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 241432 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 24 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 21 9 800 2 69 12 1500 6 KAMLOOPS KEL 15 7 650 2 68 11 1600 6 OKANAGAN KEL 13 5 450 3 60 8 1450 6 CASTLEGAR GEG 24 5 750 6 63 7 1400 8 CRANBROOK GEG 10 3 950 32 41 6 1400 8 REVELSTOKE KEL 10 4 450 3 11 5 500 3 *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 VR 5 W 19 W 35 CRANBROOK W 20 W 48 INVERSION HT BREAKTHRU TEMP KELOWNA 500 m 6 C SPOKANE 2400 m 12 C TODAY'S VENTING: GOOD TO FAIR VENTING FOR FRIDAY: POOR VENTING OUTLOOK SATURDAY THRU MONDAY: POOR TO FAIR 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. 81 2 1500 20 100 6 2600 20 PR. GEORGE P.G. 84 4 1350 19 100 6 1950 19 SMITHERS ANN 9 3 500 9 66 5 1500 8 WELLS GRAY P.G. 100 5 2500 20 100 7 4000 21 FT NLSN F.N. 15 -6 600 3 16 -5 650 2 FT STJOHN F.N. 49 0 1400 7 57 3 1550 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 PR. GEORGE W 22 W 33 SMITHERS SW 9 SW 33 INVERSION HT BREAKTHRU TEMP PR. GEORGE 800 m 4 C FT. NELSON 1500 m 4 C TODAY'S VENTING: GOOD TO FAIR VENTING FOR FRIDAY: POOR VENTING OUTLOOK SATURDAY THRU MONDAY: POOR TO FAIR COAST UPPER ***** MORNING ****** ***** AFTERNOON **** AIR VI Tmp MXG HT Wnd VI Tmp MXG HT Wnd (mASL) (kt) (mASL) (kt) VANCOUVER QUIL 9 9 100 20 81 11 650 20 FRASER VLY QUIL 9 9 150 0 52 11 600 10 SRN VRISL QUIL 9 10 200 0 47 11 450 10 CNTRL VRISL QUIL 9 7 50 0 9 10 200 0 NRN VRISL HRDY 9 7 0 17 51 9 300 17 TERRACE ANN 25 5 400 11 58 7 850 10 STEWART ANN 9 5 0 8 39 7 350 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 THURSDAY AFTERNOON (WINDS IN KM/H): 900m 1800m 2700m VANCOUVER SW 22 W 30 W 31 PORT HARDY W 26 W 35 W 39 SANDSPIT W 30 W 31 W 33 INVERSION HT BREAKTHRU TEMP QUILLAYUTE 180 m 9 C PORT HARDY 150 m 8 C ANNETTE 100 m 7 C TODAY'S VENTING: GOOD TO FAIR VENTING FOR FRIDAY: POOR VENTING OUTLOOK SATURDAY THRU MONDAY: POOR VENTILATION GUIDELINES: 0-33.....POOR 34-54.....FAIR 55-100.....GOOD. VENTILATION INDICES NORMALLY DROP TO POOR AFTER SUNSET. END/ret -------------------------------------------------- Special Industry Related Information -------------------------------------------------- 1 - Smoke Forecast, Coast 2 - Smoke Forecast, Interior Q - Return to Previous menu -------------------------------------------------- l Previous usage time: 35:44:49 This session: 00:01:20 --------Total Usage time: 35:46:09 Today's usage time: 00:05:21 This month's usage time: 01:59:44 ----This account expires: 12/31/96