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 181442 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 SATURDAY 18 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 13 700 1 61 17 2050 4 KAMLOOPS KEL 22 13 1200 2 100 18 2750 8 OKANAGAN KEL 17 12 900 1 100 18 2750 8 CASTLEGAR GEG 70 11 1100 15 100 14 1850 21 CRANBROOK GEG 100 12 2400 24 100 16 3950 25 REVELSTOKE KEL 15 11 900 1 74 15 2250 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 SATURDAY AFTERNOON (WINDS IN KM/H): 900m 1800m 2700m PENTICTON S 9 S 19 SW 31 CRANBROOK SW 13 SW 26 INVERSION HT BREAKTHRU TEMP KELOWNA #### m ## C SPOKANE #### m ## C TODAY'S VENTING: GOOD. VENTING FOR SUNDAY: GOOD VENTING OUTLOOK MONDAY THRU WEDNESDAY: GENERALLY GOOD. 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. 81 9 2050 10 100 13 3950 13 PR. GEORGE P.G. 45 9 1250 8 92 12 2200 10 SMITHERS ANN 40 9 1100 6 75 13 2050 6 WELLS GRAY P.G. 94 10 2400 11 100 14 4000 13 FT NLSN F.N. 18 7 550 6 44 11 750 11 FT STJOHN F.N. 9 8 700 9 39 11 1100 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 SATURDAY AFTERNOON (WINDS IN KM/H): 900m 1800m 2700m PR. GEORGE SW 19 SW 24 SMITHERS W 9 VR 24 INVERSION HT BREAKTHRU TEMP PR. GEORGE 1100 m 8 C FT. NELSON 1000 m 14 C TODAY'S VENTING: GOOD EXCEPT POOR NORTHEAST. VENTING FOR SUNDAY: GOOD VENTING OUTLOOK MONDAY THRU WEDNESDAY: GENERALLY GOOD. COAST UPPER ***** MORNING ****** ***** AFTERNOON **** AIR VI Tmp MXG HT Wnd VI Tmp MXG HT Wnd (mASL) (kt) (mASL) (kt) VANCOUVER QUIL 81 12 600 21 100 15 1800 20 FRASER VLY QUIL 99 13 1050 17 100 16 1850 18 SRN VRISL QUIL 60 12 550 13 100 15 1650 18 CNTRL VRISL QUIL 21 10 300 5 96 13 950 17 NRN VRISL HRDY 81 12 700 17 100 15 1750 19 TERRACE ANN 57 12 1000 14 100 17 2550 20 STEWART ANN 49 11 800 13 100 15 1700 19 *SUBTRACT 20 FROM THE VENTILATION INDEX IN VALLEYS IF THE MIXING HEIGHT IS BELOW THE HEIGHT OF THE LOCAL HILLS. FORECAST UPPER WINDS FOR SATURDAY AFTERNOON (WINDS IN KM/H): 900m 1800m 2700m VANCOUVER S 28 SW 35 SW 35 PORT HARDY S 15 S 19 S 19 SANDSPIT VR 5 VR 5 VR 5 INVERSION HT BREAKTHRU TEMP QUILLAYUTE 600 m 12 C PORT HARDY 500 m 11 C ANNETTE msg msg TODAY'S VENTING: GOOD. VENTING FOR SUNDAY: GOOD VENTING OUTLOOK MONDAY THRU WEDNESDAY: GENERALLY GOOD. VENTILATION GUIDELINES: 0-33.....POOR 34-54.....FAIR 55-100.....GOOD. VENTILATION INDICES NORMALLY DROP TO POOR AFTER SUNSET. END/GF -------------------------------------------------- Special Industry Related Information -------------------------------------------------- 1 - Smoke Forecast, Coast 2 - Smoke Forecast, Interior Q - Return to Previous menu -------------------------------------------------- l Previous usage time: 21:38:40 This session: 00:01:21 --------Total Usage time: 21:40:01 Today's usage time: 00:05:19 This month's usage time: 01:53:36 ----This account expires: 12/31/96 NO CARRIER