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 131501 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 13 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 18 1500 5 76 20 2000 4 KAMLOOPS KEL 48 17 1550 5 76 22 3200 4 OKANAGAN KEL 47 16 1500 5 81 21 3000 4 CASTLEGAR GEG 22 16 2800 5 80 21 2800 5 CRANBROOK GEG 32 15 3000 5 90 18 2800 8 REVELSTOKE KEL 11 14 450 5 54 17 1550 5 *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 S 17 S 28 CRANBROOK VR 5 SW 17 INVERSION HT BREAKTHRU TEMP KELOWNA 600 m 18 C SPOKANE Missing m N/A TODAY'S VENTING: GENERALLY GOOD. VENTING FOR SATURDAY: GOOD. VENTING OUTLOOK SUNDAY THRU TUESDAY: 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. 14 15 1000 9 84 18 2200 9 PR. GEORGE P.G. 13 14 850 3 68 17 1700 3 SMITHERS ANN 71 11 850 25 100 14 2200 26 WELLS GRAY P.G. 9 14 1000 9 89 17 2200 9 FT NLSN F.N. 9 11 400 3 24 19 800 4 FT STJOHN F.N. 9 12 700 3 89 17 2700 3 *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 S 33 S 43 SMITHERS S 31 S 43 INVERSION HT BREAKTHRU TEMP PR. GEORGE 1200 m 22 C FT. NELSON 900 m 21 C TODAY'S VENTING: POOR BECOMING GOOD THIS AFTERNOON. VENTING FOR SATURDAY: GOOD. VENTING OUTLOOK SUNDAY THRU TUESDAY: GENERALLY GOOD. COAST UPPER ***** MORNING ****** ***** AFTERNOON **** AIR VI Tmp MXG HT Wnd VI Tmp MXG HT Wnd (mASL) (kt) (mASL) (kt) VANCOUVER QUIL 26 15 500 8 60 18 1000 10 FRASER VLY QUIL 31 17 700 8 62 19 1050 10 SRN VRISL QUIL 30 16 700 6 68 19 1100 10 CNTRL VRISL QUIL 22 16 500 4 56 18 1000 8 NRN VRISL HRDY 25 15 800 12 72 17 1300 16 TERRACE ANN 10 13 200 24 100 15 1100 25 STEWART ANN 10 13 300 16 84 15 650 20 *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 30 S 41 SW 43 PORT HARDY S 35 S 43 SW 46 SANDSPIT S 35 S 39 S 44 INVERSION HT BREAKTHRU TEMP QUILLAYUTE MISSING N/A PORT HARDY MISSING N/A ANNETTE 100 m 14 C TODAY'S VENTING: BECOMING GOOD THIS AFTERNOON. VENTING FOR SATURDAY: GOOD VENTING OUTLOOK SUNDAY THRU TUESDAY: 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: 32:23:26 This session: 00:01:19 --------Total Usage time: 32:24:45 Today's usage time: 00:05:14 This month's usage time: 01:00:44 ----This account expires: 12/31/96