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 071430 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 7 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 48 16 950 6 100 18 1550 15 KAMLOOPS KEL 50 15 1200 6 90 19 2200 10 OKANAGAN KEL 35 14 850 6 90 18 2200 10 CASTLEGAR GEG 16 14 750 3 80 17 2200 10 CRANBROOK GEG 9 13 950 8 100 17 2350 14 REVELSTOKE KEL 30 13 850 6 62 15 1450 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 SATURDAY AFTERNOON (WINDS IN KM/H): 900m 1800m 2700m PENTICTON VR 5 W 19 W 33 CRANBROOK W 13 W 39 INVERSION HT BREAKTHRU TEMP KELOWNA 600 m 13 C SPOKANE 850 m 15 C TODAY'S VENTING: GOOD DUE TO WINDS. VENTING FOR SUNDAY: GOOD VENTING OUTLOOK MONDAY THRU WEDNESDAY: GOOD MONDAY AND TUESDAY. FAIR WEDNESDAY. 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. 89 10 1850 15 100 14 2500 17 PR. GEORGE P.G. 46 10 1300 7 89 13 1950 11 SMITHERS ANN 9 9 550 6 76 14 2300 6 WELLS GRAY P.G. 98 11 2100 15 100 15 2900 19 FT NLSN F.N. 34 5 1100 4 52 8 1500 5 FT STJOHN F.N. 48 5 1500 6 71 8 2050 6 *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 SW 31 W 41 SMITHERS W 9 W 41 INVERSION HT BREAKTHRU TEMP PR. GEORGE 750 m 10 C FT. NELSON 1650 m 10 C TODAY'S VENTING: GOOD EXCEPT FAIT NORTH OF THE ARCTIC FRONT WHICH LIES BETWEEN FT ST JOHN AND FT NELSON. VENTING FOR SUNDAY: GOOD VENTING OUTLOOK MONDAY THRU WEDNESDAY: GOOD COAST UPPER ***** MORNING ****** ***** AFTERNOON **** AIR VI Tmp MXG HT Wnd VI Tmp MXG HT Wnd (mASL) (kt) (mASL) (kt) VANCOUVER QUIL 39 15 250 18 85 18 800 18 FRASER VLY QUIL 16 15 250 4 65 18 750 11 SRN VRISL QUIL 15 15 150 4 27 17 500 4 CNTRL VRISL QUIL 11 14 50 4 28 17 500 4 NRN VRISL HRDY 40 14 250 15 67 16 450 19 TERRACE ANN 32 12 650 6 83 17 2300 6 STEWART ANN 22 12 250 6 86 17 1950 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 SATURDAY AFTERNOON (WINDS IN KM/H): 900m 1800m 2700m VANCOUVER S 22 SW 30 W 37 PORT HARDY SW 44 SW 50 SW 52 SANDSPIT VR 5 SW 13 W 33 INVERSION HT BREAKTHRU TEMP QUILLAYUTE 130 m 14 C PORT HARDY 320 m 16 C ANNETTE 80 m 11 C TODAY'S VENTING: GENERALLY GOOD, EXCEPT ONLY FAIR IN THE SOUTH DUE TO AN ELEVATED INVERSION BETWEEN 1100 - 1480 M. VENTING FOR SUNDAY: GOOD VENTING OUTLOOK MONDAY THRU WEDNESDAY: GOOD MONDAY. FAIR TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY. 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: 31:51:47 This session: 00:01:18 --------Total Usage time: 31:53:05 Today's usage time: 00:05:12 This month's usage time: 00:29:04 ----This account expires: 12/31/96