Leaving us 'hot and dry'

Hot, dry Summer coming — they say
10 May 2006. 12.36 PM
CANADIAN PRESS
Environment Canada is predicting a hot, dry Summer for almost the entire country.
The weather map for the months of May through July is coloured almost all red, indicating higher than normal temperatures everywhere except for parts of British Columbia and the territories.

Some areas of B.C. are expected to have normal Summer temperatures, while a cool Summer is forecasted for Inuvik, in the Northwest Territories, Shingle Point, Yukon and Whitehorse.

A few parts of the country are slated to get more precipitation than normal but they are largely in the far north and in less-densely populated areas.

The predictions of below normal, normal or above normal temperatures and precipitation are based on weather data from 1961 to 1990.
Environment Canada makes its seasonal forecasts three months in advance.