CBC Daybreak North Lunch and Learn -- For Tuesday, January 14, 2020

We will see where the discussion goes, but here are some websites that might be useful for a discussion on air quality and weather in north/central BC -- sent to make it easier to find them…

1. Air Quality Monitoring

a. Air Quality Health Index (combines PM2.5, O3 and NO2 into one metric 1-10):

i. https://www2.gov.bc.ca/gov/content/environment/air-land-water/air/air-quality/aqhi

ii. map: http://www.env.gov.bc.ca/epd/bcairquality/readings/find-stations-map.html

iii. Forecast (ECCC): https://weather.gc.ca/airquality/pages/provincial_summary/bc_e.html (for BC)

iv. Forecast (ECCC): https://weather.gc.ca/airquality/pages/bcaq-009_e.html (for PG - see also links above for Terrace, Smithers, Quesnel, Kitimat, Fort St. John)

b. PM2.5 (main pollutant with elevated levels affecting BC Interior)

i. BC Ministry of Environment and Climate Change Strategy: http://www.env.gov.bc.ca/epd/bcairquality/readings/find-stations-map-PM25.html

ii. UNBC’s PurpleAir (+BC MECCS monitors): http://weather.unbc.ca/aqmap/?zoom=7&lat=55.062&lng=-125.018

2. Weather

You already have lots of sources for weather forecasts etc. But here is one site we have at UNBC that has animations of various kinds of weather images (which may or may not be usable by radio hosts…) http://weather.unbc.ca/wxv/wxv_index.html