Sunshine for Thanksgiving long weekend in Kamloops, Okanagan

The near endless sunshine over the last few weeks is expected to ease today and tomorrow in Kamloops and the Okanagan with a mix of sun and clouds.

The Environment Canada forecast calls for sunshine Saturday in Kamloops and through until midweek.

High temperatures are forecast to hit 24 Celsius today, Oct. 6, through Saturday then slowly drop to 17 C by Tuesday in Kamloops.

The normal high temperature for Kamloops for this time of year is 16 C with overnight lows of 4 C. The lows are expected to be in the 9-11 C range through the weekend before dropping to 2 C overnight on Tuesday.

While the days are forecast to be sunny in Kamloops, there's a 30% chance of showers listed for overnight Monday to Tuesday.

For the Okanagan, the warmest day is forecast to be today with a high of 25 C in Penticton and 24 C in Kelowna and Vernon. Highs are expected to drop by a degree or two through the weekend. Tuesday and Wednesday show highs of 16 C. As with Kamloops, it's expected to be mainly sunny today and Friday then clearing up on the weekend.

The normal high for the Okanagan for this time of year is 14 C with overnight lows of 4 C. Lows are expected to reach that level next week but to be  around 10 C this weekend.

There’s a 60% chance of showers forecast for overnight Monday.

Vernon was one of 11 B.C. communities to set high daily temperature records yesterday, hitting 25.3 C. The previous record was 22.5 C in 1980.

The record-breaking temperatures were scattered around the province and included Cache Creek (27.9 C), Clearwater (25.8 C), Clinton (22.4 C) and Lytton (27.2 C).

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