Chance of freezing rain in Kamloops, Okanagan this weekend; snow possible on mountain passes

While Environment Canada forecasts for the three major cities in the Okanagan are usually almost identical, that’s not the case for the next few days.

Even Kamloops, which generally has a very similar forecast except for being a couple of degrees warmer, is showing a different pattern leading up to and through the weekend.

The one common factor in all areas is that there will be a mix of sun, cloud and rain with the possibility of some freezing rain in the overnight periods. The higher the elevation, the greater chance the rain will freeze when it hits the ground.

Kamloops continues to have warmer days with a high of 12 Celsius forecast for today, Nov. 4, then dropping to 6 C by Sunday. There’s a 60% chance of rain today, 30% tomorrow with a mix of sun and clouds on the weekend and lows down to -1 C Sunday morning.

The warmest day in Vernon and Kelowna looks to be tomorrow at 10 C then dropping to 6 C by Sunday.

Kelowna is facing a 60% chance of rain today, showers on Saturday but just cloudy on Friday and Sunday

Vernon, on the other hand, is looking at a few showers today, a 60% chance of showers tomorrow, then a mix of sun, clouds and showers on the weekend.

Penticton is forecast to be warmer with highs of 11 C today and tomorrow, then dropping to 6 C on Sunday. It too has a mix of showers, sun and clouds with the wettest day possibly being tomorrow with a 40% chance of showers.

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Overnight low temperatures in the Okanagan and Kamloops are forecast to get down to the freezing mark on the weekend.

Drive B.C. shows the possibility of snow in the two to four centimetre range tonight through to Friday morning between Hope and Merritt with lesser amounts between Merritt and Kamloops. For the Okanagan Connector, its predicting two to four centimetres during the day tomorrow with a snow level of 1100 metres.

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