BC is Burning - 19 Aug 2023

Overnight, it started to cheap in. As the sun rose, a Smokey layer formed and consolidated in the mountains above Squamish and started to spread over Howe Sound. Throughout the day, the Smokey layer firmed and lowered to the point that there was a hint of smoke aroma in the air. You would not notice it except that the sweet and salty smell of the sea has been replaced with the inland smells.

The fires are not here. There has been a fire ban for a month and people are careful to honor the ban. This is coming from fires hundreds of miles away near Kelowna in the interior, near Lake Okanagan. There may be contributing fires in Washington and Idaho, but the main fires are interior BC.

The color of the light has an obvious golden tone that has intensified to orange by sunset. The photo shows the morning view.