Category: Fire
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Heat returning for weekend. Weather data of Devastating Ft Mac Fire
First: Please donate to the Red Cross to help the thousands of refugees that are now in need. It really is like a war zone. For our area, a brief bit of rain yesterday actually delivered slightly more than UWash forecasted, but still just 3mm over the past 24 hours. We will now shift back to a dry…
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A rainy week, and an important request before the summer heat.
Welcome to Spring! And for those of you in SD70, Spring Break! Unfortunately, we have a slightly rainy week ahead of us but totals are modest. Between the mornings 5-5AM Monday/Tuesday, Tues/Wed, and Wed/Thurs the model shows 16mm, 4mm, and 16mm respectively. We should get a bit of a break Friday and then more showers Saturday. Please click to…
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UPDATE 9AM: Air Quality Advisory Issued – A week of clear and sunny skies brought to you in part by El Nino and Climate Change
UPDATED 9AM Air Quality Advisory Issued for next 3 days. AIR QUALITY ADVISORY AND OPEN BURNING RESTRICTIONS IN EFFECT FOR THE ALBERNI VALLEY, WITHIN 15 KM OF PORT ALBERNI CITY HALL (November 26, 2015 – Port Alberni, B.C.) The Ministry of Environment in collaboration with Island Health has issued an Air Quality Advisory for Port…
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Stagnant air, Woodstove and Slash Burning Combining for poor Air Quality
No official Advisories have been issued, but given the current weather pattern with no wind and cool temperatures, and with slash burning now beginning around the Valley, the Air Quality particulate measures in the City are quickly rising. Here is the current air quality data as at 10AM… just hitting the threshold (25ug/m3) for an advisory…
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August 2015 Summary and Outlook – Fire – Heat – Rain – Wind
So after a bit of delay due to the insanity of the start of the school year, here is the August 2015 Summary and Outlook for the next few months. August again was defined by fire, and I have compiled some interesting statistics on that front. Even though it still felt pretty hot and dry (we…