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 251508 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 25 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 14 11 700 1 80 18 1750 7 KAMLOOPS KEL 14 10 800 1 91 17 2000 9 OKANAGAN KEL 12 9 650 1 90 17 2000 9 CASTLEGAR GEG 9 9 850 0 9 17 1750 0 CRANBROOK GEG 9 5 950 0 9 14 2100 0 REVELSTOKE KEL 11 8 650 1 87 16 2000 9 *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 N 17 N 28 CRANBROOK VR 5 N 17 INVERSION HT BREAKTHRU TEMP KELOWNA 1580 m 16 C SPOKANE 1030 m 14 C TODAY'S VENTING: BRIEFLY GOOD WESTERN SECTIONS LATE AFTERNOON OTHERWISE POOR UNDER SHARP INVERSION AND LIGHT WINDS. VENTING FOR THURSDAY: FAIR TO POOR. VENTING OUTLOOK FRIDAY THRU SUNDAY: POOR IMPROVING TO FAIR SUNDAY. 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 6 950 7 75 13 1950 11 PR. GEORGE P.G. 18 7 850 7 85 13 2150 8 SMITHERS ANN 95 9 1200 24 100 13 1850 25 WELLS GRAY P.G. 28 8 1300 7 70 10 1900 11 FT NLSN F.N. 9 8 400 5 90 16 1650 12 FT STJOHN F.N. 9 7 700 10 78 14 1750 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 WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON (WINDS IN KM/H): 900m 1800m 2700m PR. GEORGE NW 24 NW 54 SMITHERS W 44 W 54 INVERSION HT BREAKTHRU TEMP PR. GEORGE 1030 m 13 C FT. NELSON 580 m 11 C TODAY'S VENTING: BECOMING GOOD BY AFTERNOON AS INVERSION BREAKS. VENTING FOR THURSDAY: FAIR. VENTING OUTLOOK FRIDAY THRU SUNDAY: FAIR FRIDAY IMPROVING TO GOOD SATURDAY AND SUNDAY AS FRONT MOVES THROUGH. COAST UPPER ***** MORNING ****** ***** AFTERNOON **** AIR VI Tmp MXG HT Wnd VI Tmp MXG HT Wnd (mASL) (kt) (mASL) (kt) VANCOUVER QUIL 14 13 200 4 23 17 450 4 FRASER VLY QUIL 9 13 200 0 9 20 800 0 SRN VRISL QUIL 9 11 150 0 9 18 500 0 CNTRL VRISL QUIL 9 11 150 0 9 19 600 0 NRN VRISL HRDY 9 11 0 9 64 15 600 12 TERRACE ANN 100 11 950 24 100 14 1650 24 STEWART ANN 36 11 350 9 100 14 1150 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 WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON (WINDS IN KM/H): 900m 1800m 2700m VANCOUVER N 11 N 26 N 48 PORT HARDY N 30 N 30 N 35 SANDSPIT SW 41 W 33 W 44 INVERSION HT BREAKTHRU TEMP QUILLAYUTE 860 m 21 C PORT HARDY 860 m 19 C ANNETTE 90 m 10 C TODAY'S VENTING: POOR SOUTH UNDER STRONG RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE. GOOD NORTH WITH BRISK WINDS AND SHALLOW INVERSION. VENTING FOR THURSDAY: POOR SOUTH. GOOD NORTH. VENTING OUTLOOK FRIDAY THRU SUNDAY: POOR SOUTH IMPROVING TO GOOD BY SUNDAY. FAIR TO GOOD NORTH THROUGHOUT. 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: 33:18:28 This session: 00:01:18 --------Total Usage time: 33:19:46 Today's usage time: 00:05:19 This month's usage time: 01:55:45 ----This account expires: 12/31/96