Summer-like weather in store for Okanagan, Kamloops after showers this weekend

It’s that time of year in Kamloops and the Okanagan to break out the sunscreen, then bust out the umbrella, go to the beach one day and hide from a storm the next.

The forecast for the next week is showing some much needed intermittent showers followed by a drastic rise in temperatures.

Most of the Okanagan this weekend is supposed to see a bit of rain and possibly thunderstorms with a high of around 16 Celsius on Saturday and 19 C on Sunday. The showers are expected to continue on and off throughout next week before temperatures rise again to around the 30 C mark.

Kamloops is getting the same weather pattern, but it’s supposed to be a bit warmer and get a bit more rain with a high of 18 C on Saturday.

“Widely scattered showers is probably the order of the day. If you get underneath one of those thunderstorms, you could pick up some fairly significant amounts of precipitation,” Environment Canada meteorologist Brian Proctor told iNFOnews.ca.

Weather patterns so far in June haven’t been the balmy ones we’re used to where average temperatures around 24 C, but Proctor that’s likely to shift and we’ll be in full summer mode by next weekend.

“Cool days and thunderstorm activity has really been what we’ve seen (so far) in June. And it looks like it’s going to hold right through the weekend and right through much of the upcoming work week before the following weekend when we really see a return to those summer high temperatures,” he said.

These showers are helpful for the region since it has been so dry.

The Okanagan has two per cent of its normal snowpack and South Thompson has nine per cent, as of June 1. The Okanagan is currently at drought level four out of five, while the South Thompson remain at a three.