Category: Fire

  • Wildfire at Taylor Flats on Sproat Lake

    Wildfire at Taylor Flats on Sproat Lake

    Update 8:30PM There have not been any more updates to the status on the BC Wildfire website. Here are a couple more pictures from earlier today from Stephanie Morrison. Update 3:45PM Here’s a video from 3:30PM this afternoon, from DrJSproatLake1 Here’s a great video from 2:30PM here from Kryssie Thomson of the helicopter working on…

  • Wildfire Rating moves to Extreme

    Wildfire Rating moves to Extreme

    Moving up. As forecast, BC Wildfire moved their danger rating to Extreme for the Beaver Creek (Alberni Airport) region which you can see below in this afternoon’s map. Most of the South Island and South Coast west of the mountains is under high or extreme conditions while the north island remains at low and moderate.…

  • Rain relief coming! Risk of thunderstorms Thursday and Friday.

    Rain relief coming! Risk of thunderstorms Thursday and Friday.

    Good news! The models shifted a bit and now there is at least a little bit of moisture expected on Wednesday! The models are showing rain sweeping onto the Island Wednesday morning. It’s not huge and it’s mostly on the North Island, but it’s there! The precipitation reaches Port Alberni and central VI later Wednesday…

  • Watch the smoke flow over the province like the data out of my wallet.

    Watch the smoke flow over the province like the data out of my wallet.

    How are the Arctic, Alberta Fires, Smokey Port Alberni skies, and US Tornadoes all connected? The Jet Stream. Here’s the Jet Stream modelled this morning. Red line is mine. This rather bent-out-of-shape pattern has been a frequent topic on this blog. Search for “Rutgers” on this webpage and you’ll come up with these blog entries…

  • Alberta Smoke. Hot and Sunny week. Fire Danger holding at High.

    Alberta Smoke. Hot and Sunny week. Fire Danger holding at High.

    We will start the week hot and then gradually cool but the sun will stick for the whole time. We should get to 30°C or 31°C today, 29°C on Tuesday, 25°C on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday and then around 20°C this weekend. Note: Now that there is smoke in the air, there is the possibility…