Weather in Edmonton: Smoke from wildfire fixes air quality on the ground as coming rain is ready to offer some relief

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Small, those pandemic masks that some people have taken off as vaccination rates stick to COVID-19 are useful again. What. The. Real. Hell. Should these wildfires infiltrate our summer forecast for eternity now? Either way, Hope Soldiers find relief in a forecast that promises to clean up rainwater from Tuesday and through most of next week.

For now, however, hang in there. The air quality index hit 10+ out of 10 late on Saturday. Environment Canada and Alberta Health Services therefore claim that there is a very high risk for those who venture outside into the haze-filled cloud, especially those with health problems. Healthy people can also expect sore throats and headaches as well as other symptoms that feel like crap when breathing in the dirt-stained outdoor air, most of which comes from house fires. forest in British Columbia.

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Therefore. Stay indoors, preferably in a well ventilated area. And for you types of athletes or aspirants, don’t take the risk of running or riding until the smoke clears. You won’t make any gains inside the smoke envelope of a forest fire, you will only have to harm your health, burn your lungs and God knows what else with your stubborn attempts, face, bony head. Ventilated treadmill, ventilated yoga, ventilated spinning, malls walks, you get the drift. All the wisest options. And if you like, don your now dual-purpose mask, fighting infection and smoke inhalation at the same time.

Because this air quality alert has to suffocate us until, oh, let’s say Wednesday. Ish. At that point, the rain system may have enough steam to remove the grime, bringing us back to sunshine temperatures in the sky around 28C by the end of next week. Bah, now I just ramble on the smoke, the masks, stay inside, nag, nag, increasing my own smoke-induced headache. Oh yes. Also, be sure to hydrate yourself. It never hurts.

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Today’s forecast

Today: Mainly cloudy with 30 percent chance of showers, risk of a thunderstorm in the afternoon. Widespread smoke. Wind becoming east 20 km / h near noon. High 21 C.

Tonight: Clearance in the evening. Widespread smoke. Low 16 C.

Tomorrow: Mixture of sun and cloud, maximum 26 C.

Sunrise: 5:28 a.m. MDT

Sunset: 9:52 p.m. MDT

normal

Medium High: 23 VS

Low average: 12 VS

Yesterday

Maximum: 16.3 VS

Min: 13 VS

Total precipitation: 0.0mm

On this day (1996-2019)

Highest Temperature: 28.8C in 2004

Lowest temperature: 8.9C in 2000

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