The heat is on for the next 3 days in the Cariboo.
With temperatures reaching 29 to 34 degrees Celsius combined with overnight lows near 14, Environment Canada has issued a Heat Warning for Williams Lake, Quesnel, 100 Mile House, and the province.
Meteorologist Matt Loney said a ridge of High Pressure will be with us now (July 29) until Thursday which will ramp up temperatures along with some humidity.
Each day may be slightly warmer than the previous day, the coolest temperatures are expected near sunrise.
“Temperatures in the Cariboo Country tend to be 25 to 27 for maximum daytime highs here we’re going to be seeing anywhere from 4 to 6 degrees above normal.” Loney said, “We do see spells like this happen pretty much every Summer. This Summer we had a few shorter duration heat events, maybe one day wonders here and there, but this one will be more sustained.”
Loney said the ridge of High Pressure starts to break down Friday and the region could see some rainfall and chance of thunderstorms.
“We do have another Upper Low coming in for the early part of August which may stick around awhile so temperatures are probably not going to climb too high during that time but then we see the longer range forecast pointing at BC being warmer and dryer for the second half of August.”
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