Winter storm and snowfall warnings are in place for much of northern B.C.

Environment Canada says snowfall accumulations between 30 to 40 cm are expected for the inland north coast including Terrace, Kitimat and Stewart.

Falling snow could become mixed with ice pellets followed by freezing rain.

The snow, ice pellets and freezing rain are expected to taper off Saturday evening, but additional snowfall accumulations are possible on Sunday morning.

In Fort St John and Dawson Creek, between 10 and 15 cm of snow is expected Saturday, with up to another 10 cm Sunday.

It comes after 30 cm already blanketed communities last week.

"We've got this overrunning moisture that's coming over top of this dome of cold air that has sort of settled over the Peace Country," said Environment Canada mete

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