Below normal temperatures continue this week in Kamloops, Okanagan

If you think it’s a bit cool for May, you’re right.

High temperatures for Kamloops and the Okanagan this week are in the range of 6 Celsius below normal, although the forecast overnight lows, in the 5 C to 7 C range, are more usual for this time of year.

Kamloops has a normal high for today, May 9, of 21 C, according to the Environment Canada online forecast.

It’s calling for a high of only 15 today and tomorrow, rising a degree or two later in the week. It’s also forecasting showers that will end this morning, but there’s a 60% chance of them coming back later this afternoon.

The rest of the week is mostly a mix of sun and cloud, with Wednesday forecast to be sunny, but not all that warm

The same pattern holds for the Okanagan, only a couple of degrees colder.

The normal highs for the Okanagan are 19 C today but forecast highs are only 13 C today, 14 C Tuesday and 16 C to 17 C for the rest of the week.

As with Kamloops, there’s a 60% chance of showers late this afternoon.

A special weather statement has also been issued for the Coquihalla Highway between Hope and Merritt, with light flurries at higher elevation. Bouts of heavier flurries are possible but won’t last long, the statement says.

For the latest on the special weather statement, or other watches or warnings, go to Environment Canada's public weather alert web page here.

For the latest road conditions check out the Drive B.C. website here.


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Rob Munro

Rob Munro has a long history in journalism after starting an underground newspaper in Whitehorse called the Yukon Howl in 1980. He spent five years at the 100 Mile Free Press, starting in the darkroom, moving on to sports and news reporting before becoming the advertising manager. He came to Kelowna in 1989 as a reporter for the Kelowna Daily Courier, and spent the 1990s mostly covering city hall. For most of the past 20 years he worked full time for the union representing newspaper workers throughout B.C. He’s returned to his true love of being a reporter with a special focus on civic politics

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