Large swaths of western Canada are ablaze in a record-shattering wildfire season for the country. Now, people in Southeast Alaska are starting to see the smoke — and there’s more to come.
Wildfire smoke was visible in the sunset on the coastline of Frederick Sound on Saturday, July 8.
On that day alone, more than 22 million acres of British Columbia and the Yukon Territory went up in flames, breaking a record that was set A few of the fires are right behind the Coastal Mountain Range — just due east of the Alaska panhandle. “If we see really increased fire activity in that area, it’ll push more smoke into Juneau, Petersburg, Ketchikan, [and] Skagway,” said Park. “Right now with the models that we have in terms of smoke forecast looks to stay more north of Petersburg. But we would really have to pay attention as to how fires blow up today. You have to watch and see what happens.”
So, when will it stop? Smith’s weather models predict it could take a while for the smoky days to pass — possibly, until the end of the summer.
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