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Smoky skies advisory issued for Okanagan

OKANAGAN - It may come as little surprise given the number of fires burning in the area, but a smoky skies advisory has been issued for the entire Okanagan. The special air quality statement was issued by the Ministry of Environment and the Interior Health Authority yesterday evening, July 21, for the entire Okanagan, including...

Severe thunderstorm watch issued for North Thompson

KAMLOOPS - After a night of heavy lightning and rolling thunder through much of the region, the North Thompson is under a severe thunderstorm watch. Environment Canada says conditions are favourable for the development of dangerous thunderstorms in the area just north of Kamloops. Storms could bring damaging wind gusts, damaging hail and heavy rain....

Sunny week ahead for Okanagan

OKANAGAN - It was a hot, sunny and stormy weekend and this week is expected to be a bit closer to normal Okanagan summer weather. Temperatures reached as high as 36 Celsius Sunday as storms rolled through the region. While there is a risk of thunderstorms again today the chance of rain forecast for the...

Sunny week ahead for Kamloops

KAMLOOPS - It was a hot, sunny and stormy weekend across the region and this week is expected to be a bit closer to normal Kamloops summer weather. The mercury hit just below 32 C on Saturday for Slide the City and then 37.2 Celsius Sunday as storms rolled through the region. Environment Canada is...

Bringing the heat in the Okanagan this weekend

OKANAGAN - Mother Nature gave us a bit of a reprieve this week, but the temperatures will be back into the 30s again this weekend. After several weeks of intense heat and then a week of near-normal temperatures, the Okanagan will again see temperatures reach the low- to mid-30s Saturday through Tuesday. Environment Canada is...

North Thompson under a severe thunderstorm watch

KAMLOOPS - A large portion of the Central Interior is under a severe thunderstorm watch today, including the North Thompson. Environment Canada has issued a severe thunderstorm watch, noting conditions are favourable for the development of severe thunderstorms. These storms could bring strong winds, large hail and heavy rain. The weather office warns large hail...

Smoky skies advisory ends for Southern Interior

THOMPSON-OKANAGAN - A system that broke a nearly three-week heat wave and dropped rain in the Interior also helped clear the smoke. The smoky skies advisory that had been in place since June 7 was lifted this morning, July 13, by the Ministry of Environment and the Interior Healthy Authority. While many large fires are...

Break in heat for Okanagan, back to seasonal normals

OKANAGAN - After nearly three weeks of temperatures exceeding 30 Celsius almost every day, we are finally seeing cooler temperatures, some rain and less smoke. This weekend, the heat wave finally broke with temperatures closer to seasonal normals of 27 C on both days, and Environment Canada is calling for high temperatures to remain a...

Break in heat for Kamloops, back to seasonal normals

KAMLOOPS - After nearly three weeks of temperatures exceeding 30 Celsius almost every day we are finally seeing cooler temperatures, some rain and less smoke. This weekend, the heat wave finally broke with temperatures closer to seasonal normals of 28 C on both days, and Environment Canada is calling for high temperatures to remain a...

Reprieve on the way following near-record day in Kamloops

KAMLOOPS - After another day in the high-30s we may finally see a break in the blistering heat in Kamloops, and it will likely bring some rain as well. According to Environment Canada, about a dozen B.C. communities set records again Thursday, July 9, and once again many of the record-setters were in the Souther...

New record and another hot day for Kamloops

KAMLOOPS - It was another record-breaking day in the Thompson-Okanagan Wednesday and today will be much of the same. Environment Canada shows 17 B.C. communities setting new records Wednesday, July 8, and many were in the Interior. One of the oldest records to fall was in Kamloops, where a temperature of 38.3 Celsius was enough...

New records and another hot day for Okanagan

OKANAGAN - It was another record-breaking day in the Okanagan Wednesday and today will be much of the same. Environment Canada shows 17 B.C. communities setting new records Wednesday, July 8, and many were in the Interior. One of the oldest records to fall was in Kamloops, where a temperature of 38.3 Celsius was enough...

