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 181444 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 18 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 27 13 550 5 68 19 1450 6 KAMLOOPS KEL 22 12 600 5 100 19 2200 9 OKANAGAN KEL 18 11 550 5 100 19 2200 9 CASTLEGAR GEG 37 14 950 7 100 19 3500 12 CRANBROOK GEG 40 11 1250 12 100 16 3950 14 REVELSTOKE KEL 29 13 850 5 84 17 1900 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 WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON (WINDS IN KM/H): 900m 1800m 2700m PENTICTON VR 5 W 13 NW 19 CRANBROOK VR 5 W 11 INVERSION HT BREAKTHRU TEMP KELOWNA 1250 m 13 C SPOKANE 1000 m 13 C TODAY'S VENTING: BECOMING GOOD THIS AFTERNOON. VENTING FOR THURSDAY: FAIR TO GOOD. VENTING OUTLOOK FRIDAY THRU SUNDAY: FAIR. 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. 8 2 950 0 55 13 1200 15 PR. GEORGE P.G. 17 9 850 5 26 13 1050 5 SMITHERS ANN 61 10 950 5 97 12 1500 10 WELLS GRAY P.G. 9 10 1000 5 85 14 1850 15 FT NLSN F.N. 9 10 500 0 25 16 800 4 FT STJOHN F.N. 9 11 700 6 19 14 850 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 WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON (WINDS IN KM/H): 900m 1800m 2700m PR. GEORGE SW 22 W 30 SMITHERS W 24 W 30 INVERSION HT BREAKTHRU TEMP PR. GEORGE 1000 m 13 C FT. NELSON 2200 m 19 C TODAY'S VENTING: POOR EXCEPT BECOMING GOOD AT ELEVATIONS ABOVE 900 METRES AND WESTERN SECTIONS. VENTING FOR THURSDAY: FAIR TO GOOD VENTING OUTLOOK FRIDAY THRU SUNDAY: FAIR COAST UPPER ***** MORNING ****** ***** AFTERNOON **** AIR VI Tmp MXG HT Wnd VI Tmp MXG HT Wnd (mASL) (kt) (mASL) (kt) VANCOUVER QUIL 13 14 300 2 48 18 1100 5 FRASER VLY QUIL 9 12 150 0 42 18 1050 4 SRN VRISL QUIL 9 13 200 0 41 18 1000 4 CNTRL VRISL QUIL 9 12 150 0 18 16 450 2 NRN VRISL HRDY 26 13 300 7 47 15 550 9 TERRACE ANN 10 12 250 9 94 14 1250 15 STEWART ANN 9 11 0 4 52 14 650 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 WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON (WINDS IN KM/H): 900m 1800m 2700m VANCOUVER S 13 SW 22 W 37 PORT HARDY NW 22 NW 24 W 31 SANDSPIT W 28 W 33 W 37 INVERSION HT BREAKTHRU TEMP QUILLAYUTE 610 m 17 C PORT HARDY 1300 m 21 C ANNETTE 160 m 14 C TODAY'S VENTING: POOR TO FAIR EXCEPT GOOD IN THE TERRACE AREA. VENTING FOR THURSDAY: FAIR TO GOOD VENTING OUTLOOK FRIDAY THRU SUNDAY: FAIR VENTILATION GUIDELINES: 0-33.....POOR 34-54.....FAIR 55-100.....GOOD. VENTILATION INDICES NORMALLY DROP TO POOR AFTER SUNSET. END/BB -------------------------------------------------- Special Industry Related Information -------------------------------------------------- 1 - Smoke Forecast, Coast 2 - Smoke Forecast, Interior Q - Return to Previous menu -------------------------------------------------- l Previous usage time: 32:43:10 This session: 00:01:17 --------Total Usage time: 32:44:27 Today's usage time: 00:05:12 This month's usage time: 01:20:26 ----This account expires: 12/31/96