Chilly Arctic Air Set To Descend On Okanagan, Kamloops

It’s still too early to jump into spring gardening with overnight lows forecast to dip to -9 Celsius in Kamloops and the Okanagan tomorrow night and into Wednesday morning.

“It does look, after our weather system comes in today, that we will get a northerly flow with gusty winds coming all the way down to Southern B.C.,” Environment Canada meteorologist Derek Lee told iNFOnews.ca. today, March 7.

“At least for Kelowna we’re looking for northwest winds of 30 km/h and gusting to 50 km/h this morning," he added. "With that northwest wind being windy and gusty, it’s going to bring some Arctic air all the way down to the Southern Interior. This will cool the temperatures starting Tuesday to Wednesday. It’s going to bring cold weather but it’s also going to help bring back the sun.”

That sunshine should warm things up during the day but with only a high of 4 C tomorrow and 1 C Wednesday.

There will be similar conditions throughout the Kamloops and Okanagan regions.

Normal temperatures for the region at this time of year are highs of 7 C and lows of -2 C.

A Pacific system should follow later in the week and push daytime highs to double digits.

There’s a chance of two to five centimetres of snow in the mountain passes tonight then clearing on Tuesday.

Alpine snow base on regional ski hills:

202 cm – Sun Peaks
172 cm – Silver Star
191 cm – Big White
175 cm – Apex

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