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 071430 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 7 AUGUST 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 33 20 650 6 77 27 1800 6 KAMLOOPS KEL 36 21 950 5 100 29 3350 6 OKANAGAN KEL 26 19 650 6 87 28 2200 7 CASTLEGAR GEG 23 19 850 4 75 27 2500 5 CRANBROOK GEG 9 16 950 7 92 24 3950 5 REVELSTOKE KEL 19 17 650 6 68 24 1750 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 WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON (WINDS IN KM/H): 900m 1800m 2700m PENTICTON L/V L/V W 13 CRANBROOK L/V W 11 INVERSION HT BREAKTHRU TEMP KELOWNA 790 m 20 C SPOKANE 980 m 19 C TODAY'S VENTING: GOOD. SHALLOW INVERSION AND STRONG DAYTIME HEATING. VENTING FOR THURSDAY: FAIR TO GOOD. VENTING OUTLOOK FRIDAY THRU SUNDAY: FAIR FRIDAY UNDER STAGNANT RIDGE. GOOD ON THE WEEKEND WITH STRENGTHENING WINDS. 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 14 950 6 100 23 3950 13 PR. GEORGE P.G. 21 14 850 8 100 22 2700 10 SMITHERS ANN 81 13 1650 10 100 21 3500 11 WELLS GRAY P.G. 80 15 2350 8 100 24 4000 13 FT NLSN F.N. 23 12 700 5 100 20 3400 12 FT STJOHN F.N. 50 12 1200 9 100 20 3700 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 WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON (WINDS IN KM/H): 900m 1800m 2700m PR. GEORGE SW 17 SW 30 SMITHERS SW 20 SW 44 INVERSION HT BREAKTHRU TEMP PR. GEORGE 840 m 16 C FT. NELSON 770 m 15 C TODAY'S VENTING: GOOD. SHALLOW INVERSION AND GOOD MIXING WINDS. VENTING FOR THURSDAY: GOOD VENTING OUTLOOK FRIDAY THRU SUNDAY: GOOD. COAST UPPER ***** MORNING ****** ***** AFTERNOON **** AIR VI Tmp MXG HT Wnd VI Tmp MXG HT Wnd (mASL) (kt) (mASL) (kt) VANCOUVER QUIL 27 19 400 6 57 25 1000 7 FRASER VLY QUIL 25 21 500 4 68 28 1500 6 SRN VRISL QUIL 13 17 250 2 43 24 750 5 CNTRL VRISL QUIL 22 19 350 4 73 29 1600 6 NRN VRISL HRDY 46 14 550 8 50 18 750 7 TERRACE ANN 78 15 1300 9 99 21 1950 10 STEWART ANN 55 16 800 7 99 21 1900 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 WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON (WINDS IN KM/H): 900m 1800m 2700m VANCOUVER NE 10 NW 15 NW 20 PORT HARDY SE 15 W 20 W 35 SANDSPIT SW 20 SW 20 SW 30 INVERSION HT BREAKTHRU TEMP QUILLAYUTE 500 m 23 C PORT HARDY 80 m 12 C ANNETTE 30 m 13 C TODAY'S VENTING: GOOD IN THE NORTH. FAIR TO GOOD IN THE SOUTH UNDER WEAK RIDGE. VENTING FOR THURSDAY: GOOD TO FAIR. VENTING OUTLOOK FRIDAY THRU SUNDAY: GOOD. VENTILATION GUIDELINES: 0-33.....POOR 34-54.....FAIR 55-100.....GOOD. VENTILATION INDICES NORMALLY DROP TO POOR AFTER SUNSET. END/PJS/KAL -------------------------------------------------- Special Industry Related Information -------------------------------------------------- 1 - Smoke Forecast, Coast 2 - Smoke Forecast, Interior Q - Return to Previous menu -------------------------------------------------- l Previous usage time: 29:19:07 This session: 00:01:19 --------Total Usage time: 29:20:26 Today's usage time: 00:05:15 This month's usage time: 00:39:39 ----This account expires: 12/31/96