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A heat wave that has sent temperatures soaring in parts of Western Canada should be seen as a warning to prepare for hot spells outside the summer months, researchers say.
Lytton and Chilliwack both posted the hottest temperature in Canada for May 14, at 35.9 C. Lytton’s previous temperature record for the day of 33.9 C was set 50 years ago.
A ridge of high pressure helped set new daily maximum temperature records for this time of year in 17 B.C. communities on Saturday.
According to a 12:01 p.m. advisory, funnel clouds are generated by weak rotations under rapidly growing clouds or weak thunderstorms.
Global News meteorologist Anthony Farnell said in parts of southern Ontario, the smoke is thick enough “to almost completely block out the sun.”