SIZZLING summer temperatures and sunny skies are forecast to hit the North Shore this Canada Day long weekend and are expected to continue into next week.
Environment Canada is predicting the balmy weather will move in Sunday and continue through until at least Tuesday. A change in airflow pattern Wednesday could bring some cloud cover, but little change in the high temperatures.
John McIntyre, a forecaster for Environment Canada, said there would also be a difference in temperature depending on where you live on the North Shore.
Youll notice a difference moving from the water upwards, said McIntyre, adding that Mondays temperatures could peak into the early 30s, while Tuesday could see temperatures on the North Shore soar to as high as 34 C for inland areas.
McIntyre said weather systems from the United States are shifting the temperatures up here.
Theres a huge area of high pressure from over the American Northwest pushing northward into British Columbia, he said, and that is burning off the cloud cover.
According to The Weather Network, the current hot spell could be breaking some historic average temperatures. At this time of year over the past 30 years, temperatures on the North Shore are typically cooler.
Last year, daytime highs for the beginning of July hovered around the low to mid 20s.
