Four days after a ‘dangerous’ heat warning was lifted in the Kamloops area, Environment Canada has reissued a heat warning because of increasing temperatures.
The weather service says a heat wave will affect parts of the B.C. Interior with daytime highs ranging from 35 C to 38 C combined with overnight lows near 18 C.
“The heat that we’re coming up with now – notwithstanding that its coming for a long time – its pretty much more typical. So this is not extraordinary, but the length of heat is what worries me and the dryness,” meteorologist Doug Lundquist told NL News last Wednesday.
“We’re not really replenishing the dry conditions that we’ve gone through this spring and early summer.”
This latest heat warning is expected to last until Wednesday.
Environment Canada is calling for a high of 36 C Monday, 38 C on Tuesday, and 37 C on Wednesday with overnight lows of 18 C in Kamloops on all three of those days.
The overnight low for Sunday is expected to be 17 C, while Thursday’s daytime high is currently forecast to be 31 C.
In the Southern Interior, a heat warning is issued when there are two or more consecutive days with daytime maximum temperatures at 35 C or warmer along with nighttime minimum temperatures of at least 18 C.
People are once again being told to watch for signs of a heat illness like swelling, rash, cramps, fainting, heat exhaustion, heat stroke, and the worsening of some health conditions.
In addition, there continues to be an air quality advisory in effect because of the smoky skies in the region. That, Environment Canada says, can lead to symptoms like increased coughing, throat irritation, headaches or shortness of breath.
Children, seniors, and people with cardiovascular or lung diseases – like asthma – are especially at risk.
During the last heat wave, Kamloops broke its all time temperature record on three successive days before the mercury topped out at 47.3 C on June 29.
That same day the Village of Lytton set the all time Canadian record at 49.6 C. One day later, the community had to be evacuated because of a fast moving wildfire that destroyed much of the village.
