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 061430 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 6 SEPTEMBER 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 45 16 950 6 100 21 3200 8 KAMLOOPS KEL 25 14 750 4 100 21 3350 8 OKANAGAN KEL 21 13 650 4 100 19 3350 8 CASTLEGAR GEG 42 14 950 9 100 20 3500 14 CRANBROOK GEG 9 9 950 11 100 16 3950 17 REVELSTOKE KEL 20 13 750 4 96 16 2450 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 FRIDAY AFTERNOON (WINDS IN KM/H): 900m 1800m 2700m PENTICTON VR 5 SW 15 SW 28 CRANBROOK SW 13 SW 31 INVERSION HT BREAKTHRU TEMP KELOWNA 720 m 12 C SPOKANE 950 m 12 C TODAY'S VENTING: GOOD VENTING FOR SATURDAY: GOOD VENTING OUTLOOK SUNDAY THRU TUESDAY: FAIR TO GOOD. NO RIDGE BUT ONLY A BIT UNSTABLE. 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. 74 9 1650 14 100 13 3950 18 PR. GEORGE P.G. 25 9 900 8 100 13 2550 14 SMITHERS ANN 9 8 550 3 57 14 2200 4 WELLS GRAY P.G. 88 9 1950 14 100 14 4000 18 FT NLSN F.N. 67 4 950 14 82 7 1250 13 FT STJOHN F.N. 78 7 1500 13 96 9 2050 12 *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 17 W 20 SMITHERS S 11 SW 20 INVERSION HT BREAKTHRU TEMP PR. GEORGE 945 m 11 C FT. NELSON SFC TODAY'S VENTING: GOOD VENTING FOR SATURDAY: GOOD VENTING OUTLOOK SUNDAY THRU TUESDAY: MAINLY GOOD WITH MODERATE WESTERLY FLOW AND SOMEWHAT UNSTABLE AIRMASS COAST UPPER ***** MORNING ****** ***** AFTERNOON **** AIR VI Tmp MXG HT Wnd VI Tmp MXG HT Wnd (mASL) (kt) (mASL) (kt) VANCOUVER QUIL 22 14 300 6 83 18 1650 8 FRASER VLY QUIL 39 15 700 5 84 20 1800 7 SRN VRISL QUIL 31 15 500 5 61 17 1200 6 CNTRL VRISL QUIL 12 12 100 3 32 15 550 5 NRN VRISL HRDY 25 12 250 7 41 14 600 7 TERRACE ANN 34 13 1100 3 62 17 2250 4 STEWART ANN 22 13 300 5 60 17 1850 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 VANCOUVER S 20 SW 28 SW 30 PORT HARDY S 48 S 44 SW 30 SANDSPIT VR 5 W 9 W 20 INVERSION HT BREAKTHRU TEMP QUILLAYUTE 250 m 14 C PORT HARDY 400 m 14 C ANNETTE SFC TODAY'S VENTING: FAIR TO GOOD. WARM FRONT MOVING ONTO CENTRAL COAST AND NORTHERN VANCOUVER ISLAND IS STABILIZING THE AIRMASS. VENTING FOR SATURDAY: GOOD VENTING OUTLOOK SUNDAY THRU TUESDAY: GOOD UNDER UNSTABLE WESTERLIES 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: 31:46:35 This session: 00:01:18 --------Total Usage time: 31:47:53 Today's usage time: 00:05:12 This month's usage time: 00:23:52 ----This account expires: 12/31/96