A little bit of summer this week in the Okanagan

OKANAGAN – It may be spring, but it will feel more like summer later this week in the Okanagan.

But we are going to have to wait for the sunshine and the warm temperatures with Environment Canada is calling for a cloudy day today, May 1, with a chance of showers and a brisk southerly wind this afternoon. We're looking for a high of about 14 Celsuis today. The wind will become light this evening. It will be cloudy overnight with a low of around 3 C.

Tomorrow will be mainly sunny with a high of 20 C in the South Okanagan and about 18 C in the North and Central Okanagan. Clouds will move in in the evening when temperatures drop to 6 C.

On Wednesday, the clouds will stick around with a high of 19 C. Overnight the temperature will drop to 6 C.

Thursday you’re going to want to break out the shorts and tropical-themed shirts. It’s going to be sunny with a high of 26 C. Overnight, the mercury will drop to 13 C with clouds and showers.

Friday the rain will remain, cooling things off to 20 C on a cloudy day. Overnight things may get more interesting with a 60 per cent chance of showers or thundershowers and low of 10.

Seasonal normal termperatures for this time of year are highs of about 18 C and lows around 6 C.

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