Kamloops experiences unseasonably warm and dry April; trend expected to continue through May

“Wednesday, Thursday, Friday its possible we have a minor disturbance coming through giving some cloud cover and the risk of thunderstorms in the general area,” Meteorologist Bobby Sekhon said. “However, the ridge of high pressure rebounds by this weekend, so again we’re going to see temperatures at least into the mid 20s for this weekend, maybe higher.”

Looking past this weekend, Sekhon says this warmer than normal trend is expected to continue. He’s also not expecting there to be a lot of precipitation this month, but that doesn’t necessarily mean it won’t happen later this year.

“Those June and July rains that we see often come through, those really will set the stage for how our summer wildfire season goes and drought as well,” Sekhon said, noting longer range forecasts

“June and July are pretty wet months for Kamloops area and so we’re going to hope those upper cold lows come through and they deliver those widespread showers and cooler weather so that we can replenish the ecosystem with some precipitation.”

He added, “I will say for this season, it can be harder to predict precipitation in the longer range because it comes in the form of showers and thunder showers.”

While temperatures in early May are resembling those later in the month or in June, Sekhon also reminded people who are looking to beat the heat that bodies of water can still provide cold water shock at this time of year, despite the unseasonably warmer temperatures.

by Aaron Schulze

Kamloops experiences unseasonably warm and dry April; trend expected to continue through May

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