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 291457 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 29 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 12 20 450 1 20 26 650 3 KAMLOOPS KEL 11 23 600 1 85 31 2800 5 OKANAGAN KEL 11 23 600 1 93 32 3350 5 CASTLEGAR GEG 26 23 950 4 72 31 2450 5 CRANBROOK GEG 22 22 1200 5 96 31 3950 5 REVELSTOKE KEL 10 21 550 1 62 28 2100 4 *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 VR 5 S 11 S 19 CRANBROOK VR 5 SW 9 INVERSION HT BREAKTHRU TEMP KELOWNA 830 m 26 C SPOKANE 1260 m 26 C TODAY'S VENTING: FAIR BECOMING GOOD THIS AFTERNOON BUT REMAINING POOR IN THE FRASER CANYON VENTING FOR FRIDAY: FAIR TO GOOD VENTING OUTLOOK SATURDAY THRU MONDAY: 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. 20 14 730 2 80 26 2000 08 PR. GEORGE P.G. 15 15 730 2 45 26 1670 05 SMITHERS HRDY 10 13 550 2 30 20 980 10 WELLS GRAY P.G. 20 10 1200 5 40 18 1400 12 FT NLSN F.N. 24 17 550 8 57 21 850 13 FT STJOHN F.N. 60 20 1100 16 100 24 1800 19 *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 S 24 S 35 SMITHERS S 24 S 35 INVERSION HT BREAKTHRU TEMP PR. GEORGE 1800 m 27 C FT. NELSON 1280 m 25 C TODAY'S VENTING: POOR TO FAIR BECOMING GOOD IN THE NORTHEAST THIS AFTERNOON AND A FEW HOURS OF GOOD THIS AFTERNOON SOUTHERN CARIBOO VENTING FOR FRIDAY: FAIR TO GOOD VENTING OUTLOOK SATURDAY THRU MONDAY: GOOD COAST UPPER ***** MORNING ****** ***** AFTERNOON **** AIR VI Tmp MXG HT Wnd VI Tmp MXG HT Wnd (mASL) (kt) (mASL) (kt) VANCOUVER QUIL 28 20 250 14 55 23 500 14 FRASER VLY QUIL 21 22 350 4 94 28 1400 11 SRN VRISL QUIL 14 19 150 4 32 25 650 4 CNTRL VRISL QUIL 14 19 150 4 28 24 550 4 NRN VRISL HRDY 9 16 0 7 24 19 250 7 TERRACE HRDY 15 17 100 5 39 22 550 8 STEWART HRDY 12 14 100 5 32 22 550 4 *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 S 13 S 31 S 48 PORT HARDY S 30 S 46 S 59 SANDSPIT S 44 S 48 S 52 INVERSION HT BREAKTHRU TEMP QUILLAYUTE 660 m 25 C PORT HARDY 790 m 25 C ANNETTE N/A TODAY'S VENTING: POOR TO FAIR WITH CHANCE OF GOOD IN THE FRASER VALLEY VENTING FOR FRIDAY: GOOD VENTING OUTLOOK SATURDAY THRU MONDAY: 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: 31:12:19 This session: 00:01:19 --------Total Usage time: 31:13:38 Today's usage time: 00:05:16 This month's usage time: 02:32:51 ----This account expires: 12/31/96