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 251430 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 SUNDAY 25 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 9 24 600 0 59 36 2000 5 KAMLOOPS KEL 9 24 750 0 54 35 2200 4 OKANAGAN KEL 9 22 600 0 54 35 2200 4 CASTLEGAR GEG 17 22 750 3 61 34 1650 6 CRANBROOK GEG 9 22 950 8 80 34 3950 10 REVELSTOKE KEL 9 20 550 0 15 29 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 SUNDAY AFTERNOON (WINDS IN KM/H): 900m 1800m 2700m PENTICTON VR 5 VR 5 W 15 CRANBROOK VR 5 W 9 INVERSION HT BREAKTHRU TEMP KELOWNA 1390 m 31 C SPOKANE 1010 m 28 C TODAY'S VENTING: GENERALLY FAIR EXCEPT GOOD BRIEFLY THIS AFTERNOON IN THE SOUTHEAST. VENTING FOR MONDAY: FAIR VENTING OUTLOOK TUESDAY THRU THURSDAY: 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. 25 19 1150 8 100 29 3950 11 PR. GEORGE P.G. 19 16 850 6 73 25 2100 7 SMITHERS ANN 22 14 950 3 100 23 3500 6 WELLS GRAY P.G. 9 18 1000 8 100 28 4000 11 FT NLSN F.N. 11 15 550 1 100 24 3400 12 FT STJOHN F.N. 9 15 700 13 100 22 3700 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 SUNDAY AFTERNOON (WINDS IN KM/H): 900m 1800m 2700m PR. GEORGE SW 9 SW 22 SMITHERS SW 13 SW 22 INVERSION HT BREAKTHRU TEMP PR. GEORGE 920 m 22 C FT. NELSON 700 m 19 C TODAY'S VENTING: GOOD THIS AFTERNOON AFTER BREAKING THE INVERSION. VENTING FOR MONDAY: GOOD VENTING OUTLOOK TUESDAY THRU THURSDAY: GOOD. COAST UPPER ***** MORNING ****** ***** AFTERNOON **** AIR VI Tmp MXG HT Wnd VI Tmp MXG HT Wnd (mASL) (kt) (mASL) (kt) VANCOUVER QUIL 16 21 200 5 28 27 500 5 FRASER VLY QUIL 18 23 250 5 40 33 750 5 SRN VRISL QUIL 17 20 200 5 33 28 550 5 CNTRL VRISL QUIL 17 20 200 5 34 29 600 5 NRN VRISL HRDY 17 20 200 5 45 25 900 5 TERRACE ANN 19 15 550 3 42 22 1500 3 STEWART ANN 10 14 150 1 31 22 1200 2 *SUBTRACT 20 FROM THE VENTILATION INDEX IN VALLEYS IF THE MIXING HEIGHT IS BELOW THE HEIGHT OF THE LOCAL HILLS. FORECAST UPPER WINDS FOR SUNDAY AFTERNOON (WINDS IN KM/H): 900m 1800m 2700m VANCOUVER VR 5 VR 5 SW 20 PORT HARDY N 19 NW 9 SW 24 SANDSPIT W 11 SW 24 SW 35 INVERSION HT BREAKTHRU TEMP QUILLAYUTE 1500 m 40 C PORT HARDY 1620 m 32 C ANNETTE 1260 m 23 C TODAY'S VENTING: POOR IN THE SOUTH. FAIR IN THE NORTH. VENTING FOR MONDAY: FAIR. VENTING OUTLOOK TUESDAY THRU THURSDAY: FAIR TO GOOD. VENTILATION GUIDELINES: 0-33.....POOR 34-54.....FAIR 55-100.....GOOD. VENTILATION INDICES NORMALLY DROP TO POOR AFTER SUNSET. END/PJS -------------------------------------------------- Special Industry Related Information -------------------------------------------------- 1 - Smoke Forecast, Coast 2 - Smoke Forecast, Interior Q - Return to Previous menu -------------------------------------------------- l Previous usage time: 30:51:13 This session: 00:01:17 --------Total Usage time: 30:52:30 Today's usage time: 00:05:17 This month's usage time: 02:11:43 ----This account expires: 12/31/96