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 THURSDAY 18 JULY 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 10 400 14 72 19 2150 5 KAMLOOPS KEL 9 11 600 4 96 22 3350 5 OKANAGAN KEL 9 12 550 2 96 23 3350 5 CASTLEGAR GEG 55 12 700 5 100 20 3500 15 CRANBROOK GEG 90 12 875 17 100 19 3950 18 REVELSTOKE KEL 15 11 600 4 64 16 2050 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 W 7 SW 20 S 35 CRANBROOK S 35 SW 40 SW 30 INVERSION HT BREAKTHRU TEMP KELOWNA 1370 m 16 C SPOKANE 1150 m 13 C TODAY'S VENTING: GOOD. SHALLOW INVERSIONS WILL BREAK QUICKLY. VENTING FOR FRIDAY: GOOD VENTING OUTLOOK SATURDAY THRU MONDAY: 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. 45 8 900 10 100 14 2550 20 PR. GEORGE P.G. 39 10 975 8 100 15 2250 18 SMITHERS ANN 9 10 500 1 39 15 950 8 WELLS GRAY P.G. 39 5 900 7 100 15 2850 21 FT NLSN F.N. 9 13 600 4 9 14 400 0 FT STJOHN F.N. 25 13 700 16 9 14 700 18 *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 35 SW 40 S 45 SMITHERS INVERSION HT BREAKTHRU TEMP PR. GEORGE 1290 m 15 C FT. NELSON 1280 m 18 C TODAY'S VENTING: GOOD. SHALLOW INVERSIONS WILL BREAK QUICKLY. VENTING FOR FRIDAY: GOOD VENTING OUTLOOK SATURDAY THRU MONDAY: GOOD COAST UPPER ***** MORNING ****** ***** AFTERNOON **** AIR VI Tmp MXG HT Wnd VI Tmp MXG HT Wnd (mASL) (kt) (mASL) (kt) VANCOUVER QUIL 9 13 100 10 100 17 1800 21 FRASER VLY QUIL 9 11 100 5 100 19 2200 19 SRN VRISL QUIL 9 12 100 7 100 18 1850 19 CNTRL VRISL QUIL 9 10 100 7 100 17 1650 19 NRN VRISL HRDY 9 10 100 5 51 15 1250 4 TERRACE ANN 13 10 240 17 56 16 800 10 STEWART ANN 9 13 100 2 54 16 650 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 THURSDAY AFTERNOON (WINDS IN KM/H): 900m 1800m 2700m VANCOUVER S 40 S 40 S 40 PORT HARDY SE 12 SE 25 SW 22 SANDSPIT SW 15 W 40 NW 40 INVERSION HT BREAKTHRU TEMP QUILLAYUTE 100 m 12 C PORT HARDY 120 m 12 C ANNETTE 940 m 20 C 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/PJS -------------------------------------------------- Special Industry Related Information -------------------------------------------------- 1 - Smoke Forecast, Coast 2 - Smoke Forecast, Interior Q - Return to Previous menu -------------------------------------------------- l Previous usage time: 27:29:46 This session: 00:01:17 --------Total Usage time: 27:31:03 Today's usage time: 00:05:12 This month's usage time: 01:23:48 ----This account expires: 12/31/96