Prince George, B.C.- The Air Quality Advisory  for Prince George has been lifted.  Air Pollution Meteorologist  with the Ministry of the Environment, Dennis Fudge says the  inversion  that was holding the  wildfire smoke in the region,  broke  earlier than  expected.

The provincial air quality objective for fine particles, PM_2.5, is 25 micrograms per cubic metre, averaged over 24 hours. The 24 hour PM_2.5 rolling average was 23 µg/m³ at the Plaza 400 downtown site, 21 µg/m³ at College Heights, 24 µg/m³ at Exploration Place and 27 µg/m³ at foreman Flats at 10 am today.

The provincial air quality objective for coarse particles, PM₁₀, is 50 micrograms per cubic metre, averaged over 24 hours. The 24 hour PM₁₀ rolling average was 37 µg/m³ at the Plaza 400 downtown, 32 µg/m³ at College Heights and 50 µg/m³ at BCR at 10 am today.