July 2021 Forecasts And Discussions

[Bonovox]

I will regret saying this by mid-November

You've just jinxed winter 21-22.

[PortKells]

Hah. Phil is eating PNW smoke. That makes me slightly amused after he kept falsely insisting it was going to be troughy in late June.

I don't know if I see any true heat in the models but I suspect we will have some bouts of warmth and lighter smoke towards the end of the month and into August. I do also wonder if we will start seeing more fires pop up along the coast as things continue to dry out.

[AbbyJr]

If Hwy 1 is closed thru Three Valley Gap and the Coq is open, take it into Kelowna, head north to Vernon and take Hwy 6 east to Nakusp, then head north on Hwy 23 into Revelstoke. Just as a heads up... there are a couple small ferries on that route when crossing the arrow lakes.

Thats a very scenic route but a significant detour. Beautiful area though.

[Monty]

If Hwy 1 is closed thru Three Valley Gap and the Coq is open, take it into Kelowna, head north to Vernon and take Hwy 6 east to Nakusp, then head north on Hwy 23 into Revelstoke. Just as a heads up... there are a couple small ferries on that route when crossing the arrow lakes.

Hwy 6 is no longer a good option. The town of Fauquier was just evacuated and that is the east side of the cable ferry on that route. Needles to Fauquier south of Nakusp.

You could bypass Fauquier by taking 3 all the way to Castlegar and then take 6 north to Nakusp then continue north to revelstoke.

Or take hwy 3 to Cranbrook then 93 north to Golden. If I wasn’t in a rush I’d go that way.

[Hound]

Ya, when we finally need rain, Nito is nowhere to be seen to provide us with his moistness.

[Catnip]

Some photos I took of the fire in Osoyoos.

Started as just a small puff of smoke and grew rapidly yesterday afternoon.

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[wetcoast91]

Ya, when we finally need rain, Nito is nowhere to be seen to provide us with his moistness.

Just a few more months until we see rain.

[Forrest Gump]

Another new fire,this time in Sicamous, now I also have a relative who has been affected and given evacuation orders. It is my sister's summer home, they have packed up and heading back to their main home in Vermilion, Alberta. Apparently fire started from a car crashing into a power pole which caused a transformer to explode on highway 97a.

[Hound]

Nice pics Nippers!

[Hound]

Ya, A vehicle fire outside of Hope at the Hwy5 & Hwy 3 junction almost went out of control as well. Not hearing any news on that if it was fully put out.

[Hound]

You can see the fire on the east side of the Coq summit.

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[PortKells]

I wonder if this year will surpass 2018 for area burnt.

[Typeing3]

00z GFS ensembles:

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00z GEM ensembles:

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[Monty]

I wonder if this year will surpass 2018 for area burnt.

1.35 million hectares burned that summer. Currently BC is probably around ~350 000 hectares.

[SouthSardiswx]

Some photos I took of the fire in Osoyoos.

Started as just a small puff of smoke and grew rapidly yesterday afternoon.

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looks like an erupting volcano just insane.