Environment Canada issued snowfall warnings for parts of Metro Vancouver and the Fraser Valley as a frontal system moved across the region Wednesday afternoon.

A total of five centimetres is expected to have fallen in affected areas by the evening, before the snow tapers off.

The warnings cover Coquitlam, Maple Ridge, Surrey, Langley, Abbotsford and Chilliwack.

The agency is advising residents to "be on the lookout for adverse weather conditions" and to take necessary precautions.

"Be prepared to adjust your driving with changing road conditions. Rapidly accumulating snow could make travel difficult over some locations," the weather warning read. "Surfaces such as highways, roads, walkways and parking lots may become difficult to navigate due to accumulating snow."