If you're going camping this long weekend, be prepared for everything.
That's the advice from Environment Canada meteorologist Lisa Coldwell in response to the forecast for the next three days.
The pattern of cool and unsettled weather the area has seen for the last couple of days will stick around on Saturday before giving way to a sunnier sky and warmer temperatures on Sunday and Monday.
But don't expect weather any warmer than what Prince George typical sees this time of year.
The effect of El Nino - - the name given to the bout of exceptionally warm Pacific water that appears just off the equator from time to time - has started to deteriorate a little more quickly than first hoped.
"We knew it was going to go back to a neutral position and we were thinking this was going to happen in August," Coldwell said. "In the last month, it's really taken a stronger dip down (than expected)."
That said, the effect, which delivered record-setting warmth in April, could continue to linger into July, Coldwell added, while its counterpart, La Nina, should start to take hold this fall.
"However, there is no indication yet of how strong this La Nina is going to be," she added.
