A string of predicted 30 C days that pan out to be only 26 or 27 degrees and thunderstorms in the forecast that never come to fruition are some of the oddities you may have noticed in the Calgary weather forecast lately. One of the tools forecasters use is weather models. "So, you know, temperature, wind speed, humidity, and you get all these different inputs into weather models that help you get a forecast. Factoring in the smokeIncluding smoke as a predictable measure of the weather forecast is easier said than done. There are some smoke models, like firesmoke.ca and FireWork, Environment Canada's product.

Source: CBC News August 06, 2021 21:00 UTC