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 081457 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 WEDNESDAY 8 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 35 8 1300 3 85 13 3200 4 KAMLOOPS KEL 31 6 1100 3 85 11 3350 4 OKANAGAN KEL 41 7 1850 2 85 14 3350 4 CASTLEGAR GEG 40 6 1000 7 90 10 2500 7 CRANBROOK GEG 10 0 1000 10 15 4 1200 10 REVELSTOKE KEL 11 3 550 2 42 7 2000 2 *SUBTRACT 20 FROM THE VENTILATION INDEX IN VALLEYS IF THE MIXING HEIGHT IS BELOW THE HEIGHT OF THE LOCAL HILLS. FORECAST UPPER WINDS FOR WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON (WINDS IN KM/H): 900m 1800m 2700m PENTICTON VR 5 VR 5 VR 5 CRANBROOK VR 5 SE 13 INVERSION HT BREAKTHRU TEMP KELOWNA 610 m 04 C SPOKANE 1070 m 07 C TODAY'S VENTING: GOOD SOUTHWEST DUE UNSTABLE AIRMASS CONDITIONS. POOR SOUTHEAST DUE SNOWCOVER AND INVERSION. VENTING FOR THURSDAY: GOOD VENTING OUTLOOK FRIDAY THRU SUNDAY: FAIR TO GOOD AS LOW LEVEL INVERSIONS DEVELOP 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 0 2800 12 100 5 3950 12 PR. GEORGE P.G. 100 1 2400 14 100 6 3700 12 SMITHERS ANN 9 2 500 6 89 7 2750 6 WELLS GRAY P.G. 100 2 2900 12 100 7 4000 12 FT NLSN F.N. 18 -2 550 5 77 1 1550 9 FT STJOHN F.N. 65 -2 1600 8 97 1 2750 8 *SUBTRACT 20 FROM THE VENTILATION INDEX IN VALLEYS IF THE MIXING HEIGHT IS BELOW THE HEIGHT OF THE LOCAL HILLS. FORECAST UPPER WINDS FOR WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON (WINDS IN KM/H): 900m 1800m 2700m PR. GEORGE NE 22 VR 5 SMITHERS NE 20 E 5 INVERSION HT BREAKTHRU TEMP PR. GEORGE NONE FT. NELSON 670 m 00 C TODAY'S VENTING: GOOD DUE TO AIRMASS INSTABILITY VENTING FOR THURSDAY: GOOD VENTING OUTLOOK FRIDAY THRU SUNDAY: GOOD BECOMING FAIR AS LOW LEVEL INVERSIONS DEVELOP COAST UPPER ***** MORNING ****** ***** AFTERNOON **** AIR VI Tmp MXG HT Wnd VI Tmp MXG HT Wnd (mASL) (kt) (mASL) (kt) VANCOUVER QUIL 100 10 2200 19 100 13 2500 19 FRASER VLY QUIL 100 9 2150 16 100 14 2700 17 SRN VRISL QUIL 100 9 2150 16 100 14 2600 17 CNTRL VRISL QUIL 12 6 100 3 100 12 2200 16 NRN VRISL HRDY 31 7 350 8 100 11 2350 9 TERRACE ANN 9 5 250 6 94 10 2750 6 STEWART ANN 12 5 50 6 40 10 600 6 *SUBTRACT 20 FROM THE VENTILATION INDEX IN VALLEYS IF THE MIXING HEIGHT IS BELOW THE HEIGHT OF THE LOCAL HILLS. FORECAST UPPER WINDS FOR WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON (WINDS IN KM/H): 900m 1800m 2700m VANCOUVER W 15 W 17 W 13 PORT HARDY NW 19 NW 13 NW 9 SANDSPIT N 26 N 35 N 41 INVERSION HT BREAKTHRU TEMP QUILLAYUTE 170 m 7 C PORT HARDY 170 m 5 C ANNETTE 215 m 7 C TODAY'S VENTING: GOOD VENTING FOR THURSDAY: GOOD VENTING OUTLOOK FRIDAY THRU SUNDAY: GOOD BECOMING FAIR AS LOW LEVEL INVERSIONS DEVELOP VENTILATION GUIDELINES: 0-33.....POOR 34-54.....FAIR 55-100.....GOOD. VENTILATION INDICES NORMALLY DROP TO POOR AFTER SUNSET. END/BB -------------------------------------------------- Special Industry Related Information -------------------------------------------------- 1 - Smoke Forecast, Coast 2 - Smoke Forecast, Interior Q - Return to Previous menu -------------------------------------------------- l Previous usage time: 20:36:52 This session: 00:01:21 --------Total Usage time: 20:38:13 Today's usage time: 00:05:22 This month's usage time: 00:51:48 ----This account expires: 12/31/96 NO CARRIER