The summer heat is in Metro Vancouver this week.

A special weather statement was issued this weekend as temperatures in southwestern BC got close to heat warning levels and a ridge of high pressure kept clouds from the region.

Environment Canada meteorologist Gary Dickinson tells V.I.A. the statement was issued as it was the first such heat event of the season, and people are not likely acclimatized to the summer heat yet.

A hot start to the forecast

The statement is in place until Monday, June 9, when temperatures are expected to be 22 C near the water and 28 C inland.

Relief from the heat will come Tuesday, Dickinson says, but it won't be much.

"That ridge starts to weaken, and we'll get some winds off the ocean into Metro Vancouver," Dickinson says.

On the shore, the highs wil

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