Temperatures in Kelowna are expected to warm to a high of 2 C over the weekend, according to Environment Canada. (Contributed)

Temperatures in Kelowna are expected to warm to a high of 2 C over the weekend, according to Environment Canada. (Contributed)

Kelowna expected to warm up by the weekend

Earlier this week Kelowna was hit with freezing temperatures as low as -28 with the wind chill

  • Jan. 15, 2020 12:00 a.m.

If it feels like the freezing temperatures are never going to end, some relief is on the way.

According to Environment Canada, Kelowna will be warming up as the week progresses, reaching a high of 0 Celcius on Sunday.

Looking even further ahead, the forecast projects Kelowna will warm up to 2 C on Monday.

Today’s forecast is -13 C, feeling like -28 C and – 22 C in the afternoon with the wind chill. Periods of snow are also projected to fall this morning and tonight, amounting to two to four cm.

The projected warm temperatures come after a week-long stint of large amounts of snow and freezing temperatures. On Monday, a deep freeze hit the Okanagan as temperatures hovered around -19 C throughout the day, but with the wind chill, it felt more like -24 C in the morning and – 29 C in the afternoon. A blowing snow advisory was also in effect for the Okanagan Valley.

A day earlier temperatures dropped to -19 C from around 1 C in less than 24 hours on Jan. 12.

Wind gusts of 70 km/h also didn’t help, making the temperature feel like -28 C earlier this week.

READ MORE: Deep freeze arrives in Kelowna, temperatures drop to – 27C with the windchill

READ MORE: Many North Okanagan roads remain an ice rink


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