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 091444 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 FRIDAY 9 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 13 25 600 1 73 33 1850 5 KAMLOOPS KEL 11 23 600 1 72 32 2000 5 OKANAGAN KEL 11 21 500 1 66 31 1800 5 CASTLEGAR GEG 16 22 750 3 100 32 3500 7 CRANBROOK GEG 9 20 950 6 100 30 3950 9 REVELSTOKE KEL 10 19 500 1 49 28 1350 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 FRIDAY AFTERNOON (WINDS IN KM/H): 900m 1800m 2700m PENTICTON l/v SW 08 SW 16 CRANBROOK W 05 W 13 INVERSION HT BREAKTHRU TEMP KELOWNA 1550 m 31 C SPOKANE 1520 m 29 C TODAY'S VENTING: FAIR TO GOOD WITH VERY WARM TEMPERATURES IN THE LOWER LEVELS. VENTING FOR SATURDAY: FAIR TO GOOD VENTING OUTLOOK SUNDAY THRU TUESDAY: FAIR TO 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. 100 18 2400 17 100 25 3950 19 PR. GEORGE P.G. 62 17 1200 14 100 23 2550 16 SMITHERS ANN 100 15 1900 22 100 18 2300 22 WELLS GRAY P.G. 100 18 2400 17 100 26 4000 19 FT NLSN F.N. 15 15 550 4 100 20 3400 17 FT STJOHN F.N. 100 17 3700 19 100 21 3700 19 *SUBTRACT 20 FROM THE VENTILATION INDEX IN VALLEYS IF THE MIXING HEIGHT IS BELOW THE HEIGHT OF THE LOCAL HILLS. FORECAST UPPER WINDS FOR FRIDAY AFTERNOON (WINDS IN KM/H): 900m 1800m 2700m PR. GEORGE SW 15 W 25 SMITHERS SW 14 W 25 INVERSION HT BREAKTHRU TEMP PR. GEORGE 790 m 17 C FT. NELSON 725 m 17 C TODAY'S VENTING: GOOD VENTING FOR SATURDAY: FAIR TO GOOD VENTING OUTLOOK SUNDAY THRU TUESDAY: GOOD COAST UPPER ***** MORNING ****** ***** AFTERNOON **** AIR VI Tmp MXG HT Wnd VI Tmp MXG HT Wnd (mASL) (kt) (mASL) (kt) VANCOUVER QUIL 47 21 500 11 59 26 650 11 FRASER VLY QUIL 41 21 500 9 77 31 1200 9 SRN VRISL QUIL 43 20 500 9 64 28 800 10 CNTRL VRISL QUIL 43 21 500 9 79 32 1300 9 NRN VRISL HRDY 9 13 0 1 42 20 650 5 TERRACE ANN 89 15 850 21 100 18 1900 22 STEWART ANN 48 14 350 14 100 18 1200 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 FRIDAY AFTERNOON (WINDS IN KM/H): 900m 1800m 2700m VANCOUVER W 05 W 09 W 16 PORT HARDY L/V W 09 W 17 SANDSPIT SW 12 SW 18 SW 24 INVERSION HT BREAKTHRU TEMP QUILLAYUTE 1320 m 32 C PORT HARDY 860 m 23 C ANNETTE 980 m 18 C TODAY'S VENTING: POOR TO FAIR ALONG THE COASTS AND GOOD INLAND VENTING FOR SATURDAY: FAIR TO GOOD VENTING OUTLOOK SUNDAY THRU TUESDAY: FAIR TO GOOD VENTILATION GUIDELINES: 0-33.....POOR 34-54.....FAIR 55-100.....GOOD. VENTILATION INDICES NORMALLY DROP TO POOR AFTER SUNSET. END/BB -------------------------------------------------- Special Industry Related Information -------------------------------------------------- 1 - Smoke Forecast, Coast 2 - Smoke Forecast, Interior Q - Return to Previous menu -------------------------------------------------- l Previous usage time: 29:29:35 This session: 00:01:17 --------Total Usage time: 29:30:52 Today's usage time: 00:05:10 This month's usage time: 00:50:05 ----This account expires: 12/31/96