People are asked to stay clear of the North Thompson River for the next few days as it hits its peak for the spring.

A high streamflow advisory is in place for the North Thompson and several other major rivers in B.C., including the Fraser, Quesnel and Cariboo rivers.

In an update on Saturday, the BC River Forecast Centre said it expected the North Thompson to peak on Sunday.

According to federal data, the North Thompson River in McLure hit a peak of 4.314 metres on Saturday afternoon. In the past 48 hours, water levels at that location have dropped by more than a foot.

The high streamflow advisory was put in place on the weekend after temperatures soared last week throughout B.C., which sped up the alpine snowmelt in some parts of the province.

The River Forecast Centre asks people to avoid fast-flowing waters during the high-water season and to be careful on riverbanks, which could potentially be unstable.

Meanwhile, no high streamflow advisory is in place on the South Thompson River, which is expected to peak sometime in the middle of June, according to an update from the BC River Forecast Centre to NL News two weeks ago. The river has risen by more than three feet in the past week at the outlet of Little Shuswap Lake but is flowing at seasonal rates.