Local smoke and gusty southwest wind
Grand Forks and Rock Creek showed no active warning object, but today’s forecast calls for local smoke, a 40 percent shower chance, thunderstorm risk and southwest gusts to 50 km/h.
Greenwood · Midway · Grand Forks · Boundary Region
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Updated August 27, 2026 06:30 AM PDT
Grand Forks and Rock Creek showed no active warning object, but today’s forecast calls for local smoke, a 40 percent shower chance, thunderstorm risk and southwest gusts to 50 km/h.
N62026 appeared about 25.2 km away as Being Held at 1.73 ha. N62012 appeared about 28.9 km away and was already listed Under Control. N61952 improved to Being Held.
DriveBC continues to list Spraggett Road closed between Carson Road and Almond Gardens Road West until September 30. Highway 3 utility work west of the Highway 3 / Highway 33 junction remains active.
Civic and community watch list
City of Greenwood public pages returned 200 in Thursday’s automated pull. Stage 2 watering rules and the all-open-burning prohibition banner remain visible.
Read today’s City desk →Browser eSCRIBE check showed August 10 agenda/full-package links but no minutes link. Ledge should keep watching for minutes, recordings or named confirmation.
Read today’s council note →Community questions remain unverified by official or named sources in public-source checks. Ledge is seeking documents, meeting references, named sources or an official statement.
Read the developing note →Source policy
The Daily Watch reads official-source feeds first: City of Greenwood, EmergencyInfoBC, DriveBC, BC Wildfire/DriveBC wildfire layer, Environment Canada weather data and RDKB when accessible. Facebook and community posts are treated as leads only unless verified by an official or named source.