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 161430 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 16 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 9 7 500 0 100 10 2050 6 KAMLOOPS KEL 9 5 500 0 100 10 2950 11 OKANAGAN KEL 9 4 500 0 100 10 2900 11 CASTLEGAR GEG 51 7 1000 10 100 11 2450 12 CRANBROOK GEG 45 4 1200 15 100 7 2600 14 REVELSTOKE KEL 9 5 550 0 100 8 2300 8 *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 W 13 NW 22 CRANBROOK W 11 W 24 INVERSION HT BREAKTHRU TEMP KELOWNA 500 m 6 C SPOKANE 1100 m 6 C TODAY'S VENTING: GOOD. VENTING FOR THURSDAY: GOOD VENTING OUTLOOK FRIDAY THRU SUNDAY: 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. 10 -1 950 15 100 4 3950 18 PR. GEORGE P.G. 21 0 850 8 100 5 2800 16 SMITHERS ANN 9 1 500 16 100 5 2050 18 WELLS GRAY P.G. 100 0 1950 19 100 5 4000 18 FT NLSN F.N. 69 0 1050 13 75 3 1000 13 FT STJOHN F.N. 79 0 1500 14 100 3 2300 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 SW 20 W 30 SMITHERS SW 24 W 30 INVERSION HT BREAKTHRU TEMP PR. GEORGE 900 m 3 C FT. NELSON 1200 m 3 C TODAY'S VENTING: GOOD VENTING FOR THURSDAY: GOOD VENTING OUTLOOK FRIDAY THRU SUNDAY: FAIR TO POOR. COAST UPPER ***** MORNING ****** ***** AFTERNOON **** AIR VI Tmp MXG HT Wnd VI Tmp MXG HT Wnd (mASL) (kt) (mASL) (kt) VANCOUVER QUIL 20 7 150 16 100 11 1300 16 FRASER VLY QUIL 9 8 200 0 100 11 1250 13 SRN VRISL QUIL 9 6 100 0 84 11 1100 12 CNTRL VRISL QUIL 9 6 100 0 85 11 1100 12 NRN VRISL HRDY 9 7 0 19 100 10 1250 13 TERRACE ANN 10 4 200 14 100 6 1050 16 STEWART ANN 9 4 0 7 100 6 1000 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 WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON (WINDS IN KM/H): 900m 1800m 2700m VANCOUVER S 15 W 24 W 30 PORT HARDY S 19 SW 24 W 30 SANDSPIT SW 26 SW 30 W 31 INVERSION HT BREAKTHRU TEMP QUILLAYUTE 200 m 9 C PORT HARDY 300 m 7 C ANNETTE 500 m 6 C TODAY'S VENTING: GOOD VENTING FOR THURSDAY: GOOD. VENTING OUTLOOK FRIDAY THRU SUNDAY: FAIR TO GOOD. VENTILATION GUIDELINES: 0-33.....POOR 34-54.....FAIR 55-100.....GOOD. VENTILATION INDICES NORMALLY DROP TO POOR AFTER SUNSET. END/KJ -------------------------------------------------- Special Industry Related Information -------------------------------------------------- 1 - Smoke Forecast, Coast 2 - Smoke Forecast, Interior Q - Return to Previous menu -------------------------------------------------- l Previous usage time: 35:03:45 This session: 00:01:18 --------Total Usage time: 35:05:03 Today's usage time: 00:05:16 This month's usage time: 01:18:38 ----This account expires: 12/31/96