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Williams Lake’s air quality gives residents a bit of reprieve Monday morning

The air quality health index actually dipped down low
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Williams Lake does not appear with a red dot on Monday’s Air Quality Health Index map. File image

For people in Williams Lake, it was the early bird who got the worm when it comes to capitalizing on better air quality early Monday.

Residents woke up to a blue sky, albeit hazy, and for the first time in many days, the dot on the Ministry of Environment Air Quality Health Index map was not red for Williams Lake.

At 7 a.m. the particulate matter hourly reading was 42.4 micrograms per cubic metre and the 24-hour reading was 88 micrograms per cubic metre, whereas last Friday it was more than 620.

Read more: Particulate matter levels in Williams Lake a concern for all

And at 8 a.m. Monday the air quality health index was at a three or low health risk.

As the day unfolds, however, it is anticipated the risk will climb back up to a seven or high health risk, the ministry website notes.

Read more: Smoke from B.C. wildfires prompts air quality advisories across Western Canada



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Monica Lamb-Yorski

About the Author: Monica Lamb-Yorski

A B.C. gal, I was born in Alert Bay, raised in Nelson, graduated from the University of Winnipeg, and wrote my first-ever article for the Prince Rupert Daily News.
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