Fire Weather Forecast for the Weekend

We are continuing with HIGH DANGER CLASS regulations into the weekend, and this means that High Risk Activities can continue daily until 1 pm with your increased vigilance. We are drying out quickly again, and we may even be facing EXTREME conditions next week. Please be careful, and if you see smoke, call 911.

TIVFD 

FRIDAY: Light-moderate north-westerlies continue over Haida Gwaii. Dryness increases over the eastern sections of the mainland southern zones and over inland central and southern Vancouver Island. 

OUTLOOK: Saturday to Monday: Unsettled weather continues on Saturday with a pattern similar to Friday’s with the highest chances of lightning shifting to central and northern Vancouver Island. There is a caveat in that the pattern suggests a risk of early morning convection over the NW Washington coast that may affect southern Vancouver Island and the SW Fraser zone early Saturday morning. But it's a remote possibility at this point. Continued unsettled conditions over northern zones on Sunday as the upper low slowly lifts across northern Vancouver Island. Similar conditions continue into Monday - the upper low is very slow to move. Heat builds and dryness expands over southern zones Sunday PM through Monday. 

CONFIDENCE/DISCUSSION: Eyes on the remote possibility of early morning convection that may affect southern Vancouver Island and the SW Fraser zone late Friday night or early Saturday morning.

6 TO 10 DAY: Tuesday to Friday of next week: A generally drier and warmer pattern is shaping up for next week for southern zones as the typical summertime US SW ridge builds inland to the north.