Category: Fire
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Final UPDATE 9:30AM Monday June 12 – New Post after Noon press conference.
9:30AM Monday – Final Update to this post I will make a brand new post with information starting from todays press conference. In the meantime I have posted some notes on Mastodon from interviews on the radio this morning. We are not out of this mess yet. 9AM Sunday Update Note: I will start a…
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Smoke on East Island but not Alberni yet. Excellent CBC Weather and Climate Resource. Go By Bike Week!
East Island Smoke It was noticeable going to work on Tuesday in Nanaimo that the wildfire smoke had travelled across the Strait. The Air Quality View tells the story. We are still very nice and clear in Port Alberni with near PM2.5 readings near zero. Not so on the East side of the Island, especially…
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UPDATE 5:15PM – Day Record Broken – Multiple All Time Records in play- Fire Danger rising
5:15PM Update – Daily Record Broken – Monthly Safe. We have NOT hit 35 officially at the Airport and it is unlikely that we will, the high so far has been 33.4°C. This is enough to break the daily record easily (30.6) but not the monthly of 35.0ºC. However, in town here at Alberniweather we…
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Hot weekend starts with Fire at Great Central Lake
Go get the WildfireBC App I was looking for information about the fire online on my laptop and there was nothing on their map… but I downloaded the official WIldfireBC App (for Apple or Google) and it popped right up. For the love of all things, especially the outdoors that we all play in, PLEASE…
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Heat Dome 2023 Next Week will Just Miss Us
Western Canada is about to experience another Heat Dome.