Grab your sunscreen and swimsuit: it’s the last weekend of July, and it’s going to feel like it.
Whistler’s weekend forecast is full of sun, hot temperatures and more sun as a high-pressure system makes its way to B.C.'s South Coast.
Saturday is expected to see a high of 27 degrees C, with temperatures rising even further to a high of 32 near Pemberton. The mercury will continue to rise again on Sunday, with forecasters calling for a high of 29 degrees C, or 33 in Pemberton.
If you’re in the mood for a little stargazing, conditions will be prime this weekend, clear skies with overnight lows predicted to hit between 14 and 15 degrees C.
The workweek will usher in even higher temperatures, expected to be among the hottest stretch the Sea to Sky has experienced this summer. Environment Canada is predicting conditions to tick up to the 32-degrees-C-mark in Whistler and 36 degrees C in Pemberton throughout the week as a “heat dome” settles over southwest B.C.
That’s about nine degrees hotter than the usual average temperatures Whistler records at this point in the summer, following what’s so far been a relatively cool, wet summer.
Wildfire risk is likely to grow throughout the upcoming heat event—which is particularly bad news for the Nohomin Creek Fire that’s currently burning out-of-control near Lytton—so consider taking a minute to review any emergency evacuation plans, take a look around your property for any debris or other combustible materials, and make sure to follow all relevant open burning rules.
And if you’re one of the many Sea to Sky locals who don’t have the luxury of air conditioning at home, here are a few tips to stay cool this weekend and beyond. Aside from jumping into one of Whistler's glacier-fed lakes, that is.
