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A have a look at Monday’s Edmonton climate by Setting Canada.
It’s 9.0 C on the Edmonton Blatchford climate station with 4 km/h winds out of the south.
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The wildfire smoke got here again the very subsequent day – or perhaps it by no means left.
Both manner, an air high quality advisory stays in impact for town of Edmonton, and huge swaths of central and north Alberta, as smoke emanating from wildfires burning in neighbouring British Columbia and N.W.T continues to blanket our skies.
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“Wildfire smoke concentrations can fluctuate over quick distances and range significantly from hour to hour,” the assertion reads. “Wildfire smoke might be dangerous to everybody’s well being even at low concentrations. Proceed to take actions to guard your well being and cut back publicity to smoke.”
As of 6 a.m., the Air High quality Well being Index (AQHI) was studying a ten, or excessive threat, for the Edmonton space. It’s forecast to enhance all through the day, dropping to a 7 (excessive threat) this afternoon and a 4 (average threat) by the night. Offered the forecasts maintain up, in fact.
The excellent news? We must be out of the woods right here quickly with forecasters calling for much much less hazy skies tomorrow because the clouds transfer in. Nonetheless, anticipate to see that orange hue peaking by the curtains right this moment. Not eerie in any respect.
Oh, and there’s a threat of frost in a single day. Get pleasure from!
Immediately’s forecast
Immediately: A mixture of solar and cloud. Widespread smoke turning into hazy close to midday. Wind turning into northwest 20 km/h gusting to 40 this morning. Excessive 17. UV index 3 or average.
Tonight: Clear. Hazy. Wind northwest 20 km/h gusting to 40 turning into gentle this night. Low 4 C with threat of frost.
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Tomorrow: Sunny. Rising cloudiness late within the afternoon. Hazy. Excessive 15 C. UV index 3 or average. Cloudy in a single day. Low 8 C.
Dawn: 7:13 a.m.
Sundown: 7:43 p.m.
Normals:
Max: 16 C
Min: 5 C
On this present day (1996-2022):
Highest temperature: 24.9 C in 2008
Lowest temperature: –0.4 C in 2010
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Yesterday’s temperature
Excessive: 21.4 C
Low: 8.4 C
Precipitation: 0.0 mm
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