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 311430 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 31 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 20 500 2 100 24 2750 12 KAMLOOPS KEL 22 19 650 5 100 24 3350 13 OKANAGAN KEL 22 19 650 5 100 24 3350 13 CASTLEGAR GEG 73 20 1200 14 100 25 2800 23 CRANBROOK GEG 100 20 2800 27 100 23 3950 27 REVELSTOKE KEL 10 17 500 2 100 22 3450 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 SATURDAY AFTERNOON (WINDS IN KM/H): 900m 1800m 2700m PENTICTON W 9 W 19 NW 24 CRANBROOK W 13 W 30 INVERSION HT BREAKTHRU TEMP KELOWNA 550 m 17 C SPOKANE 1300 m 18 C TODAY'S VENTING: GOOD. VENTING FOR SUNDAY: GOOD VENTING OUTLOOK MONDAY THRU WEDNESDAY: GENERALLY 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. 64 15 1500 12 100 18 3300 14 PR. GEORGE P.G. 30 12 1100 10 100 18 3100 12 SMITHERS ANN 56 13 1200 9 100 18 2650 12 WELLS GRAY P.G. 64 ## 1500 12 100 18 3300 14 FT NLSN F.N. 88 17 850 28 100 20 1450 32 FT STJOHN F.N. 11 14 700 38 100 19 2050 37 *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 W 39 W 41 SMITHERS W 30 NW 41 INVERSION HT BREAKTHRU TEMP PR. GEORGE 1000 m 13 C FT. NELSON None n/a TODAY'S VENTING: GOOD. VENTING FOR SUNDAY: GOOD VENTING OUTLOOK MONDAY THRU WEDNESDAY: GENERALLY GOOD. COAST UPPER ***** MORNING ****** ***** AFTERNOON **** AIR VI Tmp MXG HT Wnd VI Tmp MXG HT Wnd (mASL) (kt) (mASL) (kt) VANCOUVER QUIL 91 18 1150 13 100 21 2000 14 FRASER VLY QUIL 61 18 1100 7 100 22 2100 11 SRN VRISL QUIL 9 17 700 0 100 21 1900 11 CNTRL VRISL QUIL 9 16 500 0 100 22 2050 11 NRN VRISL HRDY 22 14 150 11 64 17 900 8 TERRACE ANN 25 14 200 7 98 18 1750 11 STEWART ANN 17 14 200 5 73 18 1200 8 *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 W 22 W 26 NW 33 PORT HARDY NW 19 NW 28 NW 37 SANDSPIT W 20 W 28 W 33 INVERSION HT BREAKTHRU TEMP QUILLAYUTE None n/a PORT HARDY 100 m 13 C ANNETTE None n/a TODAY'S VENTING: GOOD. VENTING FOR SUNDAY: GOOD VENTING OUTLOOK MONDAY THRU WEDNESDAY: GENERALLY GOOD. 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: 31:22:44 This session: 00:01:17 --------Total Usage time: 31:24:01 Today's usage time: 00:05:10 This month's usage time: 02:43:14 ----This account expires: 12/31/96