A large ridge of Summertime High Pressure is building up across the Province.
Environment Canada Meteorologist Matt Loney said that will have temperatures climbing through the weekend and into next week.
“It’s looks like a prolonged, clear sunny stretch with temperatures in the low 30’s which is 7 to 9 degrees above normal.”
With that in mind, we asked Loney if there is a potential for any daytime high records to be set in Quesnel, Williams Lake and 100 Mile House.
“In Quesnel it would be more difficult because their period of record goes all the way to the 1890’s. You need a temperature greater than 33 degrees in this upcoming stretch of weather to surpass the records that are already on tap. That seems unlikely but I won’t rule it completely. Williams Lake and 100 Mile House have temperature records that go back only as far as the 50’s or 60’s so the threshold is lower in those communities. However I can forsee Williams Lake and 100 Mile House breaking a few records along the way.”
Loney said because this is the first stretch of prolong warm weather he can venture to guess that this would be the last kick of the can for the Summer.
“We had a few smaller stretches of maybe 2 or 3 days and that would be interrupted by some showers. In this case we’re looking at a solid 5, 6, 7, maybe even beyond that up to 9 to 10 days of solid weather.”
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