Osoyoos Wildfire Smoke Map
Follow modelled wildfire smoke around Osoyoos, the South Okanagan, and the Canada-United States border with hourly ECCC FireWork guidance.
How to read smoke around Osoyoos
Osoyoos lies in a very dry South Okanagan basin close to the international border, where smoke can arrive from British Columbia or Washington as well as from longer-range western fires. Dry slopes, basin inversions, lake breezes, and north-south valley winds can concentrate or clear smoke on a different schedule than the broad regional plume. FireWork is therefore forecast guidance and should be compared with current observations and official health information.
Forecast, not a measurement
FireWork estimates near-surface PM2.5 attributable to wildfire smoke. It can differ from actual conditions around Osoyoos because emissions, wind, terrain, mixing, precipitation, and model timing change. Use current AQHI observations and local health advisories when conditions matter to health.
A focused starting view, not a clipped dataset
This page starts the national FireRadar layer around Osoyoos. The underlying FireWork smoke field is not clipped to municipal boundaries, so nearby conditions remain visible as you pan or zoom. FireRadar does not infer a uniform value inside a city boundary.
Health and safety limitation
FireRadar is an informational environmental map. Follow Environment and Climate Change Canada, provincial health agencies, local public-health guidance, and emergency authorities for health or safety decisions. This page does not diagnose exposure, determine whether outdoor activity is safe, or predict individual health effects.
Related Osoyoos wildfire context
Smoke and air quality can change even when no confirmed wildfire is close to Osoyoos. Use the local wildfire page for current official incidents, the fire-danger page for broad fire-weather context, and the province view when you need a wider regional picture.