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 121439 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 MONDAY 12 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 29 23 1800 1 100 31 2600 10 KAMLOOPS KEL 18 20 1400 1 85 30 2600 5 OKANAGAN KEL 13 19 1150 1 85 31 2600 5 CASTLEGAR GEG 56 23 1150 9 100 32 2500 15 CRANBROOK GEG 95 21 1600 24 100 29 2500 20 REVELSTOKE KEL 25 20 1700 1 75 25 2600 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 MONDAY AFTERNOON (WINDS IN KM/H): 900m 1800m 2700m PENTICTON N 05 NW 05 W 17 CRANBROOK W 09 NW 19 INVERSION HT BREAKTHRU TEMP KELOWNA 610 m 18 C SPOKANE 1050 m 20 C TODAY'S VENTING: GOOD. VENTING FOR TUESDAY: FAIR. VENTING OUTLOOK WEDNESDAY THRU FRIDAY: FAIR WEDNESDAY DUE LIGHT WINDS. IMPROVING TO GOOD THURSDAY WESTERN SECTIONS DUE STRENGTHENING WINDS. GOOD FRIDAY ALL AREAS. 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 15 2250 28 100 23 2950 20 PR. GEORGE P.G. 84 15 1450 15 100 21 2570 20 SMITHERS ANN 100 13 1150 43 100 18 1800 25 WELLS GRAY P.G. 100 17 2800 25 100 24 2900 25 FT NLSN F.N. 17 18 550 5 85 20 1380 25 FT STJOHN F.N. 49 18 850 34 100 22 2900 23 *SUBTRACT 20 FROM THE VENTILATION INDEX IN VALLEYS IF THE MIXING HEIGHT IS BELOW THE HEIGHT OF THE LOCAL HILLS. FORECAST UPPER WINDS FOR MONDAY AFTERNOON (WINDS IN KM/H): 900m 1800m 2700m PR. GEORGE SW 20 W 35 SMITHERS SW 30 SW 45 INVERSION HT BREAKTHRU TEMP PR. GEORGE 1050 m 16 C FT. NELSON 830 m 22 C TODAY'S VENTING: GOOD. VENTING FOR TUESDAY: GOOD VENTING OUTLOOK WEDNESDAY THRU FRIDAY: FAIR WEDNESDAY DUE LIGHT WINDS. IMPROVING TO GOOD WESTERN SECTIONS THURSDAY. GOOD ALL AREAS FRIDAY. COAST UPPER ***** MORNING ****** ***** AFTERNOON **** AIR VI Tmp MXG HT Wnd VI Tmp MXG HT Wnd (mASL) (kt) (mASL) (kt) VANCOUVER QUIL 34 18 700 4 54 23 1400 4 FRASER VLY QUIL 21 17 550 3 48 23 1350 4 SRN VRISL QUIL 21 17 450 3 44 22 1200 4 CNTRL VRISL QUIL 21 17 500 3 48 23 1300 4 NRN VRISL HRDY 9 14 0 3 54 18 900 6 TERRACE ANN 100 15 950 40 100 18 3200 34 STEWART ANN 72 14 450 21 100 18 1150 32 *SUBTRACT 20 FROM THE VENTILATION INDEX IN VALLEYS IF THE MIXING HEIGHT IS BELOW THE HEIGHT OF THE LOCAL HILLS. FORECAST UPPER WINDS FOR MONDAY AFTERNOON (WINDS IN KM/H): 900m 1800m 2700m VANCOUVER NW 03 NW 08 W 13 PORT HARDY SW 09 SW 19 SW 33 SANDSPIT SW 37 SW 43 SW 52 INVERSION HT BREAKTHRU TEMP QUILLAYUTE 2190 m 29 C PORT HARDY 150 m 16 C ANNETTE 920 m 17 C TODAY'S VENTING: FAIR INNER SOUTH COAST DUE LIGHT WINDS. GOOD ELSEWHERE. VENTING FOR TUESDAY: FAIR TO GOOD. VENTING OUTLOOK WEDNESDAY THRU FRIDAY: FAIR WEDNESDAY INNER COAST DUE LIGHT WINDS. IMPROVING TO GOOD ALL AREAS THURSDAY AND FRIDAY. 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: 29:45:17 This session: 00:01:18 --------Total Usage time: 29:46:35 Today's usage time: 00:05:13 This month's usage time: 01:05:48 ----This account expires: 12/31/96