Is the firestorms in Alberta the reason why it was warm today in Southern Ontario? (safe, best)

[Rockstar21]

So the huge firestorm in Fort McMurray is way out of control and still no sign of end, I hope everyone there is safe and sound. Today in Toronto temps felt pretty humid if not just warm, usually winter here takes forever to end as we still get cool temperatures in early May, but today for the first time it felt pretty warm and humid a little bit, so I was wondering if it was the firestorms from over there?

[Zoisite]

Nope. The warm weather you're getting is just because of a high pressure front brought up from the south by the jet stream. It's a little bit early but it's normal.

Re: the wildfires to the northwest, you might end up getting some smoke in the sky because of the northern wildfires but you won't be getting heat from them.

Just so you know, the wildfires aren't only happening in northern Alberta. There's a lot more of them happening in BC and Saskatchewan too, they started a few weeks earlier than the wildfires that Alberta is getting now. There's been 156 wildfires in BC and 102 in Saskatchewan since the beginning of spring.

It's not even the height of wildfire season yet, with summer still nearly two months away, it's looking like it's going to be an interesting year for wildfires.

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[jambo101]

Originally Posted by Rockstar21

So the huge firestorm in Fort McMurray is way out of control and still no sign of end, I hope everyone there is safe and sound. Today in Toronto temps felt pretty humid if not just warm, usually winter here takes forever to end as we still get cool temperatures in early May, but today for the first time it felt pretty warm and humid a little bit, so I was wondering if it was the firestorms from over there?

As the distance from Ft McMurray to Toronto is the best part of 4000kilometers you wouldnt be feeling the heat from the actual fires but Toronto maybe experiencing part of the same weather pattern.

[botticelli]

It is still below normal temperature. Not to mention how far northern Alberta is. If that makes Toronto noticeably warmer, then Edmonton must be sizzling hot today.

[daynet]

Originally Posted by Zoisite

It's not even the height of wildfire season yet, with summer still nearly two months away, it's looking like it's going to be an interesting year for wildfires.

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I was reading that fires like the one now raging in Fort McMurray are going to become more frequent, too. I hope that isn't true.

[Glacierx]

Originally Posted by daynet

I was reading that fires like the one now raging in Fort McMurray are going to become more frequent, too. I hope that isn't true.

More frequent than when? Fires are smaller now than 50 to 100 years ago because of more fire suppression, but fires are caused by a combination of lighting and humans, so more humans throwing out cigarette butts, etc. the more fires.

BTW, pretty much all of the northern boreal forest burns every 30 years even with fire suppression.

[Acajack]

Fires in the boreal forest are totally normal. It is how the forest regenerates itself.

[jambo101]

Originally Posted by Glacierx

More frequent than when? Fires are smaller now than 50 to 100 years ago because of more fire suppression, but fires are caused by a combination of lighting and humans, so more humans throwing out cigarette butts, etc. the more fires.

BTW, pretty much all of the northern boreal forest burns every 30 years even with fire suppression.

So evacuating whole cities is now considered normal?

[BMI]

Warm today in southern Ontario today ....it was ok ...about 16C


Winnipeg was a roasting 35C ....now that's warm

[Glacierx]

Originally Posted by jambo101

So evacuating whole cities is now considered normal?

Obviously not, but a one-off event doesn't make a trend. Back in 1950 when the largest fire in North American history was raging in northern Alberta there were no cities in the north to evacuate.