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 171430 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 TUESDAY 17 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 30 14 850 3 100 20 3200 6 KAMLOOPS KEL 31 13 1000 4 100 19 3350 6 OKANAGAN KEL 37 14 1200 4 100 20 3350 6 CASTLEGAR GEG 24 12 850 4 93 20 3500 5 CRANBROOK GEG 25 10 1200 7 96 16 3950 5 REVELSTOKE KEL 9 10 550 0 79 16 2400 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 TUESDAY AFTERNOON (WINDS IN KM/H): 900m 1800m 2700m PENTICTON VR 5 N 9 N 11 CRANBROOK VR 5 N 15 INVERSION HT BREAKTHRU TEMP KELOWNA 560 m 10 C SPOKANE 970 m 12 C TODAY'S VENTING: GOOD VENTING FOR WEDNESDAY: GOOD VENTING OUTLOOK THURSDAY THRU SATURDAY: 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. 29 8 1200 8 100 15 3950 10 PR. GEORGE P.G. 24 9 1000 6 100 15 3700 9 SMITHERS ANN 20 8 900 5 55 15 1800 8 WELLS GRAY P.G. 77 10 2200 9 100 16 4000 10 FT NLSN F.N. 99 13 1250 19 100 18 2000 17 FT STJOHN F.N. 76 9 1150 23 100 15 2000 17 *SUBTRACT 20 FROM THE VENTILATION INDEX IN VALLEYS IF THE MIXING HEIGHT IS BELOW THE HEIGHT OF THE LOCAL HILLS. FORECAST UPPER WINDS FOR TUESDAY AFTERNOON (WINDS IN KM/H): 900m 1800m 2700m PR. GEORGE S 13 SW 13 SMITHERS S 30 SW 13 INVERSION HT BREAKTHRU TEMP PR. GEORGE 1025 m 11 C FT. NELSON SFC TODAY'S VENTING: GOOD, BUT DETERIORATING IN THE NORTHWEST AS WARM AIR ALOFT BUILDS AN INVERSION. VENTING FOR WEDNESDAY: GOOD VENTING OUTLOOK THURSDAY THRU SATURDAY: GOOD COAST UPPER ***** MORNING ****** ***** AFTERNOON **** AIR VI Tmp MXG HT Wnd VI Tmp MXG HT Wnd (mASL) (kt) (mASL) (kt) VANCOUVER QUIL 23 14 500 4 67 20 2300 4 FRASER VLY QUIL 29 15 650 4 69 20 2300 4 SRN VRISL QUIL 19 13 250 5 58 18 1700 4 CNTRL VRISL QUIL 19 13 250 5 44 17 1300 3 NRN VRISL HRDY 9 11 0 3 38 15 700 5 TERRACE ANN 10 9 200 5 40 15 800 7 STEWART ANN 10 8 200 5 40 15 800 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 TUESDAY AFTERNOON (WINDS IN KM/H): 900m 1800m 2700m VANCOUVER VR 5 VR 5 N 17 PORT HARDY S 43 SW 24 W 33 SANDSPIT S 82 S 78 SW 69 INVERSION HT BREAKTHRU TEMP QUILLAYUTE 280 m 14 C PORT HARDY 200 m 12 C ANNETTE MISSING TODAY'S VENTING: GOOD IN THE SOUTH. FAIR IN THE NORTH AS AN APPROACHING FRONT PUSHES IN WARM AIR ALOFT. VENTING FOR WEDNESDAY: FAIR VENTING OUTLOOK THURSDAY THRU SATURDAY: GOOD 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: 32:37:58 This session: 00:01:17 --------Total Usage time: 32:39:15