Risk of thunderstorms in Okanagan and Kamloops

While there’s a relatively low 30% risk of showers in Kamloops and the Okanagan today, May 30, that could come with heavy rain at times, wind and thunderstorms.

The Environment Canada forecast says there could be hail with the thunderstorms in the Okanagan with winds from the northwest gusting to 40 km/h early this afternoon. The stormy weather is more likely further south in the valley with Penticton showing a 60% chance of rain, thunder and hail today.

The Kamloops winds are expected to come from the east and be lighter, only up to 20 km/h.

Highs today are expected to reach 22 Celsius in the Okanagan and 24 C in Kamloops.

Tuesday shows much the same pattern with a 30% chance of rain and thundershowers in the Okanagan and 60% in Kamloops.

On Wednesday, June is forecast to kick off with a mix of sun and cloud and highs of 27 in Kamloops, 26 in the Okanagan before clouding over again on Thursday.


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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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