It may be time to break out the lighter coats in the Cariboo, at least for a portion of the new week.
The Cariboo region is forecast to reach double digits starting Monday (January 29th), potentially reaching as high as 12 degrees in Williams Lake and Quesnel and 10 in 100 Mile House.
Meteorologist Philippe-Alain Bergeron says these temperatures are caused by the atmospheric river.
“Basically you’re getting all this sub-tropical or even tropical air from the southwest impacting the coast mountains. once you get into the Cariboo, all that moisture is already rung out so, it’s drier but you still have that very warm air.” says Bergeron.
“It’s what we call subsidence, it’s forced down from the coast mountain onto the Cariboo.”
Bergeron added that we could even see temperature records break across the Cariboo come Monday, as William’s Lake’s record is 9.9 degrees set in 1989, Quesnel with 13.3 in 1931, and 100 Mile House with 11.5 in 1989.
Overnight highs are expected to be the warmest its ever been in January, reaching as high as 9 degrees Sunday night, and 8 Monday and Tuesday night.
He says there will be a possibility of rain beginning this evening and ending tomorrow morning (January 28th), and would be an amount of around 1-2 millimetres.
As for the warmer weather Bergeron says it’s expected to end Wednesday evening.
More information on the current and future forecast can be found on Environment Canada’s website here.