1AM: I'm headed to bed. Wil be up before 8AM and will try to update asap. ACRD Voyent Alert app is the best source as will be The Peak in the morning when they come on the air.

Stay safe out there and be prepared for anything.

#bcwildfire #chinacreek #portalberni

6AM Update -- NOW is the time to prepare to evacuate.

https://www.alberniweather.ca/underwoodfire/

There are no information updates from the ACRD or BCWildfire yet this morning. We hopefully have until tomorrow before the wind and weather shifts and strong Inlet/Southerly winds could return.

The weather overnight was not great. DId not go below 20ºC. It will be very hot today.

Stay safe and prepare today. Links to Grab and Go stuff are on the page.

#bcwildfire #chinacreek #portalberni

House Preparation.
Doing regular watering ✅
Weed wacked tall grass ✅
About to mow/mulch.

Will lay out sprinker for house defence when the watering is done.

#bcwildfire #underwoodFire #portalberni

8AM update is up. - Now is the time to Prepare your Home, your Family in case the fire turns toward Port Alberni.

No updates from the ACRD or BCWildfire yet. The weather conditions are getting very hot and dry very quickly. I expect the fire will be very very dangerous again today but moving away from Port Alberni thanks to NNW winds continuing this morning.

Hope those winds continue as long as possible.

https://www.alberniweather.ca/underwoodfire/

#bcwildfire #underwoodFire #portalberni

it is going big now as the sun rises and humidity goes down. 🔥

BCWF should have a perimeter estimate out soon.

#bcwildfire #underwoodFire #portalberni

Good News:
BCWF has updated their map with a perimeter of the fire.

Good news, it has not come much closer, if at all, to Port Alberni. All growth has been toward the southeast (thanks to the NNW wind!)

Current distance from the corner of Anderson Ave and Ship Creek Road in Port Alberni to the fire edge:

9.7km

#bcwildfire #underwoodFire #portalberni

11:20AM Update
Fire now over 850 hectares. Moving south and east away from Port Alberni. Still very active. I have included a new Weather Forecast.

Today and Tomorrow will be the most difficult as it is still supposed to be very hot. Feels like 40 today and 32 tomorrow.

There is rain expected on Thursday evening but not until after a long period of south easterly winds that could push the fire toward Port Alberni.
https://www.alberniweather.ca/underwoodfire/

#bcwildfire #underwoodFire #portalberni

ACRD has released its first evacuation order due to the fire from roughly the China Creek Campground to the Franklin River shops and Cameron Main Line logging road (between Bamfield Road and Nitinat.

New ACRD Underwood Fire with updated information.

I believe most if not all of these areas were evacuated by last night.

https://www.acrd.bc.ca/mount-underwood-wildfire

#bcwildfire #underwoodFire #portalberni

wind has shifted to the south, just a light breeze, but enough to drag smoke up the inlet into town. Smells.

Alberniweather
37°C
28% RH
SW 8kph

#bcwildfire #underwoodFire #portalberni

1:30PM Update - 1400 hectares now.

Air quality worsening.
Extremely hot in the Valley.
Wind light and variable. Dragging smoke into harbour.

Stay safe out there, continue making preparations as best you can.

Fire is still burning at Rank 4 and 5.
https://www.alberniweather.ca/underwoodfire/

#bcwildfire #underwoodFire #portalberni

To see conditions over the past day, go to the Almanac
https://www.alberniweather.ca/almanac-view/
or Neo VIew
https://www.alberniweather.ca/neo-view/

One graph I am watching there is the Wind Direction. You can see that from just after noon yesterday to nightfall, it is steadily from the NE (15ºC).

The Vector graph shows the predominant direction in the past day.

However, since sundown yesterday, winds have been light and much more variable.

#bcwildfire #underwoodFire #portalberni

2PM Update

9.2km from town (about 200m closer)
Wind seems to be predominantly W or SW at the moment.

https://www.alberniweather.ca/underwoodfire/

#bcwildfire #underwoodFire #portalberni

Squadron of 4 Fireboss skimmers now actioning the fire.

