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 081430 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 8 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 45 24 900 6 89 33 2500 6 KAMLOOPS KEL 38 22 900 6 78 31 2200 6 OKANAGAN KEL 29 21 700 6 78 31 2200 6 CASTLEGAR GEG 24 20 750 6 86 30 2600 6 CRANBROOK GEG 9 19 950 18 96 28 3950 5 REVELSTOKE KEL 10 18 550 1 53 27 1500 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 NW 20 SW 15 SW 15 CRANBROOK NW 30 S 10 SW 5 INVERSION HT BREAKTHRU TEMP KELOWNA 610 m 19 C SPOKANE 1100 m 25 C TODAY'S VENTING: GOOD. 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 18 1250 13 100 25 3950 12 PR. GEORGE P.G. 9 15 700 8 67 23 1700 8 SMITHERS ANN 100 14 1500 18 100 19 2100 16 WELLS GRAY P.G. 32 17 1200 13 100 26 4000 12 FT NLSN F.N. 9 14 750 0 80 20 3400 4 FT STJOHN F.N. 98 16 3700 6 98 21 3700 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 PR. GEORGE NE 20 W 5 SW 50 SMITHERS SE 30 S 25 SE 50 INVERSION HT BREAKTHRU TEMP PR. GEORGE 1010 m 20 C FT. NELSON 580 m 12 C TODAY'S VENTING: GOOD 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 31 20 350 9 45 25 550 9 FRASER VLY QUIL 27 21 350 6 63 29 1000 8 SRN VRISL QUIL 27 20 350 6 47 27 650 7 CNTRL VRISL QUIL 29 22 400 6 85 33 1800 7 NRN VRISL HRDY 9 13 0 9 54 18 800 7 TERRACE ANN 98 15 1100 18 100 19 1800 17 STEWART ANN 18 14 100 10 100 19 1500 16 *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 NE 15 W 10 W 10 PORT HARDY NW 15 SW 30 SW 50 SANDSPIT SE 30 S 20 SW 50 INVERSION HT BREAKTHRU TEMP QUILLAYUTE 650 m 27 C PORT HARDY 70 m 14 C ANNETTE SFC TODAY'S VENTING: FAIR IN THE SOUTH UNDER RIDGE. GOOD IN THE NORTH 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: 29:24:24 This session: 00:01:18 --------Total Usage time: 29:25:42 Today's usage time: 00:05:16 This month's usage time: 00:44:55 ----This account expires: 12/31/96