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By James Peters

Supercharged Snowmelt

Potentially record-setting warm temperatures on the way for Friday, Saturday

Jan 29, 2020 | 3:31 PM

KAMLOOPS — January came in like a lion, with two weeks of snowfall, but Environment Canada says it appears it will go out like a lamb.

Forecaster Doug Lundquist says an atmospheric river may result in record-breaking warm temperatures on Friday and Saturday (Jan. 31 and Feb. 1).

“We’re looking for some really interesting weather on Friday and Saturday,” Lundquist told CFJC Today. “The atmospheric river that’s going to hit the coast does give us a little bit of rain, but that’s not the issue here — we can often get the Kamloops chinook. If we do get it, we can easily get into the double-digits and perhaps the teens for temperature highs on Friday and Saturday.”

Though there is rain in the forecast for both days, Friday’s forecast high in Kamloops is 12, while Saturday is up to 13.

“That’s close to record-breaking for us,” said Lundquist. “It’s not a given; sometimes that east wind prevails instead of that south chinook-y wind and then we won’t be as high. But there’s a pretty good chance that we’ll see temperatures close to record-breaking on Friday and Saturday.”

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The forecast temperature drops to -4 C Saturday night, but Lundquist says even that is around normal for Kamloops in early February.

“We have a cold front on Saturday forecast to come through after that warming, so we might notice some interesting weather on that cold front. It will drop the temperature back to closer to average with highs from Sunday through Tuesday in the zero- to two-degree range, which is pretty close to average,” he said.