By Jill Sperling

Haze over Kamloops likely due to weather, not smoke

Jun 9, 2018 | 7:23 AM

KAMLOOPS — A light haze over Kamloops has residents scratching their heads.

Ministry of Environment Air Quality Meteorologist Ralph Adams says there is no indication that the haze is a result of wildfire smoke. 

“None of the fire smoke transport models are showing smoke being transported even in very low concentrations,” Adams said. “There doesn’t appear to be any fires that are large enough to be causing this sort of wide spread smoke near us.” 

Adams says the haze is more likely caused by a combination of weather elements. 

“One thing I think is going on is because we had that very hot, muggy weather, quite often when that happens you get something called biogenic haze which is the kind of haze you see in the tropics and places where there are huge expanses of forest. I think it’s a combination of things, one is we had very hot weather, secondly we had higher than normal humidity, and there is particulate matter in the air, you can see it from our instruments.”

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