Air quality advisory remains in place for Metro Vancouver, Fraser Valley

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NORTH VANCOUVER (NEWS 1130) – For another day in a row, there is a thick haze hovering over the Lower Mainland has people try to cope with the ongoing smoke drifting in from wildfires in the Interior.

Environment Canada has a special weather statement in place and Metro Vancouver has issued an air quality advisory. The latter agency says the advisory will continue until the weather pattern shifts, but we don’t know exactly when that will be.

NEWS 1130‘s Darren Grieve, who usually spends his mornings in the NEWS 1130 Air Patrol, was forced to land soon after take-off because the smoke was so thick it became unsafe to be in the air. He says the smoke today was worse than previous days.

Metro Vancouver says high concentrations of particulate matter will persist and concentrations of ground-level ozone are also now expected to reach advisory levels in the eastern areas of Metro Vancouver and the Fraser Valley because it’s so hot.

Hot temperatures can be dangerous especially if you have:

  • breathing difficulties
  • heart problems
  • hypertension
  • kidney problems
  • a mental illness such as depression or dementia
  • Parkinson’s disease or if you take medication for any of these conditions

 

Environment Canada says a massive ridge of high pressure will remain over southern BC. Daytime highs will soar into the mid-30s through Friday for communities in the Fraser Valley, Howe Sound, Whistler and Inland Vancouver Island.

Temperatures will be several degrees cooler closer to the Straits of Georgia and Juan de Fuca.

The heat combined with the lack of any rainfall recently means the fire danger rating across much of southern BC is still at extreme.

Click here to check air quality levels.

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