Weather

Weather Forecast

Spotwx: Spot weather forecasting tool allowing to compare the forecasts of different models for arbitrary GPS locations (Spot = a point or specific location, Wx = short for weather).
Mountain Forecast: A forecasting tool allowing to check the forecast for a number of mountains.
Windy.com: A powerful and versatile forecasting tool that provides many different layers (Wind, Smoke, Webcams, etc) and that allows visualization directly on a map.
Meteoblue: Similarly to Spotwx, allows to compare the forecasts of different models. Direct access to the map
Accuweather: A fairly standard weather app

Location	Park	MeteoBlue	Accuweather	Google Maps
Canmore, AB	Kananaskis	x	x	x
Kananaskis Village, AB	Kananaskis	x	x	x
Exshaw, AB	Kananaskis	x	x	x
Banff, AB	Banff NP	x	x	x
Lake Louise, AB	Banff NP	x	x	x
Field, BC	Yoho NP	x	x	x
Saskatchewan River Crossing, AB	Icefields, Banff NP	x	x	x
Waterton Lakes	Waterton Lakes NP	x	x	x

Location	Park	MeteoBlue	Google Maps
Canmore, AB	Kananaskis	x	x
Kananaskis Village, AB	Kananaskis	x	x
Exshaw, AB	Kananaskis	x	x
Banff, AB	Banff NP	x	x
Lake Louise, AB	Banff NP	x	x
Field, BC	Yoho NP	x	x
Saskatchewan River Crossing, AB	Icefields, Banff NP	x	x
Waterton Lakes	Waterton Lakes NP	x	x

Firesmoke.ca: Displays active fires and smoke on a map.
Windy.com provides a smoke layer that can be activated by using the "PM2.5" layer.
NASA Fire Information for Resource Management System
MeteoBlue: provides Air Quality forecasts
Alberta Active Wildfires: The official Alberta Wildfire Status Dashboard . Direct access to the map
BC Wildfire Service: The official British Columbia Wildfire Status Dashboard.
IQAir. Direct access to the map
Alberta Air Quality Health Index

Location	Park	MeteoBlue	IQ Air	Google Maps
Canmore, AB	Kananaskis	x	x	x
Kananaskis Village, AB	Kananaskis	x		x
Exshaw, AB	Kananaskis	x	x	x
Banff, AB	Banff NP	x	x	x
Lake Louise, AB	Banff NP	x		x
Field, BC	Yoho NP	x		x
Saskatchewan River Crossing, AB	Icefields, Banff NP	x		x
Waterton Lakes	Waterton Lakes NP	x		x

Alberta Fire Bans: A map allowing to visualize the current fire bans in Alberta (Cities, Provincial Parks, and National Parks)
Alberta Parks Fire Bans: The current fire bans and restrictions in Alberta provincial parks.
British Columbia Fire Bans and Restrictions: The current fire bans and restrictions in British Columbia provincial parks.
Montana Fire Info
- Restrictions
- Current Fire Info

National Park	Wildfire Status	Fire Ban Information
Jasper National Park, AB	Wildfire Status	Fire Ban Information
Banff National Park, AB	Wildfire Status	Fire Ban Information
Waterton Lakes National Park, AB	Wildfire Status	Fire Ban Information
Waterton Lakes National Park, AB	Wildfire Status	Fire Ban Information
Kootenay National Park, BC	Wildfire Status	Fire Ban Information
Yoho National Park, BC	Wildfire Status	Fire Ban Information
Glacier National Park, BC
Mount Revelstoke National Park, BC

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