Most of Canada is expected to see very warm weather in August, punctuated by periods of cooler-than-normal temperatures, The Weather Network projects.
A report released Monday by Weather Network meteorologist Doug Gillum says near-normal or above-normal temperatures are expected for the month, although colder temperatures are “waiting for much of northern Canada.”
“There will be some significant breaks from the heat and even the potential for quick shots of cooler weather that will bring a hint of next season,” the report said.
Many areas across Canada saw near- or above-normal temperatures in July, with most of northern Canada “exceptionally warm” and eastern Newfoundland “very warm,” The Weather Network said, though not at the same level such as the dangerous heat waves across British Columbia last summer.
Even then, Environment Canada senior climatologist Dave Phillips told CTV News Channel on July 18 that “the warmest part of the summer is yet to come,” with both July and August “warmer than normal.”
The Weather Network report said hot weather is expected to “dominate from the southern Prairies to Atlantic Canada” in August, with a colder pattern developing across much of northern Canada that could push south and “destroy ” the heat in the southern parts of the country.
The hottest weather should begin to move west in the second week of August, bringing near-seasonal temperatures across Atlantic Canada and a few “shots” of cooler weather.
Ontario and Quebec could see an extended break from the heat in mid-August that lasts between five and 10 days before hot weather returns in late August and into September, The Weather Network says.
BC is expected to return to a “cooler pattern,” the report said, with periods of warmer weather expected in mid-to-late August, though not as high as what the province saw in the past week on July.
With files from CTV News
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