Heat wave alert: What are you doing to stay cool?

Crank the air conditioning?

Turn the fan on full blast?

Close the blinds?

Crack a window at night?

Hang out in the basement?

Jump in the lake?

Splash at the waterpark?

Seek out the air-con at the grocery store, rec centre, library, museum, mall or movie theatre?

All of the above are viable options to beat the scorch in Kelowna's latest heat wave.

Environment Canada has issued and renewed a weather alert for the city -- a yellow warning for heat.

Today's forecast is sunny and hazy with high of 35°C.

Wednesday is this heat wave's peak with more sun, haze and a high of 36°C, which will feel more like 38°C when you factor in the humidex.

The ultra violet (UV) rating is 8, which is very high to extreme -- conditions in which unprotected skin and eyes suffer sunburn in just 10 minutes.

Thursday is projected to be sunny and 35°C and Friday full sun and 34°C before easing slightly over the weekend and into Monday with 31°C, 30°C and 29°C, respectively, with the odd cloud appearing.

When there are three or more days of 35C or hotter weather, Environment Canada tends to issue the severe weather alert along with a yellow heat warning.

Yellow is the most common and least dangerous of Environment Canada's warnings, but it should still be taken seriously.

The next two levels of warning are the uncommon orange and rare red.

This latest warning is not just for Kelowna, but the entire Okanagan, Fraser Canyon, North and South Thompson, Shuswap, Boundary and West Kootenay areas.

Environment Canada issues the warning because the heat poses a risk to public health from relatively minor and uncomfortable heavy sweating, rash, cramping or fainting to serious heat stroke that requires medical attention because your body temperature spikes and your central nervous system goes into dysfunction.

Environment Canada's suggestions to beat the heat include drinking lots of water, staying indoors with air-con or a fan, outdoors in the shade and not exercising during the heat of the day.

The Environment Canada alert prompted the City of Kelowna to issue its own stay-cool tips.

People can drop into any city facility -- including recreation and activity centres, museum, art gallery and library -- to enjoy the air-con.

The city also said the mall and movie theatre is good for air-con.

The city suggests the beach (only with shade) and a dip in the lake and its waterparks in City Park, Ben Lee Park and Quilchena.

More city tips and info can be found here.