTC.
Today
A mix of sun and cloud. Local smoke. Wind becoming southwest 20 km/h this afternoon. High 29. UV index 7 or high.
Tonight
Widespread smoke. Wind southwest 20 km/h becoming light this evening. Low 11.
Thursday
Clearing in the morning. Local smoke. High 32. UV index 6 or high.
Thursday night
Clear. Low 11.

Winter-driving interpretation

FireRadar combines official road-event records, Environment Canada warning/forecast context and cameras on one page. It does not infer pavement traction, stopping distance, chain requirements or safe travel when those fields are not explicitly supplied by the responsible authority.

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