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 171430 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 17 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 YZT 75 18 1460 10 100 22 3000 15 KAMLOOPS YZT 51 18 1400 10 100 23 3350 15 OKANAGAN KEL 17 15 500 5 100 21 2800 10 CASTLEGAR KEL 9 17 500 12 100 23 3020 15 CRANBROOK GEG 24 16 1050 18 100 22 3350 21 REVELSTOKE KEL 47 17 1350 5 84 21 2850 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 SATURDAY AFTERNOON (WINDS IN KM/H): 900m 1800m 2700m PENTICTON W 10 W 15 W 20 CRANBROOK SW 15 SW 30 INVERSION HT BREAKTHRU TEMP KELOWNA 550 m 16 C SPOKANE 1120 m 22 C TODAY'S VENTING: BECOMING GOOD BY MID-MORNING. SHALLOW INVERSION AND MODERATE WINDS ALOFT. VENTING FOR SUNDAY: GOOD VENTING OUTLOOK MONDAY THRU WEDNESDAY: FAIR IN THE MORNINGS BECOMING GOOD BY MID DAY. 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 10 3950 12 85 15 2400 12 PR. GEORGE P.G. 37 11 1150 7 90 15 2400 10 SMITHERS ANN 9 11 550 12 95 15 1600 15 WELLS GRAY P.G. 100 12 4000 12 100 16 3000 12 FT NLSN F.N. 18 13 760 5 65 16 1200 14 FT STJOHN F.N. 50 11 1050 14 99 14 1800 16 *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 25 NW 30 SMITHERS NW 30 NW 35 INVERSION HT BREAKTHRU TEMP PR. GEORGE 1250 m 13 C FT. NELSON 380 m 11 C TODAY'S VENTING: GOOD. SHALLOW INVERSION AND MODERATE WINDS ALOFT. VENTING FOR SUNDAY: GOOD VENTING OUTLOOK MONDAY THRU WEDNESDAY: GOOD. COAST UPPER ***** MORNING ****** ***** AFTERNOON **** AIR VI Tmp MXG HT Wnd VI Tmp MXG HT Wnd (mASL) (kt) (mASL) (kt) VANCOUVER QUIL 79 17 1200 10 100 21 2000 12 FRASER VLY QUIL 56 16 850 7 100 21 2000 10 SRN VRISL QUIL 48 16 750 7 100 21 1950 10 CNTRL VRISL QUIL 9 14 200 0 100 21 1950 10 NRN VRISL HRDY 24 14 200 8 85 16 850 15 TERRACE ANN 10 13 250 12 89 17 1250 14 STEWART ANN 9 13 0 12 79 17 850 13 *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 W 20 NW 25 NW 30 PORT HARDY NW 20 NW 30 NW 30 SANDSPIT W 20 W 25 W 25 INVERSION HT BREAKTHRU TEMP QUILLAYUTE 560 m 14 C PORT HARDY 730 m 14 C ANNETTE 1030 m 16 C TODAY'S VENTING: GOOD. SHALLOW INVERSION AND MODERATE WINDS ALOFT. VENTING FOR SUNDAY: GOOD VENTING OUTLOOK MONDAY THRU WEDNESDAY: GOOD. 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: 30:11:42 This session: 00:01:19 --------Total Usage time: 30:13:01 Today's usage time: 00:05:16 This month's usage time: 01:32:14 ----This account expires: 12/31/96