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 241438 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 FRIDAY 24 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 54 14 1350 5 96 20 2900 6 KAMLOOPS KEL 66 15 2000 5 100 20 3350 6 OKANAGAN KEL 53 13 1500 5 100 19 3350 6 CASTLEGAR GEG 41 11 1400 4 94 17 3500 5 CRANBROOK GEG 67 10 2500 5 99 15 3950 6 REVELSTOKE KEL 55 13 1700 5 100 18 3450 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 THURSDAY AFTERNOON (WINDS IN KM/H): 900m 1800m 2700m PENTICTON VR 5 NE 13 E 26 CRANBROOK E 15 E 39 INVERSION HT BREAKTHRU TEMP KELOWNA 1400 m 18 C SPOKANE 700 m 13 C TODAY'S VENTING: GOOD. VENTING FOR SATURDAY: FAIR VENTING OUTLOOK SUNDAY THRU TUESDAY: FAIR TO 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. 9 11 950 10 100 16 3950 9 PR. GEORGE P.G. 23 11 850 8 100 18 3700 9 SMITHERS ANN 28 12 1350 3 85 17 3500 4 WELLS GRAY P.G. 9 10 1000 10 100 17 4000 9 FT NLSN F.N. 16 11 500 6 52 17 1050 8 FT STJOHN F.N. 9 11 700 8 100 17 2850 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 THURSDAY AFTERNOON (WINDS IN KM/H): 900m 1800m 2700m PR. GEORGE VR 5 VR 5 SMITHERS SW 9 SW 5 INVERSION HT BREAKTHRU TEMP PR. GEORGE 900 m 15 C FT. NELSON msg msg TODAY'S VENTING: GOOD VENTING FOR SATURDAY: FAIR VENTING OUTLOOK SUNDAY THRU TUESDAY: FAIR TO GOOD COAST UPPER ***** MORNING ****** ***** AFTERNOON **** AIR VI Tmp MXG HT Wnd VI Tmp MXG HT Wnd (mASL) (kt) (mASL) (kt) VANCOUVER QUIL 85 13 950 14 100 16 1750 13 FRASER VLY QUIL 82 13 900 14 100 18 3050 13 SRN VRISL QUIL 90 14 1050 14 100 18 3000 13 CNTRL VRISL QUIL 90 14 1050 14 100 19 3050 13 NRN VRISL HRDY 66 11 600 13 100 16 1200 16 TERRACE ANN 9 13 250 6 80 19 2750 4 STEWART ANN 17 12 200 4 68 19 2050 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 THURSDAY AFTERNOON (WINDS IN KM/H): 900m 1800m 2700m VANCOUVER W 11 N 13 NE 20 PORT HARDY NW 17 N 11 VR 5 SANDSPIT SW 15 S 22 S 28 INVERSION HT BREAKTHRU TEMP QUILLAYUTE 1000 m 14 C PORT HARDY 1100 m 15 C ANNETTE none n/a TODAY'S VENTING: GOOD VENTING FOR FRIDAY: GOOD VENTING OUTLOOK SATURDAY THRU MONDAY: 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: 22:20:59 This session: 00:01:24 --------Total Usage time: 22:22:23 Today's usage time: 00:04:10 This month's usage time: 02:35:58 ----This account expires: 12/31/96 NO CARRIER