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 191430 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 19 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 15 850 8 85 17 1400 12 KAMLOOPS KEL 42 15 1300 4 100 18 3350 7 OKANAGAN KEL 33 14 1050 4 100 18 3350 7 CASTLEGAR GEG 34 13 950 6 79 17 1800 8 CRANBROOK GEG 9 10 950 12 79 13 1900 11 REVELSTOKE KEL 17 12 750 3 47 15 1550 4 *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 NW 9 NW 20 NW 26 CRANBROOK W 13 NW 35 INVERSION HT BREAKTHRU TEMP KELOWNA 700 m 12C SPOKANE 1040 m 14 C TODAY'S VENTING: BECOMING GOOD BY AFTERNOON. LOCALLY FAIR EASTERN VALLEYS. VENTING FOR FRIDAY: FAIR TO GOOD. VENTING OUTLOOK SATURDAY THRU MONDAY: GOOD DETERIORATING TO POOR SUNDAY AND MONDAY. 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. 90 10 2950 13 100 13 3050 13 PR. GEORGE P.G. 25 8 900 8 100 13 2450 13 SMITHERS ANN 9 6 550 15 100 12 2000 20 WELLS GRAY P.G. 70 9 1900 13 100 14 3100 13 FT NLSN F.N. 9 11 400 4 100 16 1900 22 FT STJOHN F.N. 9 11 700 3 100 14 2800 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 THURSDAY AFTERNOON (WINDS IN KM/H): 900m 1800m 2700m PR. GEORGE W 26 W 31 SMITHERS SW 22 W 31 INVERSION HT BREAKTHRU TEMP PR. GEORGE 1250 m 11 C FT. NELSON 760 m 14 C TODAY'S VENTING: BECOMING GOOD BY LATE MORNING AS INVERSION BREAKS. VENTING FOR FRIDAY: GOOD VENTING OUTLOOK SATURDAY THRU MONDAY: GOOD SATURDAY DETERIORATING TO FAIR SUNDAY AND MONDAY. COAST UPPER ***** MORNING ****** ***** AFTERNOON **** AIR VI Tmp MXG HT Wnd VI Tmp MXG HT Wnd (mASL) (kt) (mASL) (kt) VANCOUVER QUIL 63 14 550 15 90 16 1000 15 FRASER VLY QUIL 9 13 300 0 77 16 950 11 SRN VRISL QUIL 9 14 450 0 85 17 1100 11 CNTRL VRISL QUIL 9 13 250 0 70 16 900 10 NRN VRISL HRDY 9 11 0 11 95 14 950 17 TERRACE ANN 9 9 200 14 100 13 1550 18 STEWART ANN 10 10 50 3 84 13 950 13 *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 W 20 NW 28 NW 35 PORT HARDY W 15 W 22 W 31 SANDSPIT SW 28 SW 33 SW 39 INVERSION HT BREAKTHRU TEMP QUILLAYUTE 110 m 12 C PORT HARDY 310 m 12 C ANNETTE 100 m 10 C TODAY'S VENTING: BECOMING GOOD BY MID MORNING. SHALLOW INVERSION AND MODERATE WINDS ALOFT. VENTING FOR FRIDAY: GOOD VENTING OUTLOOK SATURDAY THRU MONDAY: GOOD DETERIORATING TO FAIR SUNDAY RECOVERING TO GOOD MONDAY. VENTILATION GUIDELINES: 0-33.....POOR 34-54.....FAIR 55-100.....GOOD. VENTILATION INDICES NORMALLY DROP TO POOR AFTER SUNSET. END/KAL -------------------------------------------------- Special Industry Related Information -------------------------------------------------- 1 - Smoke Forecast, Coast 2 - Smoke Forecast, Interior Q - Return to Previous menu -------------------------------------------------- l Previous usage time: 32:48:21 This session: 00:01:19 --------Total Usage time: 32:49:40 Today's usage time: 00:05:13 This month's usage time: 01:25:39 ----This account expires: 12/31/96