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 261439 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 26 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 13 15 550 1 86 20 2050 7 KAMLOOPS KEL 31 15 900 4 81 18 2000 7 OKANAGAN KEL 11 13 550 1 81 18 2000 7 CASTLEGAR GEG 23 11 750 6 92 16 1550 14 CRANBROOK GEG 10 6 950 18 100 14 2250 14 REVELSTOKE KEL 10 11 500 1 57 15 1600 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 THURSDAY AFTERNOON (WINDS IN KM/H): 900m 1800m 2700m PENTICTON VR 5 N 20 N 43 CRANBROOK N 9 N 35 INVERSION HT BREAKTHRU TEMP KELOWNA 550 m 12 C SPOKANE 830 m 11 C TODAY'S VENTING: GOOD VENTING FOR FRIDAY: GOOD VENTING OUTLOOK SATURDAY THRU MONDAY: 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. 10 10 950 17 86 14 1550 22 PR. GEORGE P.G. 21 10 1050 4 48 13 1300 8 SMITHERS ANN 9 8 500 21 10 12 550 21 WELLS GRAY P.G. 10 11 1000 17 99 15 1800 22 FT NLSN F.N. 11 10 450 3 14 16 550 3 FT STJOHN F.N. 9 13 700 26 9 15 700 26 *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 39 W 56 SMITHERS SW 57 W 56 INVERSION HT BREAKTHRU TEMP PR. GEORGE 1630 m 20 C FT. NELSON 800 m 24 C TODAY'S VENTING: POOR IN THE NORTH. FAIR TO GOOD IN THE SOUTH. VENTING FOR FRIDAY: FAIR VENTING OUTLOOK SATURDAY THRU MONDAY: FAIR TO GOOD. COAST UPPER ***** MORNING ****** ***** AFTERNOON **** AIR VI Tmp MXG HT Wnd VI Tmp MXG HT Wnd (mASL) (kt) (mASL) (kt) VANCOUVER QUIL 9 13 100 5 23 17 300 6 FRASER VLY QUIL 13 13 150 4 28 20 450 5 SRN VRISL QUIL 15 13 150 4 25 18 350 5 CNTRL VRISL QUIL 14 13 150 4 31 21 450 5 NRN VRISL HRDY 9 11 0 9 33 15 450 10 TERRACE ANN 10 12 250 22 10 14 250 15 STEWART ANN 14 13 50 10 33 14 250 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 VR 5 N 19 N 30 PORT HARDY W 11 W 24 W 35 SANDSPIT W 48 W 61 W 69 INVERSION HT BREAKTHRU TEMP QUILLAYUTE 460 m 21 C PORT HARDY 720 m 22 C ANNETTE 1250 m 25 C TODAY'S VENTING: POOR VENTING FOR FRIDAY: POOR VENTING OUTLOOK SATURDAY THRU MONDAY: IMPROVING TO FAIR IN THE NORTH SATURDAY. SUNDAY AND MONDAY GOOD IN THE NORTH, FAIR IN THE SOUTH. 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: 33:23:40 This session: 00:01:18 --------Total Usage time: 33:24:58 Today's usage time: 00:05:12 This month's usage time: 02:00:57 ----This account expires: 12/31/96