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 121447 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 THURSDAY 12 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 20 500 0 11 26 900 0 KAMLOOPS KEL 9 20 600 0 11 26 1100 0 OKANAGAN KEL 9 18 500 0 9 24 900 0 CASTLEGAR GEG 9 19 750 0 9 26 850 0 CRANBROOK GEG 9 18 950 0 9 26 1700 0 REVELSTOKE KEL 9 15 500 0 9 21 700 0 *SUBTRACT 20 FROM THE VENTILATION INDEX IN VALLEYS IF THE MIXING HEIGHT IS BELOW THE HEIGHT OF THE LOCAL HILLS. FORECAST UPPER WINDS FOR THURSDAY AFTERNOON (WINDS IN KM/H): 900m 1800m 2700m PENTICTON VR 5 S 13 S 31 CRANBROOK VR 5 S 20 INVERSION HT BREAKTHRU TEMP KELOWNA 1500 m 34 C SPOKANE 1000 m 28 C TODAY'S VENTING: POOR. VENTING FOR FRIDAY: POOR VENTING OUTLOOK SATURDAY THRU MONDAY: 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. 9 18 950 8 98 23 2150 14 PR. GEORGE P.G. 9 14 700 5 17 20 850 5 SMITHERS ANN 9 14 700 3 17 18 900 5 WELLS GRAY P.G. 9 15 1000 8 81 22 2100 10 FT NLSN F.N. 40 17 1200 8 80 22 2300 10 FT STJOHN F.N. 9 13 700 4 50 17 1650 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 THURSDAY AFTERNOON (WINDS IN KM/H): 900m 1800m 2700m PR. GEORGE S 22 S 44 SMITHERS S 26 S 44 INVERSION HT BREAKTHRU TEMP PR. GEORGE 900 m 22 C FT. NELSON missing n/a TODAY'S VENTING: GENERALLY POOR EXCEPT GOOD IN THE NORTHEAST. VENTING FOR FRIDAY: POOR VENTING OUTLOOK SATURDAY THRU MONDAY: GOOD. COAST UPPER ***** MORNING ****** ***** AFTERNOON **** AIR VI Tmp MXG HT Wnd VI Tmp MXG HT Wnd (mASL) (kt) (mASL) (kt) VANCOUVER QUIL 85 18 900 3 23 21 1100 5 FRASER VLY QUIL 9 19 1000 0 19 23 1150 3 SRN VRISL QUIL 9 17 700 0 19 21 1050 3 CNTRL VRISL QUIL 9 15 500 0 19 21 1050 0 NRN VRISL HRDY 9 14 0 6 21 17 200 6 TERRACE ANN 13 13 500 8 60 17 1700 8 STEWART ANN 13 13 500 8 55 16 1550 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 THURSDAY AFTERNOON (WINDS IN KM/H): 900m 1800m 2700m VANCOUVER SW 11 SW 19 SW 33 PORT HARDY S 24 S 35 S 46 SANDSPIT S 52 S 52 S 54 INVERSION HT BREAKTHRU TEMP QUILLAYUTE 1600 m 29 C PORT HARDY 500 m 16 C ANNETTE missing n/a TODAY'S VENTING: Poor on the south coast becoming good in the north. VENTING FOR FRIDAY: Good. VENTING OUTLOOK SATURDAY THRU MONDAY: 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: 32:18:12 This session: 00:01:19 --------Total Usage time: 32:19:31 Today's usage time: 00:05:18 This month's usage time: 00:55:30 ----This account expires: 12/31/96