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 101430 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 10 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 13 14 600 1 18 18 850 1 KAMLOOPS KEL 12 13 650 1 19 18 950 2 OKANAGAN KEL 11 12 600 1 19 18 950 2 CASTLEGAR GEG 9 12 500 5 22 16 750 5 CRANBROOK GEG 9 10 950 8 9 16 950 8 REVELSTOKE KEL 10 10 500 1 12 13 700 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 THURSDAY AFTERNOON (WINDS IN KM/H): 900m 1800m 2700m PENTICTON SW 11 SW 26 SW 52 CRANBROOK SW 20 W 61 INVERSION HT BREAKTHRU TEMP KELOWNA 1800 m 30 C SPOKANE 1900 m 30 C TODAY'S VENTING: poor. VENTING FOR FRIDAY: poor. VENTING OUTLOOK SATURDAY THRU MONDAY: becoming fair to good on Sunday. 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 13 950 19 9 14 950 19 PR. GEORGE P.G. 9 7 700 6 14 11 750 6 SMITHERS ANN 9 12 1550 0 54 14 1500 7 WELLS GRAY P.G. 9 8 1000 19 9 13 1000 19 FT NLSN F.N. 25 6 700 6 47 13 950 8 FT STJOHN F.N. 46 12 1000 15 52 15 1050 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 THURSDAY AFTERNOON (WINDS IN KM/H): 900m 1800m 2700m PR. GEORGE SW 37 SW 44 SMITHERS SW 24 SW 44 INVERSION HT BREAKTHRU TEMP PR. GEORGE 2200 m 25 C FT. NELSON 1100 m 22 C TODAY'S VENTING: poor. VENTING FOR FRIDAY: poor. VENTING OUTLOOK SATURDAY THRU MONDAY: becoming good Sunday. COAST UPPER ***** MORNING ****** ***** AFTERNOON **** AIR VI Tmp MXG HT Wnd VI Tmp MXG HT Wnd (mASL) (kt) (mASL) (kt) VANCOUVER QUIL 9 15 100 16 100 17 700 29 FRASER VLY QUIL 56 16 350 22 100 18 950 28 SRN VRISL QUIL 9 14 0 12 79 17 500 22 CNTRL VRISL QUIL 9 15 50 12 36 16 250 14 NRN VRISL HRDY 9 13 0 4 11 14 100 4 TERRACE ANN 43 12 1200 4 60 13 1400 6 STEWART ANN 20 11 400 3 42 13 1050 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 THURSDAY AFTERNOON (WINDS IN KM/H): 900m 1800m 2700m VANCOUVER S 31 SW 46 SW 57 PORT HARDY W 26 W 33 SW 44 SANDSPIT W 26 W 30 W 30 INVERSION HT BREAKTHRU TEMP QUILLAYUTE none PORT HARDY 200 m 17 C ANNETTE 1700 m 22 C TODAY'S VENTING: poor to good. VENTING FOR FRIDAY: poor. VENTING OUTLOOK SATURDAY THRU MONDAY: becoming good on Sunday. VENTILATION GUIDELINES: 0-33.....POOR 34-54.....FAIR 55-100.....GOOD. VENTILATION INDICES NORMALLY DROP TO POOR AFTER SUNSET. END/dsl -------------------------------------------------- Special Industry Related Information -------------------------------------------------- 1 - Smoke Forecast, Coast 2 - Smoke Forecast, Interior Q - Return to Previous menu -------------------------------------------------- l Previous usage time: 34:33:19 This session: 00:01:20 --------Total Usage time: 34:34:39 Today's usage time: 00:03:59 This month's usage time: 00:48:14 ----This account expires: 12/31/96