Looks like they are taking water from the Alberni Inlet.

It is not lost on ANYONE in Port Alberni that we are one day after the August 11 2024 anniversary of the Hawaii Mars water bomber being officially flown to a museum. The Phillipine Mars was sent to Arizona a few months later.

Sigh…

https://www.flightradar24.com/49.13,-124.85/10

#bcwildfire #underwoodFire #portalberni

Environment Canada has issued an Air Quality Advisory for Inland Vancouver Island including Port Alberni. May also impact Lake Cowichan, Tofino, Ucluelet, Bamfield, Nitinat.

(Ironically, the wind has turned around again and is a steady breeze about 8kph from the NE. Air quality has improved in the City for now.

https://aqwarnings.gov.bc.ca/warnings/2025-08-12_wildfire_smoke_issue.html

#bcwildfire #underwoodFire #portalberni

Alberniweather has reached its high for the day. We got to 38.6ºC at 2:14PM. The wind has brought that down to 35.4ºC currently.

Wind is currently from the NNE at 13kph, pushing the fire away from the City thankfully but it is likely growing very fast.

Expect to be surprised by the size of the new area number when BCWF updates later this evening.

Hopefully crews have been successful protecting any structures.
#PortAlberni #UnderwoodFire #BCWildfire
#bcwildfire #underwoodFire #portalberni

Time to mask up outside. Smoke and ash in the air.

#PortAlberni #UnderwoodFire #BCWildfire #bcwildfire #underwoodFire #portalberni

New size update 1,447hectares.

https://wildfiresituation.nrs.gov.bc.ca/incidents?fireYear=2025&incidentNumber=V71498&source=map

I am out of the house right now but I will post a weather forecast update after 9PM tonight.

#PortAlberni #UnderwoodFire #BCWildfire #bcwildfire #underwoodFire #portalberni

New evacuation alert for south Port Alberni Cameron Heights and the adjacent Tseshaht reserve.

go to ACRD page and Voyent App for details!

https://www.acrd.bc.ca/mount-underwood-wildfire

#PortAlberni #UnderwoodFire #BCWildfire #bcwildfire #underwoodFire #portalberni

hi.

i guess i am on the yourube cam now. setting the sprinkler.

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New update 9:50PM - New Weather Forecast - New Evac Alert

Wind looks variable Wedneday morning.
Still hot 30ºC.
Wind could strengthen to southerly Alberni Inlet winds in Afternoon.
Wind overnight Wednesday remains southerly.

Thursday morning could be windy. Temperatures cooler 23ºC. Rain does not reach us until 8AM

https://www.alberniweather.ca/underwoodfire/

#PortAlberni #UnderwoodFire #BCWildfire #bcwildfire #underwoodFire #portalberni

I've adjusted the webcam for the night time. Looks like Mordor :(

Youtube: https://youtube.com/alberniweather

#PortAlberni #UnderwoodFire #BCWildfire #bcwildfire #underwoodFire #portalberni

The fire has come about 1KM closer to the edge of town today.

(Thus the Evacuation Alert)

#PortAlberni #UnderwoodFire #BCWildfire #bcwildfire #underwoodFire #portalberni

Friday morning looks like significant rain directly on the fire area. Fingers crossed!

#PortAlberni #UnderwoodFire #BCWildfire #bcwildfire #underwoodFire #portalberni

8AM Weather Update. Today is the changeover day. Weather will be impactful in good (cooler) and bad (wind) ways.

The fire itself could also impact the weather if the smoke keeps temperatures lower and ‘turns off' the Inlet breeze.

