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 201436 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 TUESDAY 20 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 16 17 550 2 97 22 2750 6 KAMLOOPS KEL 20 17 700 4 100 22 3350 7 OKANAGAN KEL 14 16 550 2 100 22 3350 7 CASTLEGAR KEL 15 14 550 5 100 22 3350 8 CRANBROOK KEL 15 12 1100 5 100 20 3100 8 REVELSTOKE KEL 11 14 550 2 55 17 1000 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 TUESDAY AFTERNOON (WINDS IN KM/H): 900m 1800m 2700m PENTICTON VR 5 W 13 W 15 CRANBROOK W 11 W 24 INVERSION HT BREAKTHRU TEMP KELOWNA 760 m 18 C SPOKANE N/A TODAY'S VENTING: BECOMING GOOD THIS AFTERNOON VENTING FOR WEDNESDAY: GOOD VENTING OUTLOOK THURSDAY THRU SATURDAY: 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. 100 11 3950 22 100 16 3950 22 PR. GEORGE P.G. 55 11 1100 14 100 15 3700 20 SMITHERS HRDY 15 11 700 9 55 16 2500 10 WELLS GRAY P.G. 100 13 4000 22 100 18 4000 22 FT NLSN F.N. 76 13 950 18 100 19 2850 23 FT STJOHN F.N. 100 13 2100 26 100 17 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 TUESDAY AFTERNOON (WINDS IN KM/H): 900m 1800m 2700m PR. GEORGE W 30 W 37 SMITHERS SW 26 W 37 INVERSION HT BREAKTHRU TEMP PR. GEORGE 850 m 13 C FT. NELSON 940 m 14 C TODAY'S VENTING: BECOMING GOOD THIS AFTERNOON VENTING FOR WEDNESDAY: GOOD VENTING OUTLOOK THURSDAY THRU SATURDAY: FAIR TO GOOD COAST UPPER ***** MORNING ****** ***** AFTERNOON **** AIR VI Tmp MXG HT Wnd VI Tmp MXG HT Wnd (mASL) (kt) (mASL) (kt) VANCOUVER HRDY 25 15 1000 5 80 19 1250 10 FRASER VLY HRDY 25 15 1000 5 80 20 1250 10 SRN VRISL HRDY 20 14 900 5 75 18 1200 10 CNTRL VRISL HRDY 10 10 350 8 75 21 1200 10 NRN VRISL HRDY 9 13 100 3 66 17 1200 7 TERRACE HRDY 15 12 300 8 55 16 700 10 STEWART HRDY 15 13 300 8 55 17 700 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 TUESDAY AFTERNOON (WINDS IN KM/H): 900m 1800m 2700m VANCOUVER W 15 W 17 NW 17 PORT HARDY SW 13 SW 15 W 19 SANDSPIT S 39 SW 39 SW 41 INVERSION HT BREAKTHRU TEMP QUILLAYUTE N/A PORT HARDY 150 m 14 C ANNETTE N/A TODAY'S VENTING: FAIR TO GOOD VENTING FOR WEDNESDAY: GOOD VENTING OUTLOOK THURSDAY THRU SATURDAY: 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: 30:26:02 This session: 00:01:17 --------Total Usage time: 30:27:19 Today's usage time: 00:05:09 This month's usage time: 01:46:32 ----This account expires: 12/31/96