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 161445 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 THURSDAY 16 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 17 14 750 1 100 19 2750 7 KAMLOOPS KEL 52 14 1500 5 100 20 3350 10 OKANAGAN KEL 52 14 1500 5 100 19 3350 10 CASTLEGAR GEG 9 12 500 7 87 16 1400 15 CRANBROOK GEG 10 10 950 19 100 14 2200 19 REVELSTOKE KEL 13 11 750 1 70 15 2100 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 THURSDAY AFTERNOON (WINDS IN KM/H): 900m 1800m 2700m PENTICTON VR 5 W 9 W 13 CRANBROOK VR 5 W 9 INVERSION HT BREAKTHRU TEMP KELOWNA 762 m 12 C SPOKANE 1371 m 14 C TODAY'S VENTING: GOOD. VENTING FOR FRIDAY: GOOD VENTING OUTLOOK SATURDAY THROUGH MONDAY: GOOD IN THE AFTERNOONS AS THE FLOW REMAINS UNSTABLE. 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. 37 8 1250 10 100 13 3950 13 PR. GEORGE P.G. 9 8 700 11 100 13 3700 13 SMITHERS ANN 100 8 2100 26 100 14 3500 27 WELLS GRAY P.G. 84 9 2100 11 100 15 4000 13 FT NLSN F.N. 32 8 650 9 67 12 1250 9 FT STJOHN F.N. 9 7 700 10 89 12 2050 10 *SUBTRACT 20 FROM THE VENTILATION INDEX IN VALLEYS IF THE MIXING HEIGHT IS BELOW THE HEIGHT OF THE LOCAL HILLS. FORECAST UPPER WINDS FOR THURSDAY AFTERNOON (WINDS IN KM/H): 900m 1800m 2700m PR. GEORGE SW 20 SW 26 SMITHERS SW 26 SW 26 INVERSION HT BREAKTHRU TEMP PR. GEORGE 1370 m 13 C FT. NELSON 1310 m 13 C TODAY'S VENTING: GOOD VENTING FOR FRIDAY: GOOD VENTING OUTLOOK SATURDAY THROUGH MONDAY: COAST UPPER ***** MORNING ****** ***** AFTERNOON **** AIR VI Tmp MXG HT Wnd VI Tmp MXG HT Wnd (mASL) (kt) (mASL) (kt) VANCOUVER QUIL 74 12 1200 8 100 16 2200 12 FRASER VLY QUIL 89 13 1700 9 100 17 2250 10 SRN VRISL QUIL 20 10 250 5 100 16 2150 10 CNTRL VRISL QUIL 37 11 550 6 100 16 2150 10 NRN VRISL HRDY 58 10 1000 7 100 14 2200 14 TERRACE ANN 100 9 1500 26 100 14 3200 26 STEWART ANN 98 9 850 20 100 14 2400 24 *SUBTRACT 20 FROM THE VENTILATION INDEX IN VALLEYS IF THE MIXING HEIGHT IS BELOW THE HEIGHT OF THE LOCAL HILLS. FORECAST UPPER WINDS FOR THURSDAY AFTERNOON (WINDS IN KM/H): 900m 1800m 2700m VANCOUVER SW 17 SW 19 W 19 PORT HARDY S 22 S 30 S 39 SANDSPIT S 30 S 30 SW 33 INVERSION HT BREAKTHRU TEMP QUILLAYUTE 240 m 9 C PORT HARDY 210 m 8 C ANNETTE NO INVERSION TODAY'S VENTING: GOOD VENTING FOR FRIDAY: GOOD VENTING OUTLOOK SATURDAY THROUGH MONDAY: GOOD IN THE AFTERNOONS AS THE FLOW REMAINS UNSTABLE. 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: 21:26:44 This session: 00:01:22 --------Total Usage time: 21:28:06 Today's usage time: 00:06:50 This month's usage time: 01:41:41 ----This account expires: 12/31/96 NO CARRIER