Environment Canada says the warmer-than-normal start to October in the Okanagan will stick around for at least one more weekend.
September ended as a record-setting one in the region, with Kelowna experiencing its second-driest month since 1969 and Penticton and Vernon reaching 91裸聊视频淎ugust-like91裸聊视频� daytime highs.
It91裸聊视频檚 been more of the same in October91裸聊视频檚 first week and meteorologists say Thanksgiving in the Okanagan this year may feel a little different, as a result.
91裸聊视频淚 think it91裸聊视频檚 going to be really hard to wrap our minds around it being Thanksgiving and I imagine for many, it will feel like Labour Day,91裸聊视频� said Alyssa Charbonneau, a meteorologist for Environment Canada. 91裸聊视频淲e91裸聊视频檙e still expecting it to be warm and dry this weekend, with temperatures staying above normal right through Monday in the 20s.91裸聊视频�
Charbonneau warns, though, that B.C.91裸聊视频檚 Interior current dry spell could end sooner rather than later. Since Sept. 1, Kelowna has recorded just two millimetres of precipitation, with both Penticton and Vernon also falling well short of seasonal averages.
The federal weather department says parts of the Okanagan may get showers late Monday afternoon and into the evening, after what91裸聊视频檚 expected to be a sunny and dry holiday weekend.
91裸聊视频淭here might be some northerly, gusty winds that day as well,91裸聊视频� Charbonneau added. 91裸聊视频淎nd after that, temperatures seem to be cooling down a little bit, but certainly this Saturday and Sunday are going to be unlike a typical Thanksgiving.91裸聊视频�
Temperatures from Osoyoos to Vernon will range from 22 C to 25 C through the weekend, with an increase in cloudiness expected region-wide starting Monday.
Kelowna91裸聊视频檚 lack of fall rain, meanwhile, remains a story into October. The city stays stuck on zero millimetres of monthly precipitation. On average, the Okanagan91裸聊视频檚 largest city records just over 29 millimetres of precipitation for the month.
The early-season oddities aren91裸聊视频檛 unique to the Interior, though. Environment Canada reported 11 daily heat records across the province Wednesday, Oct. 5, with the Pemberton area91裸聊视频檚 26.9 C leading the way.
91裸聊视频淚t really feels like September has been grouped into early October,91裸聊视频� Charbonneau said.
