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 301448 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 FRIDAY 30 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 22 500 2 23 27 750 3 KAMLOOPS KEL 16 24 650 3 36 28 900 5 OKANAGAN KEL 13 21 550 2 39 29 1000 5 CASTLEGAR GEG 17 22 750 3 46 29 1050 8 CRANBROOK GEG 9 22 950 15 97 30 2200 13 REVELSTOKE KEL 10 19 500 2 23 26 850 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 FRIDAY AFTERNOON (WINDS IN KM/H): 900m 1800m 2700m PENTICTON SW 15 SW 26 SW 35 CRANBROOK S 17 SW 39 INVERSION HT BREAKTHRU TEMP KELOWNA 1100 m 28 C SPOKANE 1050 m 28 C TODAY'S VENTING: Poor this morning becoming good late in the afternoon with cold frontal passage. VENTING FOR SATURDAY: Good. VENTING OUTLOOK SUNDAY THRU TUESDAY: Generally good as a cool northwe sterly flow develops. 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. 32 20 1000 10 100 24 3800 12 PR. GEORGE P.G. 23 20 800 12 100 22 3000 15 SMITHERS ANN 100 18 2000 12 100 21 2950 14 WELLS GRAY P.G. 33 20 1100 10 100 22 3800 12 FT NLSN F.N. 15 17 600 3 24 22 750 4 FT STJOHN F.N. 14 19 750 6 36 24 1150 7 *SUBTRACT 20 FROM THE VENTILATION INDEX IN VALLEYS IF THE MIXING HEIGHT IS BELOW THE HEIGHT OF THE LOCAL HILLS. FORECAST UPPER WINDS FOR FRIDAY AFTERNOON (WINDS IN KM/H): 900m 1800m 2700m PR. GEORGE SW 35 SW 43 SMITHERS W 22 W 43 INVERSION HT BREAKTHRU TEMP PR. GEORGE 2000 m 28 C FT. NELSON 1200 m 26 C TODAY'S VENTING: Poor this morning becoming good in the afternoon with cold frontal passage. VENTING FOR SATURDAY: Good VENTING OUTLOOK SUNDAY THRU TUESDAY: Generally good as a cool northwesterly flow develops. COAST UPPER ***** MORNING ****** ***** AFTERNOON **** AIR VI Tmp MXG HT Wnd VI Tmp MXG HT Wnd (mASL) (kt) (mASL) (kt) VANCOUVER QUIL 81 19 600 21 100 21 950 24 FRASER VLY QUIL 83 20 750 17 100 21 900 21 SRN VRISL QUIL 60 19 500 14 97 21 850 19 CNTRL VRISL QUIL 47 18 350 14 97 21 850 19 NRN VRISL HRDY 9 16 0 5 86 17 1150 5 TERRACE ANN 20 17 300 5 73 18 1150 10 STEWART ANN 13 14 100 6 68 18 6650 7 *SUBTRACT 20 FROM THE VENTILATION INDEX IN VALLEYS IF THE MIXING HEIGHT IS BELOW THE HEIGHT OF THE LOCAL HILLS. FORECAST UPPER WINDS FOR FRIDAY AFTERNOON (WINDS IN KM/H): 900m 1800m 2700m VANCOUVER SW 24 SW 33 SW 44 PORT HARDY SW 19 SW 24 SW 30 SANDSPIT W 20 W 20 SW 24 INVERSION HT BREAKTHRU TEMP QUILLAYUTE None n/a C PORT HARDY 300 m 16 C ANNETTE 700 m 15 C TODAY'S VENTING: Poor this morning becoming good in the afternoon. VENTING FOR SATURDAY: Good. VENTING OUTLOOK SUNDAY THRU TUESDAY: Generally good as a cool northwesterly flow develops. VENTILATION GUIDELINES: 0-33.....POOR 34-54.....FAIR 55-100.....GOOD. VENTILATION INDICES NORMALLY DROP TO POOR AFTER SUNSET. END/GF -------------------------------------------------- Special Industry Related Information -------------------------------------------------- 1 - Smoke Forecast, Coast 2 - Smoke Forecast, Interior Q - Return to Previous menu -------------------------------------------------- l Previous usage time: 31:17:34 This session: 00:01:17 --------Total Usage time: 31:18:51 Today's usage time: 00:05:13 This month's usage time: 02:38:04 ----This account expires: 12/31/96