Clear Full Forecast

Air Quality Advisory Cancelled

By 250 News

Wednesday, February 02, 2011 09:33 AM

Prince George, B.C. -  The Ministry of Environment has cancelled the air quality advisory for Prince George.

The advisory was issued mid-morning yesterday, due to a high level of particulates trapped in the airshed by a high-pressure weather ridge.

As of 8am this morning, the level of both fine and coarse particulates was well below the provincial objectives:

  •           The provincial air quality objective for fine particles, PM2.5, is 25 micrograms per cubic metre, averaged over 24 hours. The 24 hour PM2.5 rolling average was 6 µg/m3 at the Plaza 400 downtown site and 11 µg/m3 at College Heights at 8 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 20 µg/m3 at the Plaza 400 downtown and 31 µg/m3 at College Heights and 41 µg/m3 at the BCR site at 8 am today. 


Previous Story - Next Story

Email Email | Print Print | Share on Facebook Facebook | Tweet! Twitter | Digg Digg | Del.icio.us Del.icio.us

Posted on Wednesday, February 02, 2011 09:33 AM in News by 250 News

Return to Home
NetBistro

Comments

Comment Posted by: Maverick on February 2 2011 9:44 AM
All the pulpmills must have shutdown......oh wait nope they didn't! Maybe they just decided not to pollute as bad today!
Comment Posted by: He spoke on February 2 2011 10:16 AM
just another wishy washy air fairies, making a call on the advisory.
Comment Posted by: supertech on February 2 2011 10:01 PM
What a bogus bylaw. They don't even have a fine for it. My neighbor burns 24/7/365.
He also has a relatively new gas furnace.
Choke--gasp---it's worse than tobacco.