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 171430 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 17 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 33 6 650 6 90 11 2150 7 KAMLOOPS KEL 43 6 1000 6 90 12 2600 8 OKANAGAN KEL 11 3 550 1 90 11 2500 8 CASTLEGAR GEG 20 5 850 3 90 12 3500 5 CRANBROOK GEG 9 1 950 7 90 8 3950 5 REVELSTOKE KEL 38 5 1000 6 77 8 2000 7 *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 SE 17 S 39 S 80 CRANBROOK S 11 SW 33 INVERSION HT BREAKTHRU TEMP KELOWNA 800 m 6 C SPOKANE 1100 m 7 C TODAY'S VENTING: GOOD. VENTING FOR FRIDAY: FAIR. VENTING OUTLOOK SATURDAY THRU MONDAY: 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. 9 1 950 10 100 5 2800 12 PR. GEORGE P.G. 18 1 850 5 90 6 2300 10 SMITHERS ANN 9 1 550 21 90 4 1150 22 WELLS GRAY P.G. 43 1 1400 10 100 6 4000 12 FT NLSN F.N. 40 -1 1350 4 40 1 1400 4 FT STJOHN F.N. 40 -1 1450 5 70 4 2550 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 PR. GEORGE SE 52 S 59 SMITHERS E 67 SE 59 INVERSION HT BREAKTHRU TEMP PR. GEORGE 1300 m 4 C FT. NELSON 1400 m 3 C TODAY'S VENTING: GOOD EXCEPT FAIR TO POOR IN THE FAR NORTHEAST. VENTING FOR FRIDAY: GOOD VENTING OUTLOOK SATURDAY THRU MONDAY: POOR. COAST UPPER ***** MORNING ****** ***** AFTERNOON **** AIR VI Tmp MXG HT Wnd VI Tmp MXG HT Wnd (mASL) (kt) (mASL) (kt) VANCOUVER QUIL 28 9 250 11 90 12 950 17 FRASER VLY QUIL 23 8 250 9 90 12 900 15 SRN VRISL QUIL 26 8 200 9 80 12 800 14 CNTRL VRISL QUIL 25 8 200 9 90 13 1100 15 NRN VRISL HRDY 90 9 550 26 100 11 1400 30 TERRACE ANN 10 4 250 19 90 6 900 21 STEWART ANN 9 4 0 5 90 6 150 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 THURSDAY AFTERNOON (WINDS IN KM/H): 900m 1800m 2700m VANCOUVER SE 70 S 91 S 98 PORT HARDY SE 109 S 117 S 122 SANDSPIT SE 115 SE 120 SE 133 INVERSION HT BREAKTHRU TEMP QUILLAYUTE 300 m 10 C PORT HARDY 600 m 9 C ANNETTE 100 m 6 C TODAY'S VENTING: GOOD. VENTING FOR FRIDAY: GOOD VENTING OUTLOOK SATURDAY THRU MONDAY: FAIR. 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: 35:07:42 This session: 00:01:17 --------Total Usage time: 35:08:59 Today's usage time: 00:03:56 This month's usage time: 01:22:34 ----This account expires: 12/31/96