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 141430 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 14 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 21 25 750 2 100 33 3200 6 KAMLOOPS KEL 17 23 750 2 100 32 3350 6 OKANAGAN KEL 16 21 650 2 57 31 1450 3 CASTLEGAR GEG 9 23 750 0 73 33 1900 7 CRANBROOK GEG 9 21 950 11 100 31 3950 10 REVELSTOKE KEL 14 21 700 2 80 30 2500 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 WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON (WINDS IN KM/H): 900m 1800m 2700m PENTICTON l/v SW 15 SW 20 CRANBROOK L/V SW 20 INVERSION HT BREAKTHRU TEMP KELOWNA 1290 m 30 C SPOKANE 2100 m 32 C TODAY'S VENTING: FAIR REACHING GOOD THIS AFTERNOON WHEN TEMPERATURES CLIMB ABOVE 30C. VENTING FOR THURSDAY: FAIR VENTING OUTLOOK FRIDAY THRU SUNDAY: 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. 9 17 950 11 100 24 3950 9 PR. GEORGE P.G. 9 15 700 8 76 22 1800 9 SMITHERS ANN 9 10 50 2 75 18 2300 5 WELLS GRAY P.G. 9 16 1000 11 100 25 4000 9 FT NLSN F.N. 12 15 500 3 100 20 2150 18 FT STJOHN F.N. 9 14 700 19 100 21 3700 20 *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 L/V SW 22 SMITHERS L/V SW 17 INVERSION HT BREAKTHRU TEMP PR. GEORGE 1100 m 22 C FT. NELSON 760 m 19 C TODAY'S VENTING: POOR COASTAL SECTIONS BECOMING GOOD INLAND ONCE TEMPERATURES CLIMB ABOVE 20C. VENTING FOR THURSDAY: FAIR VENTING OUTLOOK FRIDAY THRU SUNDAY: FAIR TO GOOD. COAST UPPER ***** MORNING ****** ***** AFTERNOON **** AIR VI Tmp MXG HT Wnd VI Tmp MXG HT Wnd (mASL) (kt) (mASL) (kt) VANCOUVER QUIL 42 19 450 11 55 23 600 11 FRASER VLY QUIL 9 21 500 0 76 29 1300 8 SRN VRISL QUIL 9 17 300 0 15 23 600 5 CNTRL VRISL QUIL 9 20 450 0 62 28 900 8 NRN VRISL HRDY 12 14 50 7 51 18 600 9 TERRACE ANN 12 12 50 2 75 19 2100 5 STEWART ANN 10 10 50 2 80 18 2200 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 WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON (WINDS IN KM/H): 900m 1800m 2700m VANCOUVER L/V SW 13 SW 22 PORT HARDY NW 30 NW 20 W 22 SANDSPIT L/V L/V SW 20 INVERSION HT BREAKTHRU TEMP QUILLAYUTE 870 m 29 C PORT HARDY 760 m 20 C ANNETTE 300 m 16 C TODAY'S VENTING: FAIR DUE TO HIGH TEMPERATURES IN THE LOW LEVELS. GOOD IN FRASER VALLEY ONCE TEMPERATRES CLIMB NEAR 29C. VENTING FOR THURSDAY: FAIR VENTING OUTLOOK FRIDAY THRU SUNDAY: FAIR TO GOOD VENTILATION GUIDELINES: 0-33.....POOR 34-54.....FAIR 55-100.....GOOD. VENTILATION INDICES NORMALLY DROP TO POOR AFTER SUNSET. END/KJ -------------------------------------------------- Special Industry Related Information -------------------------------------------------- 1 - Smoke Forecast, Coast 2 - Smoke Forecast, Interior Q - Return to Previous menu -------------------------------------------------- l Previous usage time: 29:55:53 This session: 00:01:18 --------Total Usage time: 29:57:11 Today's usage time: 00:05:14 This month's usage time: 01:16:24 ----This account expires: 12/31/96