Category: Fire
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Expect Smoke to linger until Monday at least
We have awoken in yet more smoke. You can see current readings here. Anything over 20 is generally considered bad. Many places, including Port Alberni are around 100. As you can see it’s bad all across the South Coast. Ed Wiebe sent this picture from UVic. And here’s the view from Dr. J at the…
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Updated 1:35PM – California and Oregon Smoke has moved in. Record heat yesterday.
Bad Air settles in overnight. A last update before midnight. It’s bad all over the Island. Downtown Victoria and Port Alberni are currently the worst though. Both at over 150ug/m3 1:35PM Smoke has moved up the Island The smoke has pushed north as the day has drawn on. There is no chance of us hitting…
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Possibly final day of 30ºC+ weather. More Smoke coming. Possible shower Monday. Summer Summaries Posted. School Starts!
Expect today to be the last hot day, possibly of the summer. Lots going on this morning but one notable thing to start the day is this might be our final clear sunny and hot day of the 2020 summer. Fitting that it has come on the first day back for most kids to school.…
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Updating: 12:30PM – Back to School Forecast – Smoke creeping north Tuesday – COVID rises.
Update 12:30PM – Smoke encroaches. The smoke has come into the Valley. This is a snapshot of the graph, the updating graph is on the front page. We should see our values go up in the next hourly update at the UNBC page as well. Update 11:40AM – Air Quality Advisories issued Environment Canada has…
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Back to 30°C today – Procession for SLFD Firefighter around 5:30 – Extreme Fire Danger – Meteors
The clouds cleared overnight and the heat will move back in quickly today. The forecast yesterday was for temperatures to get up to 35°C Thursday but that has been cut back to “only” 30°C today and possibly 33°C Thursday. Temperatures should remain in the high twenties into the weekend with clouds and cooler temperatures returning…