As far as B.C. wildfire forecasters are concerned, June did what they hoped

CBC News
July 7, 2020
Category: Forest Fires
Region: Canada, Canada West

It only takes a quick glance at British Columbia’s fire danger map to see the province is in good shape.  The vast majority of the province is covered in lime green and cool blue, indicating the risk of a wildfire starting in those areas is “low” or “very low.” Patches of land on the coast are marked as a “moderate” risk, but the blaring red of extreme risk is absent.  A damp, chilly June can take most of the credit.  “This month delivered,” said Armel Castellan, warning preparedness meteorologist with Environment Canada.  “When you look at it from a drought and from a wildfire perspective, you couldn’t ask for better.”  …Castellan said some places in B.C. saw “upwards of 140 per cent” of their normal precipitation in June, particularly in northern B.C.

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