It’s looking less and less like a White Christmas
KAMLOOPS — Unseasonably warm temperatures and relatively minor precipitation has led to a unique winter experience for the Southern Interior.
Environment Canada meteorologist Matt MacDonald says the snowpack at the summit of the Coquihalla Highway is just 54 centimetres, compared to a normal snowpack for this time of year of 94 centimetres.
“It’s been a super mild start to the winter season here, with temperatures about three, three-and-a-half degrees warmer than normal,” MacDonald says.
Things aren’t expected to get much colder or whiter heading into Christmas. MacDonald says temperatures are going to continue to be very mild across the southern half of the province, with valley bottom temperatures in Kamloops getting to 9 C over the next few days.