KAMLOOPS — The showers and cooler weather over the weekend helped on BC’s wildfire front – but this has still been a damaging fire season.
More than 945,000 hectares have burned across the province since April, the second-most in a single season since records began in 1950.
Only last year had more terrain scorched at 1.2 million hectares.
Kamloops got 2.0 millimeters of rain yesterday, Kelowna had twice that much.While it won’t kill the wildfires, the precipitation, along with much cooler temperatures, certainly helped.
The smoke has cleared somewhat, although the special weather advisory is still in effect, as conditions can change quickly.
The purple air quality meters this morning are the best they’ve been in a while. All the sensors around Kamloops are in the mid-60 range downtown, and around 50 in Aberdeen. That’s much better than the past couple of weeks.
Visibility at the airport is 40 kilometers this morning.
To check out the air quality on the purple air sensors, go to the Weather tab on the CFJC Today home page, and find the link to the Purple Air sensors.
