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 101433 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 10 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 23 26 750 3 63 35 1900 4 KAMLOOPS KEL 19 24 750 3 47 33 1750 3 OKANAGAN KEL 17 23 650 3 80 35 3350 7 CASTLEGAR GEG 18 24 800 3 80 36 3500 6 CRANBROOK GEG 9 23 950 8 80 32 3950 7 REVELSTOKE KEL 11 20 550 2 30 29 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 PENTICTON L/V SW 13 SW 22 CRANBROOK W 11 W 33 INVERSION HT BREAKTHRU TEMP KELOWNA 1740 m 32 C SPOKANE 1490 m 31 C TODAY'S VENTING: FAIR BECOMING GOOD ONLY WHEN TEMPERATURES RISE INTO THE LOW 30s. VENTING FOR SUNDAY: GOOD VENTING OUTLOOK MONDAY THRU WEDNESDAY: 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. 96 19 1950 15 100 26 3950 16 PR. GEORGE P.G. 37 17 950 13 100 25 2850 15 SMITHERS ANN 77 17 1700 9 100 21 2300 11 WELLS GRAY P.G. 87 18 1850 15 100 28 4000 16 FT NLSN F.N. 9 14 400 7 100 22 3400 22 FT STJOHN F.N. 100 17 3700 27 100 23 3700 27 *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 W 19 W 33 SMITHERS L/V SW 20 INVERSION HT BREAKTHRU TEMP PR. GEORGE 1550 m 21 C FT. NELSON 730 m 17 C TODAY'S VENTING: GOOD VENTING FOR SUNDAY: GOOD VENTING OUTLOOK MONDAY THRU WEDNESDAY: FAIR TO GOOD COAST UPPER ***** MORNING ****** ***** AFTERNOON **** AIR VI Tmp MXG HT Wnd VI Tmp MXG HT Wnd (mASL) (kt) (mASL) (kt) VANCOUVER QUIL 23 21 300 6 34 25 500 6 FRASER VLY QUIL 22 22 350 5 42 30 850 5 SRN VRISL QUIL 22 20 300 5 40 28 700 5 CNTRL VRISL QUIL 22 21 300 5 54 32 1050 6 NRN VRISL HRDY 34 15 350 8 48 19 600 8 TERRACE ANN 44 17 950 6 83 20 1700 8 STEWART ANN 20 15 300 4 55 20 1150 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 SATURDAY AFTERNOON (WINDS IN KM/H): 900m 1800m 2700m VANCOUVER L/V SW 7 SW 24 PORT HARDY L/V S 11 SW 28 SANDSPIT L/V SW 13 SW 26 INVERSION HT BREAKTHRU TEMP QUILLAYUTE 860 m 31 C PORT HARDY 1460 m 29 C ANNETTE 1000 m 20 C TODAY'S VENTING: FAIR EXCEPT GOOD STEWART AND TERRACE AREAS VENTING FOR SUNDAY: GOOD VENTING OUTLOOK MONDAY THRU WEDNESDAY: FAIR TO GOOD VENTILATION GUIDELINES: 0-33.....POOR 34-54.....FAIR 55-100.....GOOD. VENTILATION INDICES NORMALLY DROP TO POOR AFTER SUNSET. END/.. -------------------------------------------------- Special Industry Related Information -------------------------------------------------- 1 - Smoke Forecast, Coast 2 - Smoke Forecast, Interior Q - Return to Previous menu -------------------------------------------------- l Previous usage time: 29:34:46 This session: 00:01:19 --------Total Usage time: 29:36:05 Today's usage time: 00:05:13 This month's usage time: 00:55:18 ----This account expires: 12/31/96