It will be shorts weather in Prince George by the weekend with temperatures seven to eight degrees above normal.
That’s according to Environment Canada Meteorologist, Chris Doyle as Friday and Saturday’s daytime highs are projected to reach 13 and 14 degrees.
“The ridge is going to push inland over the next couple of days and sort of max out in intensity on Saturday and highs will reach the mid-teens for the Prince George-area. Compare that to seven or eight degrees for the normal high.”
“Don’t take it for granted as there is a pretty decent front coming in for Sunday so the clouds will increase with showers spreading into the area by Sunday night overnight into Monday and the Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday of next week will be unsettled and showery.”
April is expected to be warmer-than-average with higher amounts of precipitation, which may include thunderstorms.
Doyle stated the mix of conditions could lower the risk of early wildfires.
“Maybe that is going to be a countervailing effect, we will see how it unfolds. The higher temperatures are a problem but the higher amounts of precipitation can offset that to a certain extent so we are going to keep our fingers crossed.”
Doyle added it was a pretty normal March across the board with a mean temperature of -0.7 degrees, eight-tenths of a degree off the typical mark for the month.
The northern capital saw 31.3 millimetres of rain last month, pretty much on par with the seasonal norm of 29.2
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