Hot, dry conditions in the June forecast mean 'the table has been set' for significant wildfire activity this summer.
THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO, BC Wildfire Service
Lead fire weather forecaster Matt MacDonald said he and his colleagues have been waiting to see if this month might bring desperately needed rain. The blaze received about 40 mm of rain on May 22 and 23, about 10 days after it was discovered, which slowed its activity for a day or so, he said. B.C. had a relatively dry January with snow packs significantly below normal levels before they caught up in March and April, as temperatures stayed relatively cool.
With spring drawing to a close and hotter-than-normal temperatures in the forecast again, MacDonald said he expects to see grass drying out, turning yellow and becoming primed for potential ignition by the third or fourth week of June. This year is “one of the rare occurrences where all the droughts, no matter how you define them, be it rivers, soil moisture, or the fuels, the forests, are all very clearly indicating elevated drought” in pockets of the province, MacDonald said.
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