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 131430 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 13 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 16 12 500 2 100 15 1600 15 KAMLOOPS KEL 13 11 550 2 90 11 1300 10 OKANAGAN KEL 12 10 500 2 90 14 1300 10 CASTLEGAR GEG 30 12 700 10 75 14 1400 10 CRANBROOK GEG 93 11 1400 32 30 13 1000 10 REVELSTOKE KEL 11 10 550 2 100 9 1400 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 SUNDAY AFTERNOON (WINDS IN KM/H): 900m 1800m 2700m PENTICTON SW 11 SW 26 W 48 CRANBROOK SW 19 SW 48 INVERSION HT BREAKTHRU TEMP KELOWNA 600 m 15 C SPOKANE 1250 m 13 C TODAY'S VENTING: POOR THIS MORNING BECOMING GOOD THIS AFTERNOON DUE TO UNSTABLE AIRMASS AND STRONG WINDS. VENTING FOR MONDAY: POOR. VENTING OUTLOOK TUESDAY THRU THURSDAY: GOOD TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY. POOR ON THURSDAY. 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. 10 7 950 33 100 11 950 33 PR. GEORGE P.G. 9 6 700 20 100 12 700 20 SMITHERS ANN 9 2 500 41 100 8 500 41 WELLS GRAY P.G. 10 6 1000 33 100 7 1000 33 FT NLSN F.N. 43 3 750 11 48 6 900 11 FT STJOHN F.N. 59 5 1000 20 45 8 1550 20 *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 37 W 43 SMITHERS SW 37 W 43 INVERSION HT BREAKTHRU TEMP PR. GEORGE NR SFC 12 C FT. NELSON 1000 m 8 C TODAY'S VENTING: POOR THIS MORNING BECOMING GOOD IN THE CENTRAL INTERIOR DUE TO UNSTABLE AIRMASS. REMAINING POOR IN THE NORTHEAST DUE TO INVERSION. VENTING FOR MONDAY: POOR. VENTING OUTLOOK TUESDAY THRU THURSDAY: GOOD TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY BECOMING POOR THURSDAY. COAST UPPER ***** MORNING ****** ***** AFTERNOON **** AIR VI Tmp MXG HT Wnd VI Tmp MXG HT Wnd (mASL) (kt) (mASL) (kt) VANCOUVER QUIL 10 13 100 25 100 15 750 25 FRASER VLY QUIL 9 12 50 7 100 14 250 8 SRN VRISL QUIL 13 13 50 7 100 15 450 13 CNTRL VRISL QUIL 9 11 50 7 100 13 50 7 NRN VRISL HRDY 13 11 200 2 100 13 550 6 TERRACE ANN 9 6 200 35 90 8 200 35 STEWART ANN 9 7 0 10 80 8 0 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 SUNDAY AFTERNOON (WINDS IN KM/H): 900m 1800m 2700m VANCOUVER SW 28 W 39 W 52 PORT HARDY SW 24 SW 31 W 44 SANDSPIT W 33 W 37 W 43 INVERSION HT BREAKTHRU TEMP QUILLAYUTE SFC 13 C PORT HARDY NR SFC 10 C ANNETTE NR SFC 10 C TODAY'S VENTING: GOOD DUE TO UNSTABLE AIRMASS OVER DISTRICTS. VENTING FOR MONDAY: POOR VENTING OUTLOOK TUESDAY THRU THURSDAY: GOOD TUESDAY. POOR WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY. VENTILATION GUIDELINES: 0-33.....POOR 34-54.....FAIR 55-100.....GOOD. VENTILATION INDICES NORMALLY DROP TO POOR AFTER SUNSET. END/mwso -------------------------------------------------- Special Industry Related Information -------------------------------------------------- 1 - Smoke Forecast, Coast 2 - Smoke Forecast, Interior Q - Return to Previous menu -------------------------------------------------- l Previous usage time: 34:47:58 This session: 00:01:18 --------Total Usage time: 34:49:16 Today's usage time: 00:05:15 This month's usage time: 01:02:51 ----This account expires: 12/31/96