Prince George, B.C. – There’s been a clear divide between the north and the south when it comes to weather this summer.

“You’re completely correct,” says Matt MacDonald, meteorologist with Environment Canada. “A strong ridge of high pressure has been anchored over the south coast for most of July and even most of June and it’s been pushing a lot of weather systems to the north.”unda

He says the separation line for this summer’s weather and the difference in temperatures is kind of an “imaginary line” between Prince George and Quesnel.

“Any areas to the south have seen much warmer than normal conditions and extremely dry conditions,” says MacDonald. “And areas to the north have seen near normal precipitation, definitely drier to the tune of about 70 to 80 percent compared to normal amounts of precipitation.And temperatures have been near normal.”

So what’s the forecast for Prince George this long weekend? “We’re going to see a weak disturbance push through tonight into tomorrow morning giving rise to a slight chance of showers, nothing heavy, but Sunday and Monday look absolutely gorgeous, sunny and highs of 26-28 degrees.”

And as has been the case all summer, he’s predicting it will be a lot warmer down south.

“Today will likely be the hottest day of the weekend with temperatures of about 33 degrees on the south coast and towards the southern interior up to 37-38 degrees today and tomorrow.”