Category: Air Quality
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FINAL UPDATE – 11PM – Day 4 – Terrible Air Quality Continues – Pre-Burn planned – Will generate smoke
Update 11:00PM Air Quality is continuing to improve (20ug/m3 at 10PM) as the SouthEast Winds today push the low level smoke down the Valley to the North and West (back toward Dog Mountain) and the upper level winds seem to clear the Pemberton fires in the opposite direction toward the South and East. Localized heavy…
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Air Quality Advisory issued.
Heads up. Due to the high pressure and stagnant air, Environment Canada has just issued an Air Quality Advisory for Port Alberni. The Ministry of Environment, in collaboration with the Northern Health Authority and the Vancouver Island Health Authority, has issued an air quality advisory for Vanderhoof and Port Alberni due to the high concentrations…
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Fire, Rain, Spooks and Storms
Lots to talk about this morning! First, hopefully you got outside yesterday to enjoy the warmest weather in Canada. OK, not officially, but it was 21C on my station and the official hotspot in Canada was North Cowichan at 20C. You likely saw the fire on the other side of the Beauforts. I first noticed…
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No Advisory – Lots of Fog
The Advisory has been lifted. Unfortunately, the fog hasn’t. We can expect this to keep up through the weekend. Not much to say this morning so I will leave it at that. If you missed it please check out the post below for the latest on the year that was 2012 and the climate.
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High Pressure holds – Air Quality not great – Hot Hot La Nina
Update 9:44AM: Air Advisory Lifted but risk remains. “AIR QUALITY ADVISORY ENDED BUT OPEN BURNING RESTRICTIONS CONTINUE FOR ALBERNI VALLEY, WITHIN 15 KM OF PORT ALBERNI CITY HALL” http://www.bcairquality.ca The Air Quality Advisory has been lifted, meaning that air quality has improved somewhat locally, but the Province’s and City’s burning restriction remain in force due…