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 231431 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 23 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 50 07 1000 15 56 12 1350 5 KAMLOOPS KEL 15 04 800 05 40 10 1200 4 OKANAGAN KEL 10 02 600 02 34 9 1050 4 CASTLEGAR GEG 10 02 800 02 25 6 1050 3 CRANBROOK GEG 15 M2 1000 02 50 7 1500 7 REVELSTOKE KEL 12 03 800 02 14 6 700 2 *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 SW 17 SW 31 CRANBROOK SW 9 W 26 INVERSION HT BREAKTHRU TEMP KELOWNA 650 M 7 C SPOKANE 1400 M 10 C TODAY'S VENTING: FAIR VENTING FOR THURSDAY: FAIR VENTING OUTLOOK FRIDAY THRU SUNDAY: GOOD 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. 18 0 1100 05 50 4 1400 10 PR. GEORGE P.G. 17 0 850 08 50 5 1400 10 SMITHERS ANN 15 2 900 04 46 5 1300 08 WELLS GRAY P.G. 22 0 1050 08 55 5 1400 12 FT NLSN F.N. 10 M12 750 04 40 M3 900 09 FT STJOHN F.N. 12 M6 1000 02 36 2 1100 08 *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 S 41 SW 43 SMITHERS SW 43 SW 43 INVERSION HT BREAKTHRU TEMP PR. GEORGE MSG MSG FT. NELSON 700 M M2 C TODAY'S VENTING: FAIR VENTING FOR THURSDAY: FAIR VENTING OUTLOOK FRIDAY THRU SUNDAY: GOOD COAST UPPER ***** MORNING ****** ***** AFTERNOON **** AIR VI TMP MXG HT WND VI TMP MXG HT WND (MASL) (KT) (MASL) (KT) VANCOUVER QUIL 14 08 500 05 75 12 1100 12 FRASER VLY QUIL 12 08 500 05 68 12 1050 11 SRN VRISL QUIL 15 07 500 05 64 11 1000 8 CNTRL VRISL QUIL 10 06 500 05 60 11 950 11 NRN VRISL HRDY 36 07 900 10 66 9 1200 14 TERRACE ANN 10 03 200 06 18 6 200 15 STEWART ANN 10 02 100 02 17 6 200 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 VANCOUVER S 33 S 35 SW 44 PORT HARDY S 76 S 80 SW 67 SANDSPIT NW 30 W 31 W 41 INVERSION HT BREAKTHRU TEMP QUILLAYUTE 300 M 10 C PORT HARDY 700 M 8 C ANNETTE 700 M 9 C TODAY'S VENTING: POOR TO GOOD VENTING FOR THURSDAY: FAIR VENTING OUTLOOK FRIDAY THRU SUNDAY: VENTILATION GUIDELINES: 0-33.....POOR 34-54.....FAIR 55-100.....GOOD. VENTILATION INDICES NORMALLY DROP TO POOR AFTER SUNSET. END/.. -------------------------------------------------- Special Industry Related Information -------------------------------------------------- 1 - Smoke Forecast, Coast 2 - Smoke Forecast, Interior Q - Return to Previous menu -------------------------------------------------- l Previous usage time: 35:39:28 This session: 00:01:20 --------Total Usage time: 35:40:48 Today's usage time: 00:05:28 This month's usage time: 01:54:23 ----This account expires: 12/31/96