The Central Interior can look forward to a warmer-than-usual next few months, according to a long-range forecast from The Weather Network.
"I think the story for the interior B.C., central B.C., really is good this year," TWN meteorologist Michael Carter said Tuesday of the outlook for June, July and August.
"Coming out of a very cool and gloomy and wet spring, you really have already turned to a much warmer, much milder, much sunnier pattern.
"I think the forecast for the upcoming week really illustrates that well and I think that's going to be in the story for most of the summer."
The outlook is in line with one provided by AccuWeather earlier this month.
Carter pointed to "quite a bit of warm water" in the Gulf of Alaska as the reason. He said it's "fueling a persistent ridge of high pressure that's already set up and we expect to linger though the summer."
Extended bouts of extreme heat with temperatures climbing to 30 C and more are doubtful. "That would be a bit out of reach," Carter said.
Daytime highs in this area average around 22 C in June and July and Carter said more days above that level than below are in the cards.
Coinciding with the warmth will be greater-than-normal precipitation.
"We're certainly expecting the region to be well watered at least through the beginning of the spring season and as we get later into the summer, we may start to see some drier conditions creeping in," Carter said.
He said B.C. is the "most positive story" in terms of persistent warmth for Canada.
The full long-range forecast can be found at theweathernetwork.com.
