FireSmoke Canada
Welcome to the Canadian portal for information about wildland fire weather and smoke. From here you can access the BlueSky Canada smoke forecasts, fire weather forecasts, fire information, and the BlueSky Playground. The Weather Forecast Research Team at the University of British Columbia produces these research forecasts with support from multiple agencies. These tools and data serve professionals in the air quality, health & safety, emergency management, and science & research communities as well as the public. We are also a community of practice that advances policies, plans & organizations to address wildland fire and smoke issues.
Smoke Forecasts
High resolution, interactive forecasts of
hourly, daily average and daily maximum
concentrations of PM2.5 smoke particles
at ground level from wildfires.
News
September 23, 2024 We are pleased to announce that BlueSky Playground - Full is now available. The Full version of our ad-hoc, on-demand smoke modelling tool uses comprehensive fuel data to calculate emission rates, and includes an expert mode to allow users to customize individual parameters. You can access Playground - Full from the Playground page.
July 3, 2024 We are pleased to announce that a new, improved version of BlueSky Playground is now available. Playground is an ad-hoc, on-demand smoke modelling tool which allows users to create emissions scenarios for prescribed burns and wildfires, then model the resulting smoke dispersion. You can access Playground - Express from the Playground page; more advanced versions are under development.
June 19, 2024 A maintenance outage is planned for Thursday, June 20, 18:00-23:59 PDT (UTC-7) to upgrade network infrastructure in the data centre. Access to firesmoke.ca may be interrupted during this time.
