Warmer temperatures expected to return to Okanagan, Kamloops for Easter long weekend

Kamloops and Okanagan residents can look forward to more than just an extra day off on the long weekend.

There’s a good chance that temperatures will return closer to seasonal normals – meaning double digit highs and non-freezing lows.

Today, April 11, the temperature will only get up to 10 Celsius throughout the region, according to Environment Canada.

It could be miserable throughout the region with winds gusting up to 50 km/h with a 30% chance of showers or wet snow flurries tomorrow afternoon.

Winds are not forecast to be not as strong in Vernon, only up to 20 km/h.

With the winds, the windchill could be -4 C in the Okanagan today and -7 C in Kamloops overnight.

Highs during the week are forecast in the 7 C to 9 C range with overnight lows of -2 C Wednesday morning in Kamloops and Thursday morning in the Okanagan.

Normal high temperatures for this time of year are 15 C to 16 C with lows in the 1 C to 2 C range.

The forecast calls for a mix of sun and cloud all week but temperatures look to rise into the double digit range starting Good Friday, April 15, with the Okanagan hitting 15 C by Sunday and Kamloops getting to 16 C the same day.

For those travelling through the mountain passes, the forecast only covers today and tomorrow. It calls for flurries with the most snow on the Coquihalla Highway between Hope and Merritt with two to four centimetres accumulating by tomorrow afternoon. The Hope-Princeton could see two cm at the same time.

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