The Cariboo is bracing for a blast…a blast of unseasonably warm temperatures.
Environment Canada Meteorologist Ken Dosanjh said the region started off the first half of January with temperatures near normal and then last week saw a little bit of a cool down.
“Now as we are shifting out this air mass we’re going to be switching gears just a little bit. The region can expect a chance of showers Thursday, Thursday night into early Friday but the amounts look pretty low at the moment.”
Dosjanh added what Environment Canada is really look at more than anything is wind and temperatures.
“We’re looking at temperatures reaching above zero and the normal around this period are highs of minus 3 and lows of minus 12. This week on Thursday we’re looking at highs of plus 6 and Friday high plus 7 which will be 10 to 15 degrees above normal at times. Any precipitation that does form Thursday night into Friday will likely fall as rain.”
Dosjanh noted when you have these high temperatures above zero, bring a little bit of precipitation with it, and then cool conditions down to temperatures below freezing, that creates black ice conditions.
“So as we get later into the week we want to be very mindful of these icy conditions in terms of black ice. The region will definitely feel the warmth this week and this ridge of high pressure that is ushering in that warmer activity is going to continue into early February. It really isn’t until the end of next weekend where temperatures may hover down a little bit closer to normal.”
Dosjanh said overnight lows will be in the single minus digits and typically you would expect lows in the minus teens so seeing lows between zero and minus five that’s eight degrees above normal.
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