Metro Vancouver hit with another blast of snow

Pockets of Metro Vancouver wokeup toheavy, wet snow Friday morning after a fresh round of powder fell overnight.

Parts of Port Moody, Surrey, Delta and Coquitlamsaw several centimetres overnight, particularly at higher elevations. Snow was nearly knee-high on Heritage Mountain in Port Moody.

Weather is expected to brighten up Friday afternoon and into the weekend. CBC MeteorologistJohannaWagstaffesaid snow across Metro Vancouver should begin to meltwith sunny skies and more seasonal temperatures in the forecast for Saturday and Sunday.

Jun Liu was out walking his border collie, Cody, through the slop Friday morning.

"It's a lot of snow, it's really high and the dog is really heavy," Jun Liu said with a chuckle.

"I think some people are happy. Especially the kids," he added. "But I know it does cause trouble on the road."

Highways and bridges, especially the Port Mann Bridge, wereslushy and slippery for the morning commute after a week of flurries.

Downtown Vancouver, on the other hand, had onlymere skiff of snow.

Classes atSimonFraserUniversity'sBurnabycampus were cancelled Thursday because of road closures brought on by dangerous road conditions on Burnaby Mountain, but the campus later reopened andis open again Friday.

Several people shared photos and video of the snowfall in their areas overnight.