Category: Air Quality
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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…
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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…
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Heat Warning Ended – Go Catch Mars before the clouds come.
Environment Canada just ended the Heat Warning that has been in place for a very long time. And the strong southerly wind that is blowing right now is not only a good indication of the change in weather to come, but it might just blow away the smokey skies we have had to deal with…
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May be final day of smoke-reduced temperatures. Smoke impacting Air Quality too.
We are forecast to reach 35 with a Humidex of 38, but that doesn’t take into account the smoky haze of the past few days. On Friday I asked around to see where the haze was coming from and got some interesting answers. Today we have awoken to haze again, so we might not see…
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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…