Category: Fire
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Records falling as heat continues to Thursday
UPDATE SMOKEY SKIES BULLETIN ISSUED From Earle Plain at the Ministry of Environment Air Quality office: Good morning. A smoky Skies Bulletin (attached) has been issued for all areas of Vancouver Island as wildfire smoke has moved into the area from fires burning in Washington State and the Interior of BC. SMOKY SKIES BULLETIN ISSUED…
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Hot Labour Day Weekend Smoke May Limit Heat
Happy September! Environment Canada (EC) has issued a statement that the high pressure area now building and about to deliver us back into 30°+ temperatures will also likely deliver smoke from the Interior fires as well. They say: “Under this weather pattern, the airmass will also become quite stagnant. Combined with developing outflow winds, it is…
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Small Wildfire sparked at Great Central Lake.
Update 12:30PM Saturday – “All Indications [fire] successfully contained at about 1 ha” The quote above and picture is from a message sent to the ACRD and City from BC Wildfire. Good news! Crews are still working but the quote above is key. Looks like things are almost done! Thank you to all of the people…
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Smoke not enough to prevent 117 year temperature record set in Port Alberni
https://twitter.com/alberniweather/status/893353208927592448 It’s going to be hot again today, and the Air Quality isn’t great either. You can see the current Air Quality numbers at bcairquality.ca Notice the very high Air Quality Health Index numbers in the Lower Mainland and Victoria in red. It is not quite as bad on the Mid Island but our station…
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Extreme Heat may depend on Smoke Cover
We landed in Vancouver at 11:35 and it was only 23°C at YVR even though the forecast was for 30°C temperatures. Looks like the culprit was smoke blowing out from the Interior. Check out the latest MODIS satellite picture. Notice the plume of smoke is not quite reaching Port Alberni, where the temperature right now…