UPDATE: New weather records for Okanagan

OKANAGAN - The day isn’t even over but new high temperature records were set in Kelowna and Vernon by 4 p.m. and Penticton was just behind with a record set by 5 p.m. As of 4 p.m. Environment Canada was showing the temperature in Vernon as 35.6 Celsius, just enough to beat the 35.5 C...

Kamloops weather well on the way to setting new records this week

KAMLOOPS - As temperatures in Kamloops keep hitting well above 30 Celsius the possibility of new records being set is very real today and tomorrow. Temperatures climbed above 30 C nearly every day for the last two weeks and we can expect the same through the beginning of next week. The temperature reached 35.5 C...

Weather records could fall in Okanagan

OKANAGAN - As temperatures in the Okanagan keep reaching well above 30 Celsius the possibility of new records being set throughout the region is very real today and tomorrow. Temperatures climbed above 30 C nearly every day in the last two weeks and we can expect the same for the rest of this week. While...

High temperatures in South Okanagan set new records

THOMPSON-OKANAGAN - If you thought it was hot yesterday, you were right. Many communities in the province set new high temperature records yesterday, July 3, including several in the Okanagan. According to Environment Canada, Penticton, Summerland and Osoyoos all squeaked in new records yesterday. At 36.9 Celsius, Penticton broke a record set back in 1922...

Heat is on in Kamloops

KAMLOOPS - After a cooler Canada Day of only 30 Celsius, things are beginning to heat up again in Kamloops, though we are still far from record-breaking temperatures. Yesterday, July 2, temperatures reached 35 C, well below the 63-year-old record of 38.9 C and with a record of 40 C for July 3 our forecast...

The weather record breaker that was June

THOMPSON-OKANAGAN – If it felt like weather dominated the headlines throughout June, that’s because if it wasn’t dropping a month’s worth of rain in a day, we were shattering high temperature records around the region. Lisa Coldwells, an Environment Canada meteorologist, says despite the heavy rains that bookended the beginning and end of the month,...

UPDATE: Severe thunderstorm warnings back in effect for B.C. Interior

THOMPSON-OKANAGAN - If you haven't experienced major rain or thunder and lightning, your turn is likely coming. Environment Canada has issued a severe thunderstorm watch on and off for most of the region today, June 30. At 5:35 p.m., Environment Canada issued a severe thunderstorm warning for the North Okanagan, including Vernon. The storm has...

UPDATE: Severe thunderstorm watch issued for Southern Interior

THOMPSON-OKANAGAN – We could see severe thunderstorms develop in the Thompson-Okanagan region this afternoon and evening. Environment Canada issued a severe thunderstorm watch this morning covering the South and North Thompson, Nicola, Shuswap and Okanagan regions and upgraded it to a warning for parts of the South Thompson, Nicola and Okanagan regions for a short...

Another record day in Kamloops

KAMLOOPS - We didn’t quite hit 40 Celsius on Sunday but Kamloops was still one of about 30 communities to set a new high temperature record in the province. With a high temperature of 39.1 C Sunday, June 28, the mercury surpassed the former record by nearly a full degree. Saturday also saw a new...

Record heat in the Okanagan

OKANAGAN - Several Okanagan cities were among the 30 communities to set a new high temperature record in the province on Sunday. With a high of 39.3 C on Sunday, June 28, Vernon was one of the hottest Okanagan communities, surpassing a former high temperature record of 35.4 C. With a high of 38.7 C...

Scorching heat sizzles high temperature records

THOMPSON-OKANAGAN – The heat wave blasting the Southern Interior cranked the temperature up a notch Saturday breaking high temperature records in the Thompson-Okanagan. Canada’s hot spot June 27 was Osoyoos where the mercury climbed to 40.9 Celsius, snapping the old high temperature record of 37.7 C recorded on the same day in 2000. Kamloops hit...