Important day. Stay vigilant. Watch ACRD Voyent and Web for new Alerts/Orders. Make preparations.

https://www.alberniweather.ca/underwoodfire/

#PortAlberni #UnderwoodFire #BCWildfire #bcwildfire #underwoodFire #portalberni

the bad news: The sun looks like this right now thanks to the massive smoke. Air quality is not good. Smells like charcoal

the good news: If this smoke remains over us all day, it will keep the temperature down and *might* lessen or even turn off the Inlet breeze.

Impossible to predict. It is in the hands of the weather gods at this point.

#PortAlberni #UnderwoodFire #BCWildfire #bcwildfire #underwoodFire #portalberni

Two sides of the smoke.

Ash is falling. There is a light southerly breeze.

(normal lens and 0.5x wide to capture the sun disc)

#PortAlberni #UnderwoodFire #BCWildfire #bcwildfire #underwoodFire #portalberni

I was hoping that the smoke might have limited the temperature and the Alberni Inlet breeze.

Well, the temperature doesn't much matter now. The breeze is here.
SouthEast.

Potentially pushing the fire toward the town.

I have not heard any updates on the fire itself.

Take care out there people. Stay alert, watch your phones for updates.

Be Prepared.

#PortAlberni #UnderwoodFire #BCWildfire #bcwildfire #underwoodFire #portalberni

Quick 12:30PM Update

https://www.alberniweather.ca/underwoodfire/

#PortAlberni #UnderwoodFire #BCWildfire #bcwildfire #underwoodFire #portalberni

Things are about to get weird.

The Alberni Inlet breeze is in full swing. This is a serious concen for the fire. It remains hot and dry.

However: We are now expecting 50-100mm of rain on the West Coast of Vancouver Island starting Thursday night to Friday night. (This could cause things like landslides in newly-fire impacted hillsides)

What is going on….

https://www.alberniweather.ca/underwoodfire/

#PortAlberni #UnderwoodFire #BCWildfire #bcwildfire #underwoodFire #portalberni

can't see the mountain. The Alberni Inlet Breeze is clearing the City of the smoke but it is also pushing it all around the Valley like a bowl.

The air is worse on the north and west side of the valley as the smoke gets trapped by the hillside.

#PortAlberni #UnderwoodFire #BCWildfire #bcwildfire #underwoodFire #portalberni

If you're not from Port Alberni, you might be asking yourself:

What is this "Alberni Inlet Breeze” he is talking about.

Well... it's a typical (i assume anyway) "inflow" breeze that develops as the heat of the Inland valley rises and draws cool air in and up the 60km Inlet from the Pacific ocean.

It results in this:

https://youtube.com/shorts/S6IJ0390B9w?feature=share

#PortAlberni #UnderwoodFire #BCWildfire #bcwildfire #underwoodFire #portalberni

If you zoom in to just to the left of the tall tree behind my neighbor's house, you can see the helicopter with a water bucket. It seems tiny compared to the huge column of smoke

#PortAlberni #UnderwoodFire #BCWildfire #bcwildfire #underwoodFire #portalberni

No update on fire size but BCWF has updated their page.

https://wildfiresituation.nrs.gov.bc.ca/incidents?fireYear=2025&incidentNumber=V71498&source=map

They are working on lines to protect the City of Port Alberni, China Creek and other areas on the West and North side of the fire.

They do mention the rain on Thursday/Friday with the caveat: "Significant rainfall will be required to have a meaningful impact.”

There have been no changes to the evacuation alert or orders.

#PortAlberni #UnderwoodFire #BCWildfire #bcwildfire #underwoodFire #portalberni

It's weird when you have both a measurable windchill, and heat index.

#PortAlberni #UnderwoodFire #BCWildfire #bcwildfire #underwoodFire #portalberni

9PM Update - Not a lot of new Information - Weather forecast remains. Unless something major is released, I will not have an update until Thursday morning.

Take care out there.
https://www.alberniweather.ca/underwoodfire/

#PortAlberni #UnderwoodFire #BCWildfire #bcwildfire #underwoodFire #portalberni