Edmonton climate: Widespread wildfire smoke, 23 C excessive, air high quality alert continues

A have a look at Sunday’s Edmonton climate by Surroundings Canada.

It’s 9 C on the Edmonton Blatchford climate station with 2 km/h winds out of the south.

Wildfire smoke, seemingly strung like a veil throughout treetops, excessive rises, the river and valley, can seem a magical mist however it as soon as once more dropped a damper on some summer time weekend plans. The curtain of smoke within the Edmonton space that swept in Saturday afternoon from wildfires in British Columbia and the Northwest Territories stays, inflicting the air high quality assertion issued by Surroundings Canada that afternoon to proceed into Sunday. FireSmoke Canada gives a glimpse at present wildfire smoke patterns on its web site.

Air high quality Sunday morning was an inexpensive 3, or reasonable threat to well being, however within the afternoon it reached the 8 vary on a scale of 10+, that being very excessive threat to well being. Whereas Saturday’s choking 10+ air high quality prompted some folks to don masks within the hazy 26 C sunshine, well being officers warn it’s best in these situations to remain inside the place the air is clear.

Widespread smoke within the area, with the excessive to strike 23 C Sunday, is forecast to hold round into Monday, when temperatures begin to dip into the kids, the anticipated excessive 17 C. Winds anticipated to drop in Wednesday, forecast to gust to 40 km/h within the morning, could assist sweep any smoke remnants away. Doable rains anticipated mid-week could additional usher these soiled air particulates away.

At present’s forecast

At present: Widespread smoke, excessive 23 C. UV index 4 or reasonable.

Tonight: A couple of clouds with widespread smoke, changing into hazy in a single day. Low 8 C.

Tomorrow: Sunny, changing into mixture of solar and cloud within the morning with haze. Wind changing into northwest 20 km/h gusting to 40 km/h within the morning. Excessive 17 C. UV index 4 or reasonable.
Night time Clear. Low 6 C.

Dawn: 7:11 a.m.

Sundown: 7:45 p.m.

Normals:

Max: 16 C

Min: 5 C

On at the present time (1996-2022):

Highest temperature: 26.3 C in 20014

Lowest temperature: -4.2 C in 2010

Yesterday’s temperature

Excessive: 23.5 C

Low: 7.6 C

Precipitation: 0.0 mm

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Edmonton climate: Widespread wildfire smoke, 23 C excessive, air high quality alert continues