A haze has settled over virtually all of southern British Columbia as hundreds of wildfires burn across the province.
, wildfire smoke is either already impacting or is likely to impact communities from Tofino in the west all the way to Sparwood in the east over the next 24 to 48 hours.The bulletin notes that smoky conditions can vary considerably hour-by-hour as winds, temperature and wildfire behavior changes quickly.
In the southern Interior, particularly in the Okanagan, the air quality health index is at"extremely high risk" for fine particulate matter, Alyssa Charbonneau, meteorologist with Environment and Climate Change Canada said. On Saturday, the smoke was highly visible in the Lower Mainland, but the fine particulate matter was “aloft” in the sky and hadn’t reached the surface yet, meaning the air quality health index was low, despite appearances, Charbonneau explained.
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