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Warm weekend ahead in Kamloops

Snow is melting even at the higher elevations in Kamloops as temperatures warm up throughout the region this week.

KAMLOOPS - While high winds, heavy rain and record temperatures are battering the west coast of B.C., Kamloops can expect temperatures just above normal and a chance of rain at least part of this weekend.

Environment Canada is calling for temperatures to hit 5 Celsius today, Dec. 4, and Saturday before climbing to a high of 9 C to start the new week. Overnight lows are expected to drop to 1 C tonight but only 4 C Saturday and 7 C Sunday.

Along with the unseasonally warm temperatures, the normal temperature high at this time of year is just 1 C while the overnight low is typically -5 C, we can expect mostly cloud cover this weekend, along with a chance of rain on Saturday. The week is expected to kick off with rain on Monday as well.

If you are heading west this weekend expect heavy rain and strong winds, the weather office currently has special weather statements and warnings in place for much of the Lower Mainland and Vancouver Island. If you are heading south expect at least a chance of rain throughout the Okanagan all weekend.

Area highway passes are also expected to experience at least a chance of snow this weekend. With up to 4 centimetres expected on Highway 1 from Eagle Pass to Rogers Pass by tomorrow morning and up to 8 cm on Highway 5 at the Coquihalla Summit. A chance of flurries is expected at Pennask Summit on Highway 97C, Allison Pass on Highway 3 and on the Coquihalla Highway from Merritt to Kamloops.

The recent snowfall combined with strong winds and warm temperatures has Avalanche Canada forecasting avalanche ratings to rise to high at the alpine and below treeline levels in the North and South Columbia ranges this weekend. Glaciers National Park and the above treeline and alpine levels of Kootenay Boundary are expected to remain a considerable risk.

To contact a reporter for this story, email Jennifer Stahn at jstahn@infonews.ca or call 250-819-3723. To contact an editor, email mjones@infonews.ca or call 250-718-2724.

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