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 041445 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 FRIDAY 4 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 17 600 3 22 19 650 3 KAMLOOPS KEL 16 15 550 3 18 18 650 3 OKANAGAN KEL 14 13 500 3 17 17 650 3 CASTLEGAR GEG 21 12 750 5 29 17 900 6 CRANBROOK GEG 9 12 950 10 56 18 1400 10 REVELSTOKE KEL 10 11 500 3 13 14 550 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 FRIDAY AFTERNOON (WINDS IN KM/H): 900m 1800m 2700m PENTICTON S 9 S 24 SW 54 CRANBROOK SW 17 SW 54 INVERSION HT BREAKTHRU TEMP KELOWNA 750 m 20 C SPOKANE 900 m 21 C TODAY'S VENTING: GENERALLY POOR BELOW THE INVERSION LEVEL AND FAIR TO GOOD AT HIGHER ELEVATIONS. VENTING FOR SATURDAY: FAIR VENTING OUTLOOK SUNDAY THROUGH TUESDAY: FAIR. 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. 100 12 2200 15 100 14 2600 18 PR. GEORGE P.G. 53 10 1100 14 95 12 1800 14 SMITHERS ANN 73 8 850 28 100 12 2350 28 WELLS GRAY P.G. 92 10 2000 15 100 13 2500 18 FT NLSN F.N. 38 3 950 6 48 8 1200 6 FT STJOHN F.N. 62 10 1400 10 73 11 1650 10 *SUBTRACT 20 FROM THE VENTILATION INDEX IN VALLEYS IF THE MIXING HEIGHT IS BELOW THE HEIGHT OF THE LOCAL HILLS. FORECAST UPPER WINDS FOR FRIDAY AFTERNOON (WINDS IN KM/H): 900m 1800m 2700m PR. GEORGE SW 11 SW 22 SMITHERS SW 22 SW 22 INVERSION HT BREAKTHRU TEMP PR. GEORGE NO INVERSION FT. NELSON 1400 m 14 C TODAY'S VENTING: GENERALLY GOOD EXCEPT LOCALLY FAIR OVER THE NORTHEAST. VENTING FOR SATURDAY: FAIR. VENTING OUTLOOK SUNDAY THROUGH TUESDAY: CONTINUED FAIR IN THE AFTERNOONS. COAST UPPER ***** MORNING ****** ***** AFTERNOON **** AIR VI Tmp MXG HT Wnd VI Tmp MXG HT Wnd (mASL) (kt) (mASL) (kt) VANCOUVER QUIL 9 7 100 42 36 0 100 42 FRASER VLY QUIL 20 16 150 12 53 17 300 22 SRN VRISL QUIL 9 15 0 11 33 17 250 12 CNTRL VRISL QUIL 9 14 50 11 33 15 50 11 NRN VRISL HRDY 22 12 250 6 58 14 950 6 TERRACE ANN 10 9 200 24 100 12 1400 26 STEWART ANN 9 10 0 7 73 12 600 16 *SUBTRACT 20 FROM THE VENTILATION INDEX IN VALLEYS IF THE MIXING HEIGHT IS BELOW THE HEIGHT OF THE LOCAL HILLS. FORECAST UPPER WINDS FOR FRIDAY AFTERNOON (WINDS IN KM/H): 900m 1800m 2700m VANCOUVER S 35 S 48 SW 52 PORT HARDY NW 13 W 17 SW 31 SANDSPIT SW 39 SW 43 SW 48 INVERSION HT BREAKTHRU TEMP QUILLAYUTE NO INVERSION PORT HARDY 1250 m 17 C ANNETTE NO INVERSION TODAY'S VENTING: GENERALLY POOR IN THE SOUTH AND GOOD IN THE NORTH. VENTING FOR SATURDAY: FAIR. VENTING OUTLOOK SUNDAY THROUGH TUESDAY: 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: 34:01:50 This session: 00:01:18 --------Total Usage time: 34:03:08 Today's usage time: 00:05:12 This month's usage time: 00:16:43 ----This account expires: 12/31/96