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 281442 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 SATURDAY 28 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 11 17 650 1 27 21 900 3 KAMLOOPS KEL 10 15 600 1 22 19 850 3 OKANAGAN KEL 9 12 500 0 22 19 850 3 CASTLEGAR GEG 18 13 700 4 20 18 800 4 CRANBROOK GEG 9 12 950 9 9 16 950 9 REVELSTOKE KEL 9 13 550 0 10 15 650 1 *SUBTRACT 20 FROM THE VENTILATION INDEX IN VALLEYS IF THE MIXING HEIGHT IS BELOW THE HEIGHT OF THE LOCAL HILLS. FORECAST UPPER WINDS FOR SATURDAY AFTERNOON (WINDS IN KM/H): 900m 1800m 2700m PENTICTON VR 5 W 19 NW 41 CRANBROOK W 17 NW 44 INVERSION HT BREAKTHRU TEMP KELOWNA 1150 m 22 C SPOKANE 1600 m 27 C TODAY'S VENTING: Poor venting is expected again today due to stable conditions under a ridge of high pressure. VENTING FOR SUNDAY: Poor to fair. VENTING OUTLOOK MONDAY THRU WEDNESDAY: Generally fair as the overall airmass doesn't change much. 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 11 1000 5 60 15 1500 10 PR. GEORGE P.G. 15 12 800 5 60 15 1400 10 SMITHERS ANN 50 10 1050 11 64 11 1200 11 WELLS GRAY P.G. 9 7 1050 5 60 12 1500 10 FT NLSN F.N. 29 2 650 8 50 6 1200 10 FT STJOHN F.N. 38 3 1000 12 50 6 1400 11 *SUBTRACT 20 FROM THE VENTILATION INDEX IN VALLEYS IF THE MIXING HEIGHT IS BELOW THE HEIGHT OF THE LOCAL HILLS. FORECAST UPPER WINDS FOR SATURDAY AFTERNOON (WINDS IN KM/H): 900m 1800m 2700m PR. GEORGE W 33 W 54 SMITHERS W 31 W 54 INVERSION HT BREAKTHRU TEMP PR. GEORGE missing FT. NELSON 1400 m 10 C TODAY'S VENTING: Poor to fair except briefly good in the Central Interior near mid afternoon. VENTING FOR SUNDAY: Fair to good. VENTING OUTLOOK MONDAY THRU WEDNESDAY: Fair except good on Monday. COAST UPPER ***** MORNING ****** ***** AFTERNOON **** AIR VI Tmp MXG HT Wnd VI Tmp MXG HT Wnd (mASL) (kt) (mASL) (kt) VANCOUVER QUIL 24 14 400 5 38 18 650 6 FRASER VLY QUIL 23 15 500 3 33 20 650 4 SRN VRISL QUIL 19 14 300 3 34 19 650 4 CNTRL VRISL QUIL 23 15 450 3 33 19 650 4 NRN VRISL HRDY 9 13 0 5 33 15 450 6 TERRACE ANN 43 13 750 8 50 14 900 11 STEWART ANN 23 10 350 4 50 14 700 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 SATURDAY AFTERNOON (WINDS IN KM/H): 900m 1800m 2700m VANCOUVER W 17 NW 37 NW 48 PORT HARDY NW 19 NW 33 W 48 SANDSPIT N 26 NW 35 W 56 INVERSION HT BREAKTHRU TEMP QUILLAYUTE 1500 m 31 C PORT HARDY 2300 m 31 C ANNETTE 2400 m 27 C TODAY'S VENTING: Generally poor except briefly fair on the North Coast near mid afternoon. VENTING FOR SUNDAY: Fair. VENTING OUTLOOK MONDAY THRU WEDNESDAY: Fair to good in the north and poor to fair in the south. VENTILATION GUIDELINES: 0-33.....POOR 34-54.....FAIR 55-100.....GOOD. VENTILATION INDICES NORMALLY DROP TO POOR AFTER SUNSET. END/JDG -------------------------------------------------- Special Industry Related Information -------------------------------------------------- 1 - Smoke Forecast, Coast 2 - Smoke Forecast, Interior Q - Return to Previous menu -------------------------------------------------- l Previous usage time: 33:34:07 This session: 00:01:40 --------Total Usage time: 33:35:47 Today's usage time: 00:05:36 This month's usage time: 02:11:46 ----This account expires: 12/31/96