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 261432 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 SATURDAY 26 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 12 4 500 1 13 8 600 1 KAMLOOPS KEL 11 3 500 1 47 8 1150 6 OKANAGAN KEL 10 2 500 1 47 8 1100 6 CASTLEGAR GEG 24 2 800 5 46 7 1000 9 CRANBROOK GEG 9 1 950 16 78 6 1600 15 REVELSTOKE KEL 10 2 500 1 19 6 750 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 SATURDAY AFTERNOON (WINDS IN KM/H): 900m 1800m 2700m PENTICTON VR 5 VR 5 NW 19 CRANBROOK VR 5 N 17 INVERSION HT BREAKTHRU TEMP KELOWNA 2200 m 13 C SPOKANE 1010 m 6 C TODAY'S VENTING: GOOD IN THE SOUTHEAST CORNER. FAIR TO POOR ELSEWHERE UNDER A SURFACE RIDGE. VENTING FOR SUNDAY: FAIR VENTING OUTLOOK MONDAY THRU WEDNESDAY: GOOD AS RIDGE SLIPS SOUTH OF PROVINCE AND SURFACE WINDS PICK UP. 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 11 83 4 1900 12 PR. GEORGE P.G. 31 1 850 13 55 4 1100 14 SMITHERS ANN 9 1 500 27 68 5 800 28 WELLS GRAY P.G. 9 1 1000 11 83 4 2000 12 FT NLSN F.N. 9 -8 400 3 26 -3 650 7 FT STJOHN F.N. 9 -1 700 9 28 3 900 9 *SUBTRACT 20 FROM THE VENTILATION INDEX IN VALLEYS IF THE MIXING HEIGHT IS BELOW THE HEIGHT OF THE LOCAL HILLS. FORECAST UPPER WINDS FOR SATURDAY AFTERNOON (WINDS IN KM/H): 900m 1800m 2700m PR. GEORGE SW 44 W 54 SMITHERS SW 63 W 54 INVERSION HT BREAKTHRU TEMP PR. GEORGE 1180 m 7 C FT. NELSON 930 m 8 C TODAY'S VENTING: GOOD EXCEPT POOR EAST OF THE ROCKIES WHERE THE INVESION IS MUCH STRONGER. VENTING FOR SUNDAY: GOOD VENTING OUTLOOK MONDAY THRU WEDNESDAY: GOOD AS SURFACE WINDS INCREASE ESPECIALLY ON MONDAY. COAST UPPER ***** MORNING ****** ***** AFTERNOON **** AIR VI Tmp MXG HT Wnd VI Tmp MXG HT Wnd (mASL) (kt) (mASL) (kt) VANCOUVER QUIL 9 6 100 7 37 11 500 8 FRASER VLY QUIL 14 7 150 4 49 13 700 7 SRN VRISL QUIL 15 7 150 4 38 12 550 6 CNTRL VRISL QUIL 14 6 150 4 23 10 300 6 NRN VRISL HRDY 9 7 0 0 16 10 750 1 TERRACE ANN 11 4 250 25 11 6 250 25 STEWART ANN 9 4 0 15 9 6 0 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 SATURDAY AFTERNOON (WINDS IN KM/H): 900m 1800m 2700m VANCOUVER VR 5 NW 22 NW 33 PORT HARDY S 50 SW 48 W 61 SANDSPIT W 72 W 78 W 85 INVERSION HT BREAKTHRU TEMP QUILLAYUTE 320 m 10 C PORT HARDY 890 m 14 C ANNETTE 90 m 8 C TODAY'S VENTING: FAIR IN THE SOUTH TO POOR IN THE NORTH UNDER AN UPPER RIDGE ALONG THE COAST WITH A SURFACE RIDGE ACROSS THE SOUTH. VENTING FOR SUNDAY: FAIR VENTING OUTLOOK MONDAY THRU WEDNESDAY: GOOD AS RIDGE BREAKS DOWN AND SURFACE WINDS INCREASE. VENTILATION GUIDELINES: 0-33.....POOR 34-54.....FAIR 55-100.....GOOD. VENTILATION INDICES NORMALLY DROP TO POOR AFTER SUNSET. END/PJS -------------------------------------------------- Special Industry Related Information -------------------------------------------------- 1 - Smoke Forecast, Coast 2 - Smoke Forecast, Interior Q - Return to Previous menu -------------------------------------------------- l Previous usage time: 35:55:22 This session: 00:01:20 --------Total Usage time: 35:56:42 Today's usage time: 00:05:20 This month's usage time: 02:10:17 ----This account expires: 12/31/96