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| Much of British Columbia is now under A Special Air Quality Advisory related to the forest fires of the Western United States (from the BC Gov't) |
The growing forest infernos of Washington State, Oregon and California will deliver an impact on the North Coast over the next 24 to 72 hours, with Environment Canada issuing a Special Air Quality Statement for the region as of late Friday afternoon.
In their advisory, Environment Canada notes that smoke impacts due to long-range transport from wildfires in the western United States have already been observed in some areas of Vancouver Island, the Lower Mainland, and portions of the Interior. Smoke forecast models indicate the potential for a significant push of smoke into BC throughout the weekend.
The anticipated smoke trajectory indicates that the areas impacted will grow to the north and east as the weekend progresses with the most widespread impacts expected on Sunday.
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You can access more details related to the environmental event for the weekend from the Smoky Skies Bulletin for Friday, September 11th here.
Included in their information notes are these guidelines for British Columbians as the air quality situation evolves over the weekend.
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As we noted earlier today, the wet weather of the Northwest over the summer has significantly reduced our risk of forest fires along the Highway 16 corridor, though the ways of the winds clearly will deliver some impact from fires far beyond our control for the next few days.
More items of note on Unusual weather situations for the Northwest can be explored through our archive page here.
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