Penticton Wildfire Smoke Map
Track forecast wildfire smoke around Penticton, Okanagan Lake, Skaha Lake, and the South Okanagan with FireRadar's hourly FireWork guidance.
How to read smoke around Penticton
Penticton sits at the narrow centre of the South Okanagan between Okanagan and Skaha lakes, surrounded by dry slopes and uplands. Smoke may arrive from nearby Okanagan and Similkameen fires or from distant Interior and cross-border incidents. Valley winds, lake breezes, inversions, and terrain can move or trap smoke differently through the day, so a broad model plume should be checked against current observations before inferring street-level conditions.
Forecast, not a measurement
FireWork estimates near-surface PM2.5 attributable to wildfire smoke. It can differ from actual conditions around Penticton 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 Penticton. 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 Penticton wildfire context
Smoke and air quality can change even when no confirmed wildfire is close to Penticton. 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.