Wildfire smoke: Central, North Okanagan at 10-plus ratings for air quality
Air quality in the Central Okanagan has gone from bad to worse because of wildfire smoke.
On Thursday morning, the region’s air quality health index rating was at the province’s maximum, or worst, level — 10-plus. The province’s AQHI rating system has four levels: low health risk , moderate health risk , high health risk and very high .On Tuesday afternoon, the Central Okanagan had a moderate rating before spiking into the 10-plus range at 5 p.m.
Overnight, the levels fell into the moderate category before bouncing into the 10 rating on Wednesday afternoon. From there, they fell to 7 overnight before climbing up to 9 at 9 a.m., then 10-plus at 10 a.m.The Central Okanagan isn’t the only region at 10-plus as of Thursday morning: so, too, were the North Okanagan and Castlegar.