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 221430 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 22 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 18 12 650 2 44 16 1550 3 KAMLOOPS KEL 27 12 1050 3 56 16 1900 4 OKANAGAN KEL 27 12 1050 3 44 15 1700 3 CASTLEGAR GEG 32 11 850 7 95 14 1550 15 CRANBROOK GEG 100 12 2050 18 100 15 2750 19 REVELSTOKE KEL 24 11 1050 3 53 15 1900 4 *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 W 9 W 11 W 11 CRANBROOK VR 5 VR 5 INVERSION HT BREAKTHRU TEMP KELOWNA SFC SPOKANE SFC TODAY'S VENTING: GOOD IN THE EAST. FAIR IN THE WEST. VENTING FOR THURSDAY: FAIR VENTING OUTLOOK FRIDAY THRU SUNDAY: FAIR FRIDAY AND SATURDAY AS RIDGE BUILDS. GOOD SUNDAY AS VIGOROUS TROF MOVES IN. 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. 9 9 950 12 55 12 1400 12 PR. GEORGE P.G. 16 9 800 7 58 14 1300 10 SMITHERS ANN 41 9 950 8 85 14 2900 5 WELLS GRAY P.G. 9 9 1000 12 100 14 4000 13 FT NLSN F.N. 9 10 400 0 67 19 3400 3 FT STJOHN F.N. 9 10 700 5 84 15 3700 4 *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 26 E 19 SMITHERS N 17 N 19 INVERSION HT BREAKTHRU TEMP PR. GEORGE 1200 m 14 C FT. NELSON 610 m 13 C TODAY'S VENTING: GOOD EXCEPT FAIR IN CHILCOTIN. VENTING FOR THURSDAY: FAIR VENTING OUTLOOK FRIDAY THRU SUNDAY: FAIR FRIDAY AND SATURDAY AS RIDGE BUILDS. GOOD SUNDAY AS VIGOROUS TROF MOVES IN. COAST UPPER ***** MORNING ****** ***** AFTERNOON **** AIR VI Tmp MXG HT Wnd VI Tmp MXG HT Wnd (mASL) (kt) (mASL) (kt) VANCOUVER QUIL 100 12 1150 20 100 15 2000 20 FRASER VLY QUIL 89 11 850 17 100 14 1650 19 SRN VRISL QUIL 100 12 1000 18 100 16 2150 19 CNTRL VRISL QUIL 86 11 750 17 100 15 1850 19 NRN VRISL HRDY 68 12 650 13 100 15 1150 17 TERRACE ANN 60 11 750 13 100 18 3200 6 STEWART ANN 53 11 500 11 100 18 2400 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 WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON (WINDS IN KM/H): 900m 1800m 2700m VANCOUVER SW 20 W 24 W 22 PORT HARDY NW 43 N 46 N 41 SANDSPIT NW 39 N 28 N 20 INVERSION HT BREAKTHRU TEMP QUILLAYUTE SFC PORT HARDY 770 m 14 C ANNETTE 100 m 8 C TODAY'S VENTING: GOOD. ELEVATED INVERSION AT PORT HARDY WILL REDUCE VENTING AT HIGHER ELEVATIONS NRN VRISL THIS MORNING. VENTING FOR THURSDAY: FAIR VENTING OUTLOOK FRIDAY THRU SUNDAY: FAIR FRIDAY AND SATURDAY AS RIDGE BUILDS. GOOD SUNDAY AS VIGOROUS TROF MOVES IN. VENTILATION GUIDELINES: 0-33.....POOR 34-54.....FAIR 55-100.....GOOD. VENTILATION INDICES NORMALLY DROP TO POOR AFTER SUNSET. END/PJS -------------------------------------------------- Special Industry Related Information -------------------------------------------------- 1 - Smoke Forecast, Coast 2 - Smoke Forecast, Interior Q - Return to Previous menu -------------------------------------------------- l Previous usage time: 22:08:32 This session: 00:01:20 --------Total Usage time: 22:09:52 Today's usage time: 00:08:04 This month's usage time: 02:23:27 ----This account expires: 12/31/96 NO CARRIER