Smoky skies cover Metro Vancouver with air quality advisory in effect
Fine particulate matter from the wildfires is blowing towards the coast
A heat wave is enveloping Metro Vancouver this week, but the outdoors may not be the best place for everyone.
An air quality advisory is in effect inMetro Vancouver because of smoke and "fine particulate matter" blown in from forest fires hundreds of kilometres away.
Here's what it looked like on Tuesday morning from Horsehoe Bay
Air quality advisory in effect today - here's how it's shaping up near Horsehoe Bay pic.twitter.com/iLN7kYdQzo
—@mjanakiram
From the sky
PHOTO: Coast Mountain range this morning as #BCwildfire smoke from the Interior starts to drift towards the ocean. pic.twitter.com/AHRFjTRwR3
—@BCGovFireInfo
Vancouver
Vancouver Fire even threw in a reference to Star Wars, comparingthis morning's sunrise to that on fictional desert planetTatooine.
When the sunrise looks like Tatooine, its going to be toasty. Find shade, stay hydrated, and know the signs of heat illness! pic.twitter.com/lyAdHLfR8S
—@VanFireRescue
It's a smoky morning in #YVR
The view from the @CBCVancouver studios this morning pic.twitter.com/wONSefQov5
—@FarrahMerali
Smokey red sun on this morning's commute.#SeenOnMyCommute #Vancouver #sunrise pic.twitter.com/tMp6StF0NZ
—@wetcoastlife
The smoke moving in.
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.#summer #earlymorning #bcwildfires #vancouver #sunrise https://t.co/bbOKoF1zkV pic.twitter.com/zugQZ5GMp8
—@jringer604
New Westminster
Super hazy in New West this morning! pic.twitter.com/5wIAlXeDvL
—@stephmer
North Shore
@BCFerries Red dawn and first ferry out of Langdale #Vancouver #BCWildfire #sunrise #bcferries pic.twitter.com/aUQjZRwZ9x
—@PaulBAdams
The B.C. Wildfire Service says hot, dry and smoky air from the Interior is heading for the South Coast and expected to rapidly dry out coastal forests, adding to the wildfire risk.
Normally, the prevailing winds travel from the coast to the Interior, but this week the winds are expected to switch into outflow conditions, the wildfire service said in a statement.
An air quality advisory remains for parts of the B.C. southern Interior, including the North Thompson, South Thompson, Shuswap, 100 Mile, Cariboo, and Chilcotin.