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 271435 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 27 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 9 26 650 0 72 38 3200 3 KAMLOOPS KEL 9 25 800 0 45 34 2200 2 OKANAGAN KEL 9 24 650 0 45 34 2200 2 CASTLEGAR GEG 28 25 900 5 50 34 1500 5 CRANBROOK GEG 9 23 950 6 100 32 3950 9 REVELSTOKE KEL 9 22 600 0 36 32 1900 2 *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 L/V L/V L/V CRANBROOK L/V L/V INVERSION HT BREAKTHRU TEMP KELOWNA 1580 m 32 C SPOKANE 1470 m 32 C TODAY'S VENTING: POOR IN THE MORNING INCREASING TO FAIR BY AFTERNOON. VENTING FOR SUNDAY: FAIR VENTING OUTLOOK MONDAY THRU WEDNESDAY: FAIR TO POOR EASTERN VALLEYS MONDAY AND GOOD IN THE WEST. IMPROVING TO GOOD ALL REGIONS BY TUESDAY AS SURFACE WINDS INCREASE WHEN AIRMASS DESTABILIZES BEHIND COLD FRONT. 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 19 950 6 84 28 3950 4 PR. GEORGE P.G. 9 19 850 0 74 27 3700 3 SMITHERS ANN 9 19 550 2 79 27 3500 4 WELLS GRAY P.G. 9 20 1000 6 84 29 4000 4 FT NLSN F.N. 33 24 930 5 84 30 2800 5 FT STJOHN F.N. 9 17 700 5 41 24 1850 3 *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 L/V L/V SMITHERS SE 11 SE 17 S 22 INVERSION HT BREAKTHRU TEMP PR. GEORGE 1070 m 25 C FT. NELSON 920 m 24 C TODAY'S VENTING: POOR IN THE MORNING BECOMING GOOD BY AFTERNOON. VENTING FOR SUNDAY: FAIR VENTING OUTLOOK MONDAY THRU WEDNESDAY: FAIR MONDAY AND TUESDAY IMPROVING TO GOOD WEDNESDAY. COAST UPPER ***** MORNING ****** ***** AFTERNOON **** AIR VI Tmp MXG HT Wnd VI Tmp MXG HT Wnd (mASL) (kt) (mASL) (kt) VANCOUVER QUIL 22 21 350 5 26 25 450 5 FRASER VLY QUIL 9 23 400 0 36 32 1250 3 SRN VRISL QUIL 9 21 350 0 9 28 600 0 CNTRL VRISL QUIL 9 24 400 0 63 34 1950 4 NRN VRISL HRDY 12 14 300 1 16 17 450 2 TERRACE ANN 9 21 200 2 40 27 2000 2 STEWART ANN 15 19 150 4 39 27 1300 3 *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 L/V L/V S 11 PORT HARDY NW 11 L/V S 13 SANDSPIT NW 11 L/V S 19 INVERSION HT BREAKTHRU TEMP QUILLAYUTE 740 m 30 C PORT HARDY 1350 m 31 C ANNETTE 500 m 23 C TODAY'S VENTING: FAIR TO POOR DUE STAGNATION UNDER RIDGE. VENTING FOR SUNDAY: FAIR TO POOR. VENTING OUTLOOK MONDAY THRU WEDNESDAY: FAIR MONDAY IMPROVING TO GOOD TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY AS AIRMASS DESTABILIZES BEHIND COLD FRONT. VENTILATION GUIDELINES: 0-33.....POOR 34-54.....FAIR 55-100.....GOOD. VENTILATION INDICES NORMALLY DROP TO POOR AFTER SUNSET. END/KAL -------------------------------------------------- Special Industry Related Information -------------------------------------------------- 1 - Smoke Forecast, Coast 2 - Smoke Forecast, Interior Q - Return to Previous menu -------------------------------------------------- l Previous usage time: 28:18:24 This session: 00:01:19 --------Total Usage time: 28:19:43 Today's usage time: 00:05:18 This month's usage time: 02:12:28 ----This account expires: 12/31/96