By Greg Fry

Record breaking temperatures expected in Kamloops and Merritt this week

Nov 20, 2017 | 10:57 AM

KAMLOOPS — A warm front is headed Kamloops’ way.

On Wednesday Environment Canada is forecasting a record high.

“Yes, we have the potential to set temperature records,” says meteorologist Lisa West. “We’ve got a forecasted high of 16 degrees and if we reach that we’re going to break the old record of 12.8 degrees set back in 1968.”

She says the news is even better in Merritt where the forecasted high is 17 degrees. If that comes to fruition, she says it will break the record high of 16.7 degrees set in 1954.

West attributes the spike in temperature to a system that is moving up from the southwest that’s coming in off the Pacific Ocean.

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But don’t expect the warmth to last long.

“The cold front moves in Thursday, late afternoon, early evening with seasonal highs of four or five degrees. That should last through this weekend.”