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 111430 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 WEDNESDAY 11 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 9 19 600 0 22 28 1450 1 KAMLOOPS KEL 9 19 750 0 20 26 1450 1 OKANAGAN KEL 9 17 550 0 19 25 1350 1 CASTLEGAR GEG 18 18 750 4 37 27 1050 5 CRANBROOK GEG 9 17 950 5 32 26 1550 4 REVELSTOKE KEL 9 16 550 0 18 23 1300 1 *SUBTRACT 20 FROM THE VENTILATION INDEX IN VALLEYS IF THE MIXING HEIGHT IS BELOW THE HEIGHT OF THE LOCAL HILLS. FORECAST UPPER WINDS FOR WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON (WINDS IN KM/H): 900m 1800m 2700m PENTICTON VR 5 S 13 S 28 CRANBROOK VR 5 S 9 INVERSION HT BREAKTHRU TEMP KELOWNA 1550 m 29 C SPOKANE 1100 m 29 C TODAY'S VENTING: A STABLE AIRMASS AND LIGHT WINDS WILL RESULT IN POOR VENTING. VENTING FOR THURSDAY: POOR. VENTING OUTLOOK FRIDAY THRU SUNDAY: FAIR FRIDAY BECOMING GOOD ON THE WEEKEND IN THE WAKE OF A COLD FRONT FRIDAY NIGHT. 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. 9 15 950 17 54 22 1500 10 PR. GEORGE P.G. 16 12 800 6 45 21 1150 10 SMITHERS ANN 10 12 550 34 60 20 1500 15 WELLS GRAY P.G. 9 13 1000 17 50 18 1500 10 FT NLSN F.N. 9 13 550 0 34 22 850 6 FT STJOHN F.N. 13 14 750 9 36 21 1000 10 *SUBTRACT 20 FROM THE VENTILATION INDEX IN VALLEYS IF THE MIXING HEIGHT IS BELOW THE HEIGHT OF THE LOCAL HILLS. FORECAST UPPER WINDS FOR WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON (WINDS IN KM/H): 900m 1800m 2700m PR. GEORGE S 31 S 46 SMITHERS S 26 S 46 INVERSION HT BREAKTHRU TEMP PR. GEORGE 1100 m 23 C FT. NELSON 1150 m 25 C TODAY'S VENTING: GENERALLY FAIR VENTING EXPECTED TODAY DUE TO A STABLE AIRMASS. VENTING FOR THURSDAY: POOR TO FAIR. VENTING OUTLOOK FRIDAY THRU SUNDAY: FAIR FRIDAY BECOMING GOOD ON THE WEEKEND IN THE WAKE OF A COLD FRONT FRIDAY NIGHT. COAST UPPER ***** MORNING ****** ***** AFTERNOON **** AIR VI Tmp MXG HT Wnd VI Tmp MXG HT Wnd (mASL) (kt) (mASL) (kt) VANCOUVER QUIL 12 16 150 4 30 21 400 8 FRASER VLY QUIL 15 19 250 4 54 28 1400 5 SRN VRISL QUIL 14 17 150 4 49 24 650 8 CNTRL VRISL QUIL 13 16 150 4 54 26 900 7 NRN VRISL HRDY 19 12 100 10 44 18 550 8 TERRACE ANN 11 14 250 34 70 21 1100 15 STEWART ANN 9 15 0 13 70 21 1100 15 *SUBTRACT 20 FROM THE VENTILATION INDEX IN VALLEYS IF THE MIXING HEIGHT IS BELOW THE HEIGHT OF THE LOCAL HILLS. FORECAST UPPER WINDS FOR WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON (WINDS IN KM/H): 900m 1800m 2700m VANCOUVER S 11 S 33 S 48 PORT HARDY S 13 S 22 S 35 SANDSPIT S 31 S 37 S 46 INVERSION HT BREAKTHRU TEMP QUILLAYUTE 1500 m 31 C PORT HARDY 850 m 25 C ANNETTE MISSING ## C TODAY'S VENTING: FAIR VENTING DUE TO A STABLE AIRMASS. HOWEVER, WINDS WILL BE STRONG ENOUGH ON THE NORTH COAST TO GIVE GOOD VENTING. VENTING FOR THURSDAY: POOR TO FAIR. VENTING OUTLOOK FRIDAY THRU SUNDAY: BECOMING GOOD IN THE WAKE OF A COLD FRONT. VENTILATION GUIDELINES: 0-33.....POOR 34-54.....FAIR 55-100.....GOOD. VENTILATION INDICES NORMALLY DROP TO POOR AFTER SUNSET. END/MWSO -------------------------------------------------- Special Industry Related Information -------------------------------------------------- 1 - Smoke Forecast, Coast 2 - Smoke Forecast, Interior Q - Return to Previous menu -------------------------------------------------- l Previous usage time: 32:12:55 This session: 00:01:18 --------Total Usage time: 32:14:13 Today's usage time: 00:05:16 This month's usage time: 00:50:12 ----This account expires: 12/31/96