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 061452 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 SUNDAY 6 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 24 13 800 3 49 18 1350 4 KAMLOOPS KEL 25 12 900 3 47 17 1450 4 OKANAGAN KEL 14 10 600 2 43 16 1300 4 CASTLEGAR GEG 16 10 750 3 27 16 1200 3 CRANBROOK GEG 9 10 950 2 34 17 2000 3 REVELSTOKE KEL 22 11 900 3 33 14 1200 4 *SUBTRACT 20 FROM THE VENTILATION INDEX IN VALLEYS IF THE MIXING HEIGHT IS BELOW THE HEIGHT OF THE LOCAL HILLS. FORECAST UPPER WINDS FOR SUNDAY AFTERNOON (WINDS IN KM/H): 900m 1800m 2700m PENTICTON VR 5 SW 17 W 35 CRANBROOK W 13 W 41 INVERSION HT BREAKTHRU TEMP KELOWNA 1950 m 17 C SPOKANE 2200 m 22 C TODAY'S VENTING: FAIR EXCEPT POOR IN THE SOUTHEAST. VENTING FOR MONDAY: FAIR VENTING OUTLOOK TUESDAY THRU THURSDAY: FAIR TO POOR 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. 59 8 1300 17 100 13 2700 15 PR. GEORGE P.G. 42 7 950 16 100 12 2150 16 SMITHERS ANN 92 8 850 48 100 12 1300 51 WELLS GRAY P.G. 57 8 1600 17 100 14 4000 16 FT NLSN F.N. 9 0 400 0 19 6 500 3 FT STJOHN F.N. 9 7 700 4 88 13 2900 6 *SUBTRACT 20 FROM THE VENTILATION INDEX IN VALLEYS IF THE MIXING HEIGHT IS BELOW THE HEIGHT OF THE LOCAL HILLS. FORECAST UPPER WINDS FOR SUNDAY AFTERNOON (WINDS IN KM/H): 900m 1800m 2700m PR. GEORGE SW 43 W 59 SMITHERS SW 57 SW 59 INVERSION HT BREAKTHRU TEMP PR. GEORGE 1370 m 13 C FT. NELSON 700 m 13 C TODAY'S VENTING: GOOD EXCEPT POOR IN THE NORTHEAST VENTING FOR MONDAY: FAIR VENTING OUTLOOK TUESDAY THRU THURSDAY: FAIR TO POOR COAST UPPER ***** MORNING ****** ***** AFTERNOON **** AIR VI Tmp MXG HT Wnd VI Tmp MXG HT Wnd (mASL) (kt) (mASL) (kt) VANCOUVER QUIL 9 5 100 2 19 0 100 2 FRASER VLY QUIL 12 13 200 3 20 17 700 2 SRN VRISL QUIL 14 13 150 3 20 17 650 2 CNTRL VRISL QUIL 13 12 150 3 20 17 650 5 NRN VRISL HRDY 44 12 300 15 54 13 350 20 TERRACE ANN 11 9 250 37 80 11 850 14 STEWART ANN 9 9 0 14 65 11 350 14 *SUBTRACT 20 FROM THE VENTILATION INDEX IN VALLEYS IF THE MIXING HEIGHT IS BELOW THE HEIGHT OF THE LOCAL HILLS. FORECAST UPPER WINDS FOR SUNDAY AFTERNOON (WINDS IN KM/H): 900m 1800m 2700m VANCOUVER VR 5 W 24 W 37 PORT HARDY S 52 SW 56 SW 61 SANDSPIT SW 52 SW 59 SW 70 INVERSION HT BREAKTHRU TEMP QUILLAYUTE 2800 m 27 C PORT HARDY 2200 m 24 C ANNETTE 2500 m 24 C TODAY'S VENTING: POOR EXCEPT GOOD IN STRONG WINDS IN THE NORTHWEST. VENTING FOR MONDAY: FAIR VENTING OUTLOOK TUESDAY THRU THURSDAY: POOR TO FAIR BECOMING FAIR TO GOOD ON THURSDAY VENTILATION GUIDELINES: 0-33.....POOR 34-54.....FAIR 55-100.....GOOD. VENTILATION INDICES NORMALLY DROP TO POOR AFTER SUNSET. END/lm -------------------------------------------------- Special Industry Related Information -------------------------------------------------- 1 - Smoke Forecast, Coast 2 - Smoke Forecast, Interior Q - Return to Previous menu --------------------------------------------------