Environment Canada has issued a special weather statement warning of unseasonable hot weather in the B-C Interior starting Friday.
Forecasts warn that temperatures will push into the low-to-mid-30s over the central and southern Interior regions, and northern B-C will see temperatures possibly reaching the high 20s.
However, the forecast says the spike will not approach the degree reached during the "heat dome" event in June 2021, when temperatures surpassed 40 degrees in many communities - almost breaking 50 in Lytton, B-C.
Experts say high temperatures in Alberta and B-C later in the week will raise wildfire risks, while the provinces are already battling a number of early-season blazes.
