Cloudy, but mild week ahead in the Okanagan

OKANAGAN – The week ahead is shaping up to be pretty average weather-wise for late January in the Okanagan.

Environment Canada is calling for a mainly cloudy day up and down the valley today, Jan. 23. Expect a 60 per cent chance of rain showers and flurries with a high of 5 Celsius in Penticton. Kelowna and Vernon can expect a 40 per cent chance of flurries today with a high around 3 C.

It will be cloudy overnight, with a 30 per cent chance of flurries in the North and Central Okanagan, and around -2 C. The South Okanagan will have a low of 0 C with no chance of precipitation.

The forecast calls for a mainly cloudy sky in Vernon tomorrow, with a 30 per cent chance of flurries and a high of 1 C. We can expect a mainly cloudy day in Kelowna on Tuesday with a high of 2 C. In Penticton, it will be a cloudy day with a high of 3 C. Overnight the mercury will drop to -3 C up and down the valley.

It will be cloudy in the Okanagan on Wednesday and Thursday with highs of 1 C and overnight lows of around -4 C.

On Friday, expect a cloudy day with a high of -1 C up and down the valley. The temperature will drop to -5 C overnight.

Normal temperatures for this time of year are highs of 0 C and lows of -5 C.


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Brendan Kergin

Brendan grew up down on the coast before moving to Kamloops to pursue a degree in journalism. After graduating from TRU in 2013 he moved to Toronto to work as an editor, but decided to move back west after a couple years. With a big interest in politics, Brendan will be covering city hall. Outside of council chambers he’ll write about anything; if you have a story you think people might be interested in, contact him at bkergin@infonews.ca


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