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 151440 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 15 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 35 26 1000 4 100 30 2500 15 KAMLOOPS KEL 28 24 950 4 100 31 2600 5 OKANAGAN KEL 11 20 500 1 100 30 2400 5 CASTLEGAR GEG 43 24 900 9 100 32 3500 11 CRANBROOK GEG 14 22 1000 13 100 30 3950 13 REVELSTOKE KEL 10 20 550 1 55 29 2400 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 l/v W 20 W 20 CRANBROOK S 15 SW 20 INVERSION HT BREAKTHRU TEMP KELOWNA 720 m 23 C SPOKANE 1000 m 27 C TODAY'S VENTING: GOOD EXCEPT FAIR IN COLUMBIA VALLEYS. VENTING FOR FRIDAY: GOOD VENTING OUTLOOK SATURDAY THRU MONDAY: 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. 9 15 950 6 100 22 3950 7 PR. GEORGE P.G. 9 15 700 11 67 20 1850 7 SMITHERS ANN 85 12 950 28 75 16 1950 15 WELLS GRAY P.G. 33 16 1450 6 100 22 4000 7 FT NLSN F.N. 9 15 400 1 80 19 2500 5 FT STJOHN F.N. 10 12 400 5 88 19 2600 10 *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 W 15 SW 26 SMITHERS SW 20 SW 24 INVERSION HT BREAKTHRU TEMP PR. GEORGE 975 m 19 C FT. NELSON 790 m 19 C TODAY'S VENTING: FAIR TO GOOD WITH NORTHERN DISTRICTS STRUGGLING TO REACH BREAKTHROUGH TEMPERATURES. VENTING FOR FRIDAY: FAIR VENTING OUTLOOK SATURDAY THRU MONDAY: POOR TO FAIR COAST UPPER ***** MORNING ****** ***** AFTERNOON **** AIR VI Tmp MXG HT Wnd VI Tmp MXG HT Wnd (mASL) (kt) (mASL) (kt) VANCOUVER QUIL 77 17 700 17 50 22 1050 15 FRASER VLY QUIL 57 17 700 10 60 25 1350 15 SRN VRISL QUIL 23 16 500 3 45 21 900 12 CNTRL VRISL QUIL 20 15 500 3 70 22 1000 15 NRN VRISL HRDY 9 14 0 4 35 17 350 15 TERRACE ANN 10 14 250 20 45 17 1200 10 STEWART ANN 25 14 150 11 75 15 1500 15 *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 NW 11 W 24 W 32 PORT HARDY SW 20 SW 32 SW 41 SANDSPIT SW 20 SW 26 SW 30 INVERSION HT BREAKTHRU TEMP QUILLAYUTE 1550 m 27 C PORT HARDY 500 m 19 C ANNETTE NONE TODAY'S VENTING: BECOMING GOOD WITH COASTAL AREAS REMAINING POOR TO FAIR WITH TEMPERATURE REMAINING LESS THAN BREAKTHROUGH VALUES. VENTING FOR FRIDAY: FAIR VENTING OUTLOOK SATURDAY THRU MONDAY: 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: 30:01:09 This session: 00:01:19 --------Total Usage time: 30:02:28 Today's usage time: 00:05:17 This month's usage time: 01:21:41 ----This account expires: 12/31/96