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 021652 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 2 OCTOBER 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 21 12 900 2 57 20 1750 4 KAMLOOPS KEL 24 11 1050 2 52 18 1700 4 OKANAGAN KEL 14 9 800 1 52 18 1700 4 CASTLEGAR GEG 9 10 750 0 50 19 1400 6 CRANBROOK GEG 9 8 950 10 54 17 1750 8 REVELSTOKE KEL 9 7 600 0 36 14 1450 3 *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 S 20 SW 44 CRANBROOK W 9 W 37 INVERSION HT BREAKTHRU TEMP KELOWNA 2400 m 26 C SPOKANE 2440 m 25 C TODAY'S VENTING: Fair with a few hours of good this afternoon VENTING FOR THURSDAY: Fair. VENTING OUTLOOK FRIDAY THROUGH SUNDAY: Fair to good with a moderate flow aloft providing transport. 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. 60 8 1400 14 100 13 2050 29 PR. GEORGE P.G. 27 6 900 9 100 12 1850 24 SMITHERS ANN 76 6 1000 24 100 9 1500 36 WELLS GRAY P.G. 67 7 1350 24 100 14 2300 27 FT NLSN F.N. 47 2 750 12 85 5 1200 15 FT STJOHN F.N. 73 2 1200 18 100 7 2800 15 *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 S 31 SW 31 SMITHERS S 44 S 31 INVERSION HT BREAKTHRU TEMP PR. GEORGE 1340 m 12 C FT. NELSON 880 m 5 C TODAY'S VENTING: GOOD. VENTING FOR THURSDAY: Fair. VENTING OUTLOOK FRIDAY THROUGH SUNDAY: Fair. COAST UPPER ***** MORNING ****** ***** AFTERNOON **** AIR VI Tmp MXG HT Wnd VI Tmp MXG HT Wnd (mASL) (kt) (mASL) (kt) VANCOUVER QUIL 13 12 100 8 23 17 250 8 FRASER VLY QUIL 14 13 150 7 23 18 300 7 SRN VRISL QUIL 16 13 150 7 23 17 250 7 CNTRL VRISL QUIL 12 10 100 5 17 14 150 7 NRN VRISL HRDY 28 13 200 10 34 15 300 10 TERRACE ANN 10 7 250 27 60 10 1150 32 STEWART ANN 9 7 0 14 60 10 850 25 *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 26 S 39 SW 52 PORT HARDY S 61 S 76 S 74 SANDSPIT S 106 S 96 S 83 INVERSION HT BREAKTHRU TEMP QUILLAYUTE 1370 m 27 C PORT HARDY 340 m 18 C ANNETTE NIL TODAY'S VENTING: Generally poor except fair to good over the northern mainland. VENTING FOR THURSDAY: Fair. VENTING OUTLOOK FRIDAY THROUGH SUNDAY: Fair. VENTILATION GUIDELINES: 0-33.....POOR 34-54.....FAIR 55-100.....GOOD. VENTILATION INDICES NORMALLY DROP TO POOR AFTER SUNSET. END/PLJ -------------------------------------------------- Special Industry Related Information -------------------------------------------------- 1 - Smoke Forecast, Coast 2 - Smoke Forecast, Interior Q - Return to Previous menu -------------------------------------------------- l Previous usage time: 33:51:26 This session: 00:01:17 --------Total Usage time: 33:52:43 Today's usage time: 00:01:17 This month's usage time: 00:06:18 ----This account expires: 12/31/96