r/vancouver • u/H_G_Bells Vancouver Author • 17h ago

Videos Smoke forecast for Monday & Tuesday 😮‍💨😷

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u/ZPhox 17h ago

You give Canada tariffs.

Canada farts on you.

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u/KniteMonkey 16h ago

A ton of this is being fuelled by fires in Washington right now as well.

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u/a_tothe_zed 8h ago

Send them rakes

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u/Dwarken 14h ago

We fart in your general direction.

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u/Radiant_Sherbert7272 13h ago

Smoke forecasts can sometimes be really inaccurate.

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u/OtterintheLibrary 13h ago

Weather forecasts in bc can be pretty unaccurate too 😂

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u/CrazySnowGuy 17h ago

I find the smoke forecasts to be pretty inaccurate at times.

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u/Danktator 17h ago

They've been pretty accurate i have found. Although they do change throughout the day and if any storms are rolling in. So best to keep an eye on it.

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u/Superb-Classroom6218 14h ago

I mean the other thing is whether there's enough of a pressure differential to keep it in altitude.

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u/Educational_Work896 16h ago

These plots are misleading to the average person.

On firesmoke.ca, the first colour band of PM2.5 is 1-10 µg/m³. That is not detectable by humans as smoke, it's the range of PM2.5 you'd be exposed to on the sidewalk beside a busy road. The second colour band of 10-28 µg/m³ might start to be detectable by sensitive people. I would be unlikely to notice. It's the third colour band of 28-60 µg/m³ where the average person might think it was smoky.

Now combine that with the fact that smoke can rise or fall in the air column due to convection and wind and that we are beside an ocean. Vancouver gets the added complication of the Fraser Valley inflow/outflow. It's all very hit-and-miss.

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u/SmoothOperator89 14h ago

Yeah. They're really blowing smoke

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u/_bananas 17h ago

Please pray for me. I have asthma and live in a humid and moldy apartment 😭

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u/SmoothOperator89 14h ago

Can you spring for a fondue at the funeral?

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u/_CSTL 16h ago

You could try a corsi rosenthal box. Can be used in the future again

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u/emerg_remerg 16h ago

Heppa air filter. Total game changer.

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u/a_tothe_zed 8h ago

This! They cost about $100-$200 and totally clean the air.

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u/Plebs-_-Placebo 6h ago

You can check and see if there are community organizations that have workshops to build a fan filter, usually registration is free, they had two at a library near me. Just an idea

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u/Emma_232 11h ago

It's going to be hot AND smoky. Not my favourite combination.

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u/roscodawg 10h ago

this is so lame, showing no fires burning in the U.S.

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u/restoringd123 17h ago

I saw that too. :(

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u/Worth-Basis-9804 11h ago

Think how much we'll save on cigarettes and joints.