Please wait...checking for disk quotas [H[2J" The Government of Canada expressly disclaims any warranties or representations with respect to the Environment Canada Electronic Weather Bulletin Board Service, either expressed or implied, including but not limited to, the implied warranties of fitness for the purpose of accessing meteorological, climatological or other data. In no event will the Government of Canada have any obligation arising from contract or tort, or for loss of revenue or profit, or for indirect, special, incidental or consequential damages arising from the use of this information." If you observe SEVERE weather, or have technical problems with one of our services, such as WeatherBoard, WeatherFax, etc., please call 664-9028. *** NEWS: Samples of GOES-90 satellite images and RAVOS remote photographs are now downloadable from Basic User Menu/New Sample Menu. Welcome to Environment Canada's WeatherBoard Service... If you are not a subscriber yet, enter basic when asked to login. 2 FPCN39 CWLW 061445 SMOKE CONTROL FORECAST FOR COASTAL BC AND THE INTERIOR INCLUDING THE NORTHEAST ISSUED BY THE MOUNTAIN WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE OF ENVIRONMENT CANADA AT 8:00 AM PDT MONDAY 6 MAY 1996 FOR TODAY. VENTILATION INDICES (TEMPERATURE) AND MIXING HEIGHTS. MIXING HEIGHTS IN METRES ABOVE SEA LEVEL. AVERAGE WINDS IN KNOTS. SPOT INDICES ARE DETERMINED BY THE ASPECT AND ELEVATION OF THE SITES. COMPARE WINDS, TEMPERATURES AND ELEVATION WITH THE SITES HERE TO DETERMINE THE INDEX IN ANY OTHER AREA. SOUTHERN INTERIOR UPPER ***** MORNING ****** ***** AFTERNOON **** AIR VI Tmp MXG HT Wnd VI Tmp MXG HT Wnd (mASL) (kt) (mASL) (kt) FRSR CANYN KEL 15 13 750 1 100 16 3200 11 KAMLOOPS KEL 13 11 700 1 100 16 3350 11 OKANAGAN KEL 9 7 500 0 100 15 3350 11 CASTLEGAR GEG 9 8 800 0 60 14 1500 7 CRANBROOK GEG 9 5 950 12 100 12 3950 9 REVELSTOKE KEL 9 8 550 0 100 13 3450 11 *SUBTRACT 20 FROM THE VENTILATION INDEX IN VALLEYS IF THE MIXING HEIGHT IS BELOW THE HEIGHT OF THE LOCAL HILLS. FORECAST UPPER WINDS FOR MONDAY AFTERNOON (WINDS IN KM/H): 900m 1800m 2700m PENTICTON SW 9 SW 17 SW 28 CRANBROOK SW 13 SW 28 INVERSION HT BREAKTHRU TEMP KELOWNA 760 m 10 C SPOKANE 944 m 11 C TODAY'S VENTING: Good later this morning once the inversion breaks. VENTING FOR TUESDAY: Good by afternoon VENTING OUTLOOK WEDNESDAY THROUGH FRIDAY: The airmass will remain unstable so the venting index will be good in the afternoons. CENTRAL INTERIOR/NORTHEAST UPPER ***** MORNING ****** ***** AFTERNOON **** AIR VI Tmp MXG HT Wnd VI Tmp MXG HT Wnd (mASL) (kt) (mASL) (kt) WILLIAMS L P.G. 100 5 2750 12 100 9 3950 11 PR. GEORGE P.G. 100 3 1800 16 100 7 2550 13 SMITHERS ANN 9 2 550 12 93 6 1350 18 WELLS GRAY P.G. 100 4 2600 13 100 10 4000 11 FT NLSN F.N. 70 -2 1300 5 100 2 2700 9 FT STJOHN F.N. 70 -5 1000 6 100 -1 2400 9 *SUBTRACT 20 FROM THE VENTILATION INDEX IN VALLEYS IF THE MIXING HEIGHT IS BELOW THE HEIGHT OF THE LOCAL HILLS. FORECAST UPPER WINDS FOR MONDAY AFTERNOON (WINDS IN KM/H): 900m 1800m 2700m PR. GEORGE NE 26 NE 11 SMITHERS NE 20 NE 11 INVERSION HT BREAKTHRU TEMP PR. GEORGE No inversion FT. NELSON Missing TODAY'S VENTING: Good this afternoon. VENTING FOR TUESDAY: Good in the afternoon. VENTING OUTLOOK WEDNESDAY THROUGH FRIDAY: The airmass will remain unstable so the venting index will be good in the afternoons. COAST UPPER ***** MORNING ****** ***** AFTERNOON **** AIR VI Tmp MXG HT Wnd VI Tmp MXG HT Wnd (mASL) (kt) (mASL) (kt) VANCOUVER QUIL 92 11 1450 11 100 14 3100 12 FRASER VLY QUIL 83 10 1350 9 100 14 3050 11 SRN VRISL QUIL 83 10 1350 9 94 14 1650 9 CNTRL VRISL QUIL 69 9 950 9 100 14 3050 11 NRN VRISL HRDY 47 8 850 5 70 10 1300 7 TERRACE ANN 10 5 250 12 82 8 950 16 STEWART ANN 9 4 20 5 57 8 750 5 *SUBTRACT 20 FROM THE VENTILATION INDEX IN VALLEYS IF THE MIXING HEIGHT IS BELOW THE HEIGHT OF THE LOCAL HILLS. FORECAST UPPER WINDS FOR MONDAY AFTERNOON (WINDS IN KM/H): 900m 1800m 2700m VANCOUVER SW 19 SW 24 W 26 PORT HARDY NW 26 NW 30 NW 26 SANDSPIT N 48 N 48 N 48 INVERSION HT BREAKTHRU TEMP QUILLAYUTE No inversion PORT HARDY No inversion ANNETTE No inversion TODAY'S VENTING: Good except inland in the north where it will be poor this morning. VENTING FOR TUESDAY: Becoming good by afternoon. VENTING OUTLOOK WEDNESDAY THROUGH FRIDAY: The airmass will remain unstable with an upper trough persisting. Venting will be good each afternoon. VENTILATION GUIDELINES: 0-33.....POOR 34-54.....FAIR 55-100.....GOOD. VENTILATION INDICES NORMALLY DROP TO POOR AFTER SUNSET. END/PLJ -------------------------------------------------- Special Industry Related Information -------------------------------------------------- 1 - Smoke Forecast, Coast 2 - Smoke Forecast, Interior Q - Return to Previous menu -------------------------------------------------- l Previous usage time: 20:24:15 This session: 00:01:20 --------Total Usage time: 20:25:35 Today's usage time: 00:06:44 This month's usage time: 00:39:10 ----This account expires: 12/31/96 NO CARRIER