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 141436 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 TUESDAY 14 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 16 14 500 2 96 19 1950 9 KAMLOOPS KEL 13 14 550 2 100 19 2650 10 OKANAGAN KEL 13 13 500 2 100 20 2750 10 CASTLEGAR GEG 9 12 500 10 98 16 1250 22 CRANBROOK GEG 10 10 950 25 100 15 2150 20 REVELSTOKE KEL 10 10 500 2 35 14 700 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 TUESDAY AFTERNOON (WINDS IN KM/H): 900m 1800m 2700m PENTICTON W 9 W 15 SW 22 CRANBROOK W 11 W 28 INVERSION HT BREAKTHRU TEMP KELOWNA 670 m 15 C SPOKANE 760 m 12 C TODAY'S VENTING: Good due instability except locally poor eastern sections due persistent valley inversion. VENTING FOR WEDNESDAY: Fair. VENTING OUTLOOK THURSDAY THRU SATURDAY: Fair to good due to instability. 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. 72 8 1750 11 100 12 2850 13 PR. GEORGE P.G. 35 9 1250 5 91 12 2400 8 SMITHERS ANN 77 8 1950 7 100 13 2800 9 WELLS GRAY P.G. 97 9 2400 12 80 13 2400 13 FT NLSN F.N. 42 0 400 9 42 5 1800 7 FT STJOHN F.N. 58 2 1850 6 77 5 2500 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 TUESDAY AFTERNOON (WINDS IN KM/H): 900m 1800m 2700m PR. GEORGE W 11 W 11 SMITHERS W 9 SW 11 INVERSION HT BREAKTHRU TEMP PR. GEORGE 1040 m 10 C FT. NELSON 520 m 2 C TODAY'S VENTING: Good due instability except fair over northeast BC under Arctic frontal inversion. VENTING FOR WEDNESDAY: Fair VENTING OUTLOOK THURSDAY THRU SATURDAY: Generally good except fair eastern sections Thursday due lack of surface heating. COAST UPPER ***** MORNING ****** ***** AFTERNOON **** AIR VI Tmp MXG HT Wnd VI Tmp MXG HT Wnd (mASL) (kt) (mASL) (kt) VANCOUVER QUIL 70 14 1200 8 93 17 1650 10 FRASER VLY QUIL 63 14 1150 7 92 18 1800 8 SRN VRISL QUIL 57 13 950 7 77 16 1400 7 CNTRL VRISL QUIL 49 12 850 6 77 16 1400 7 NRN VRISL HRDY 32 8 450 6 87 12 1750 8 TERRACE ANN 61 8 950 10 100 13 2450 9 STEWART ANN 34 9 400 7 90 13 1900 7 *SUBTRACT 20 FROM THE VENTILATION INDEX IN VALLEYS IF THE MIXING HEIGHT IS BELOW THE HEIGHT OF THE LOCAL HILLS. FORECAST UPPER WINDS FOR TUESDAY AFTERNOON (WINDS IN KM/H): 900m 1800m 2700m VANCOUVER SW 13 SW 19 SW 30 PORT HARDY SW 11 SW 13 S 19 SANDSPIT S 39 S 33 S 30 INVERSION HT BREAKTHRU TEMP QUILLAYUTE none m 9 C PORT HARDY 80 m 7 C ANNETTE none m 8 C TODAY'S VENTING: Good due instability. VENTING FOR WEDNESDAY: Fair. VENTING OUTLOOK THURSDAY THRU SATURDAY: Good Thursday. Fair Friday due to lowering inversion ahead of next frontal wave. Good Saturday in unstable air following front. VENTILATION GUIDELINES: 0-33.....POOR 34-54.....FAIR 55-100.....GOOD. VENTILATION INDICES NORMALLY DROP TO POOR AFTER SUNSET. END/kal -------------------------------------------------- Special Industry Related Information -------------------------------------------------- 1 - Smoke Forecast, Coast 2 - Smoke Forecast, Interior Q - Return to Previous menu -------------------------------------------------- l Previous usage time: 21:18:35 This session: 00:01:20 --------Total Usage time: 21:19:55 Today's usage time: 00:06:52 This month's usage time: 01:33:30 ----This account expires: 12/31/96 NO CARRIER