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 241451 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 24 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 15 25 800 1 46 36 3200 5 KAMLOOPS KEL 13 23 750 1 36 34 3350 1 OKANAGAN KEL 11 21 600 1 36 33 3350 1 CASTLEGAR GEG 21 23 800 4 54 34 3500 3 CRANBROOK GEG 9 21 950 1 60 31 3950 3 REVELSTOKE KEL 10 19 550 1 17 28 1250 1 *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 CALM CALM W 15 CRANBROOK CALM CALM W 20 INVERSION HT BREAKTHRU TEMP KELOWNA 1500 m 33 C SPOKANE 1000 m 29 C TODAY'S VENTING: POOR TO FAIR DUE TO LIGHT WINDS AND WARM AIR ALOFT. GOOD AT HIGHER ELEVATIONS. VENTING FOR SUNDAY: POOR TO FAIR VENTING OUTLOOK MONDAY THRU WEDNESDAY: BECOMING 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. 60 19 2200 5 100 29 3950 8 PR. GEORGE P.G. 27 15 850 13 100 26 3700 9 SMITHERS ANN 9 11 550 8 72 20 2350 5 WELLS GRAY P.G. 45 17 1750 6 100 26 4000 8 FT NLSN F.N. 18 14 550 5 100 22 3400 13 FT STJOHN F.N. 9 13 700 10 100 22 3700 14 *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 CALM W 20 SMITHERS CALM W 10 INVERSION HT BREAKTHRU TEMP PR. GEORGE 1000 m 19 C FT. NELSON 700 m 19 C TODAY'S VENTING: GOOD. VENTING FOR SUNDAY: FAIR VENTING OUTLOOK MONDAY THRU WEDNESDAY: FAIR TO GOOD. COAST UPPER ***** MORNING ****** ***** AFTERNOON **** AIR VI Tmp MXG HT Wnd VI Tmp MXG HT Wnd (mASL) (kt) (mASL) (kt) VANCOUVER QUIL 20 21 300 5 35 26 650 5 FRASER VLY QUIL 19 21 300 4 43 30 900 5 SRN VRISL QUIL 19 20 300 4 30 26 600 4 CNTRL VRISL QUIL 19 20 300 4 40 30 900 4 NRN VRISL HRDY 15 14 300 5 40 20 900 4 TERRACE ANN 10 15 250 8 54 22 1450 5 STEWART ANN 22 13 300 8 54 22 1400 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 SATURDAY AFTERNOON (WINDS IN KM/H): 900m 1800m 2700m VANCOUVER CALM SW 10 W 20 PORT HARDY N 15 CALM SW 15 SANDSPIT CALM S 10 SW 20 INVERSION HT BREAKTHRU TEMP QUILLAYUTE 1000 m 33 C PORT HARDY 1500 m 32 C ANNETTE 1300 m 21 C TODAY'S VENTING: POOR SOUTH AND FAIR NORTH. VENTING FOR SUNDAY: POOR TO FAIR VENTING OUTLOOK MONDAY THRU WEDNESDAY: POOR BECOMING GOOD. VENTILATION GUIDELINES: 0-33.....POOR 34-54.....FAIR 55-100.....GOOD. VENTILATION INDICES NORMALLY DROP TO POOR AFTER SUNSET. END/JMS -------------------------------------------------- Special Industry Related Information -------------------------------------------------- 1 - Smoke Forecast, Coast 2 - Smoke Forecast, Interior Q - Return to Previous menu -------------------------------------------------- l Previous usage time: 30:45:55 This session: 00:01:18 --------Total Usage time: 30:47:13 Today's usage time: 00:05:11 This month's usage time: 02:06:26 ----This account expires: 12/31/96