ShawniganLake

I’m the middle of summer? No thank you!

The more eastern fire there was discovered today and is already 10000ac. Leave now notice for some 100+ properties in the Big bar lake area.

Some BIG Fires exploding out near the Fraser River to the NW of Clinton, BC

I’m working in Victoria this afternoon and it’s clear blue skies over here.

Was warm earlier in the day here. Hit 75F but cooled off with a few showers and a couple rumbles this afternoon. 0.13” of rain.

Haven’t left the Island in a couple months so it wasn’t me.

Isn’t he just east of Spokane? What are you looking at. Air quality is poor between Spokane and Coeur d’Alene

Just saw one on my driveway. It was hissing at me when I tried to move it. Angry little guy.

The heat in BC is the total opposite. Lytton was 99F with a dew point of 35F. Ashcroft was 99F with a dew point of 32F. Doesn’t t get much drier than that.

WOW. Phil died just reading this!

Oh man. Just when it was finally getting dry enough that even the weeds are starting to die. Around 85F here today.

Looks like a decent bet for some dry lightning over the east side during the next 24-36 hrs. Not a great way to head in to what looks like a fairly lengthy hot and dry period.

I saw a reading of 1020 in upper Michigan.

It’s such a vast area across the north. Including Alaska. Allowing Mother Nature to do her thing for a couple decades might be the most reasonable plan of action. Then perhaps move into better management practices in areas that have burned.

Mother Nature is the main arsonist in Canada. 90% of the area burned is from lightning caused fires in extremely remote areas. They are past the point of being controlled long before fire crews could even get to them.

I assume sarcasm here?

Mid to Upper 90s in the Fraser canyon the next couple days, so I’d expect some increased fire behaviour on the fires near Boston Bar

Euro too?

You’d think he’d be happy. If the smoke is thick enough it could help put a lid on high temperatures

1.2billion acres of boreal forest in Canada that requires fire to maintain balance in the ecosystem. If the USA continues to pump their hot air across the border I wouldn’t expect a reprieve from the smoky summers anytime soon. If anything it could get worse. I mean I guess Phil could come up with a garden hose and try to slow the fires down. Might help. Helicopter pilot from Vancouver Island died fighting a fire in Colorado yesterday

Still a lot of spread in the ensembles with the track and timing of that upper level feature later in the week

Pretty good agreement on some heat early next week.

I assume it got pulled offshore into the trough and is now being pushed back in our direction. Probably from the fires in northern Canada.

Looks smoky hazy overhead this afternoon. Kind of an orangish yellow glow to things.

Euro AI also trended more cutoff with that low offshore. Still meandering a week from today. I think we may see some storms at some point this week