The BC Wildfire Service says cooler and wetter weather has helped to take the edge off much of the province’s still raging fire activity.
However, it also notes that drought-like conditions remain and the threat of new ignitions has not diminished significantly.
As of Thursday morning, there were still 111 active wildfires, with two fires of note near Fort Nelson — in the northeast corner of the province — still burning out of control.
The Parker Lake and Patry Creek wildfires, combined, cover more than 86,000 square kilometres and have chased thousands of area residents from their homes.
CityNews meteorologist Michael Kuss says that after a warm, dry start to May across B.C. things have gotten wetter and colder than normal.
“We’ve seen a cooler wetter weather pattern for a good chunk of B.C., Alberta, and Saskatchewan, and that has certainly helped with the forest fire fights,” he explained.
“That said if you go up to the extreme north, up into the northern Peace Country around Fort Nelson, temperatures have actually been at or above normal and not a lot of precipitation in there.
“The one saving grace is humidity levels have been higher and looking longer range we will start to see some more wet weather moving into that part of the province over the next seven to 10 days.”
For southern B.C., Kuss says things are going to dry up and become warmer next week.
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