~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 231454 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 TUESDAY 23 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 32 25 800 4 100 34 3200 9 KAMLOOPS KEL 34 24 900 5 100 32 3350 9 OKANAGAN KEL 23 22 700 4 100 32 3350 9 CASTLEGAR GEG 20 22 800 4 75 33 3500 3 CRANBROOK GEG 9 22 950 1 74 30 3950 3 REVELSTOKE KEL 16 20 600 4 100 28 3450 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 TUESDAY AFTERNOON (WINDS IN KM/H): 900m 1800m 2700m PENTICTON NW 10 N 16 NW 12 CRANBROOK NW 4 NW 15 INVERSION HT BREAKTHRU TEMP KELOWNA 825 m 24 C SPOKANE 1050 m 28 C TODAY'S VENTING: GOOD VENTING FOR WEDNESDAY: GOOD VENTING OUTLOOK THURSDAY THRU SATURDAY: 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. 91 20 2300 10 100 28 3950 11 PR. GEORGE P.G. 9 17 700 9 100 27 3700 11 SMITHERS ANN 60 15 1100 12 100 25 3500 15 WELLS GRAY P.G. 86 18 2200 10 100 29 4000 11 FT NLSN F.N. 9 8 400 9 100 26 3400 16 FT STJOHN F.N. 10 18 700 35 100 25 3700 28 *SUBTRACT 20 FROM THE VENTILATION INDEX IN VALLEYS IF THE MIXING HEIGHT IS BELOW THE HEIGHT OF THE LOCAL HILLS. FORECAST UPPER WINDS FOR TUESDAY AFTERNOON (WINDS IN KM/H): 900m 1800m 2700m PR. GEORGE NW 11 NW 15 NW 22 SMITHERS N 6 NW 11 NW 16 INVERSION HT BREAKTHRU TEMP PR. GEORGE 914 m 18 C FT. NELSON 549 m 21 C TODAY'S VENTING: GOOD VENTING FOR WEDNESDAY: GOOD VENTING OUTLOOK THURSDAY THRU SATURDAY: GOOD COAST UPPER ***** MORNING ****** ***** AFTERNOON **** AIR VI Tmp MXG HT Wnd VI Tmp MXG HT Wnd (mASL) (kt) (mASL) (kt) VANCOUVER QUIL 14 21 200 4 50 30 700 7 FRASER VLY QUIL 12 22 200 2 51 32 920 7 SRN VRISL QUIL 12 20 200 2 46 31 800 6 CNTRL VRISL QUIL 13 22 200 2 60 32 950 7 NRN VRISL HRDY 18 14 150 7 64 20 650 12 TERRACE ANN 87 19 1200 13 100 27 2600 15 STEWART ANN 52 17 450 12 100 27 2400 14 *SUBTRACT 20 FROM THE VENTILATION INDEX IN VALLEYS IF THE MIXING HEIGHT IS BELOW THE HEIGHT OF THE LOCAL HILLS. FORECAST UPPER WINDS FOR TUESDAY AFTERNOON (WINDS IN KM/H): 900m 1800m 2700m VANCOUVER NW 5 NW 11 NW 13 PORT HARDY NW 15 N 20 NW 15 SANDSPIT NW 15 NW 30 NW 28 INVERSION HT BREAKTHRU TEMP QUILLAYUTE 655 m 31 C PORT HARDY 1275 m 25 C ANNETTE 90 m 14 C TODAY'S VENTING: GOOD ON NORTH MAINLAND COAST. FAIIR LOCALLY GOOD OVER THE SOUTH COAST. VENTING FOR WEDNESDAY: GOOD NORTH. FAIR SOUTH. VENTING OUTLOOK THURSDAY THRU SATURDAY: GOOD NORTH. POOR TO FAIR SOUTH AS MARINE STRATUM DEEPENS. VENTILATION GUIDELINES: 0-33.....POOR 34-54.....FAIR 55-100.....GOOD. VENTILATION INDICES NORMALLY DROP TO POOR AFTER SUNSET. END/JEM -------------------------------------------------- Special Industry Related Information -------------------------------------------------- 1 - Smoke Forecast, Coast 2 - Smoke Forecast, Interior Q - Return to Previous menu -------------------------------------------------- l Previous usage time: 27:57:14 This session: 00:01:16 --------Total Usage time: 27:58:30 Today's usage time: 00:05:10 This month's usage time: 01:51:15 ----This account expires: 12/31/96