Get ready to feel the heat, Canada.

The Weather Network is predicting more sunshine and warmer temperatures for the summer.

The weather broadcaster鈥檚 annual summer forecast released Wednesday indicates Canada will be blanketed in heat over the next three months as the country sees fewer rainy days and several regions experience humid conditions.

鈥淲e鈥檇 be very surprised, very surprised, if this didn鈥檛 turn out overall as a warm summer,鈥� Chris Scott, the Weather Network鈥檚 chief meteorologist, said in an interview.

The broadcaster expects Ontario and Quebec to face periods of cooler weather in June, but the heat will eventually pick up, producing 鈥渁 very hot and humid鈥� summer with a heightened risk of extended heat waves.

鈥淪ummer should come on very strong in July and August and even linger right through into September, so if you invested in a pool, this is when it should really pay off,鈥� Scott said.

Canadians in the Atlantic provinces will similarly see warm conditions with the heat expected to peak in July and August.

However, the Atlantic provinces are also facing a 鈥渂ig wild card鈥�: hurricanes and other harsh storms that are on Scott鈥檚 radar for the U.S.

鈥淎tlantic Canada, of course, is in the line of fire,鈥� he said.

鈥淲e鈥檙e kind of like the exhaust pipe for storms that come up from the south and if that pipe is aimed in just the wrong direction, that鈥檚 going to hit us.鈥�

In Canada鈥檚 northern regions, it鈥檚 not hurricanes but wildfires and poor air quality that could be the theme as western Nunavut and eastern Northwest Territories face a warm summer and dry conditions.

Wildfires and smoke risks are also top of mind in the Prairies, where drought is a major concern, and a very warm summer is expected across Saskatchewan and Manitoba.

Alberta, however, will see a 鈥渢ypical鈥� summer and many regions could get a break from severe dry periods if an active storm south of the border shifts north, bringing rain totals to near normal.

Precipitation levels in recent months bode well for farmers, Scott added.

鈥淭his winter was not looking good,鈥� he said.

鈥淲e didn鈥檛 have a lot of snowfall, but Mother Nature turned on the taps and we鈥檝e got a quite a bit of moisture lately, so we鈥檙e going into the growing season in better shape than it was looking like just a few months ago.鈥�

Relief is also in sight for British Columbia, where heat is forecast to be 鈥渓ess persistent and less severe鈥� than it has been in the past few years.

Though dry periods are anticipated, scattered showers and thunderstorms are expected to be more numerous and widespread than in past years.

鈥淏ack three years ago, we had the devastating heat wave in B.C.鈥� Scott said.

鈥淲hile we can鈥檛 rule out the risk of heat wave, this does not look like a record hot summer for B.C., which I think is pretty good news for most people.鈥�

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