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By Aaron Schulze

Heat Warning

Kamloops to experience more reasonable, seasonal temperatures mid-week

Jul 22, 2024 | 12:15 PM

KAMLOOPS — The end of a lengthy heat warning is near for Kamloops and area.

Environment Canada forecasts Monday (July 22) being the last day Kamloops hits the mid-30s before the area experiences more reasonable and seasonal temperatures.

“Temperatures will slowly build from the middle 20s, especially on Thursday, which is probably our coolest day and arguably a few degrees below what is seasonal, but then build back to what is seasonal,” Armel Castellan, Environment Canada meteorologist, told CFJC Today. “We don’t anticipate the same kind of heat as we’ve been seeing for the better part of a week-and-a-half.”

Castellan notes Sunday’s daily high temperature of 41.1 degrees Celsius was the seventh warmest day on record for Kamloops.

On the wildfire front, Castellan says the Central Interior can expect southwesterly winds that will fan the flames for areas that won’t receive precipitation at the same time.

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Near the Shetland Creek wildfire, Castellan says the temperatures are expected to peak Monday, come down a bit over the next few days, then slowly build back up over the weekend.

“That remains consistent for the Fraser Canyon as it does for the South Thompson,” Castellan says. “From a precipitation point of view, [Monday] is the outside possibility of a localized shower, but not a high probability for Lytton and up toward Ashcroft and Cache Creek. “Later in the week… there’s the potential for a little bit of a shower activity, and whether that materializes into thunderstorms remains to be seen.”