Melting snow doesn’t mean winter is over yet in Okanagan, Kamloops

Despite the recent mild temperatures, don’t count winter out in the Okanagan or Kamloops.

“For January, February and March, we’re expecting temperatures to be below normal,” Environment Canada meteorologist Louis Kohanyi told iNFOnews.ca today, Jan. 17. “So, we will get those cool temperatures maybe at the end of January or into February. Winter is not over yet.”

That may be but, the high in the region will range from 3 Celsius (in Kamloops) to 5 C (in the Okanagan) today with a chance of rain showers or wet flurries today and overnight.

For the rest of the week – in fact, for the next 10 days – the forecast is for daytime highs to be above zero.

Thursday looks to be the warmest day with highs of 4 C, but it could start off with snow in the morning, turning to rain.

Much of the week should see a mix of sun and cloud during the days with overnights lows from 0 C tonight to -4 C later the week.

Normally, for this time of year, daytime highs average -2 C and overnight lows dip to -8 C.

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Alpine base at regional ski hills:

• 164 cm. – Sun Peaks
• 150 cm. – Silver Star
• 156 cm. – Big White
• 168 cm. – Apex

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