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 271611 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 PST SUNDAY 27 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 18 7 650 2 41 9 1200 4 KAMLOOPS KEL 10 4 500 1 46 8 1400 4 OKANAGAN KEL 11 5 550 1 46 8 1350 4 CASTLEGAR GEG 31 4 850 7 83 7 1350 14 CRANBROOK GEG 9 1 950 16 74 5 1550 16 REVELSTOKE KEL 9 3 500 1 30 6 1100 4 *SUBTRACT 20 FROM THE VENTILATION INDEX IN VALLEYS IF THE MIXING HEIGHT IS BELOW THE HEIGHT OF THE LOCAL HILLS. DATE: Oct 27 :: FDS_CWVR: Oct 27 FORECAST UPPER WINDS FOR SUNDAY AFTERNOON (WINDS IN KM/H): 900m 1800m 2700m PENTICTON SW 11 W 26 W 46 CRANBROOK W 15 W 48 INVERSION HT BREAKTHRU TEMP KELOWNA 2400 m 20 C SPOKANE 1770 m 11 C TODAY'S VENTING: FAIR EXCEPT BREIFLY GOOD IN THE SOUTHEAST CORNER. VENTING FOR MONDAY: FAIR VENTING OUTLOOK TUESDAY THRU THURSDAY: GOOD AS COOL AND UNSTABLE AIR MOVES OVER THE REIGONS. 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. 17 1 1000 16 25 3 1050 16 PR. GEORGE P.G. 41 3 1000 13 44 4 1000 13 SMITHERS ANN 9 4 500 12 41 6 550 12 WELLS GRAY P.G. 9 3 1000 16 52 5 1350 16 FT NLSN F.N. 9 -5 400 7 16 0 500 7 FT STJOHN F.N. 9 4 700 20 19 5 700 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 SUNDAY AFTERNOON (WINDS IN KM/H): 900m 1800m 2700m PR. GEORGE SW 50 W 80 SMITHERS SW 39 W 80 INVERSION HT BREAKTHRU TEMP PR. GEORGE 1080 m 8 C FT. NELSON 700 m 12 C TODAY'S VENTING: POOR TO FAIR UNDER AN INVERSION. VENTING FOR MONDAY: FAIR VENTING OUTLOOK TUESDAY THRU THURSDAY: GOOD AS COLD UNSTABLE AIR WILL MOVE IN BEHIND AN ARCTIC FRONT. COAST UPPER ***** MORNING ****** ***** AFTERNOON **** AIR VI Tmp MXG HT Wnd VI Tmp MXG HT Wnd (mASL) (kt) (mASL) (kt) VANCOUVER QUIL 9 9 100 2 13 11 350 2 FRASER VLY QUIL 13 9 150 4 15 11 300 2 SRN VRISL QUIL 14 9 150 4 17 11 300 3 CNTRL VRISL QUIL 9 7 50 4 14 9 150 4 NRN VRISL HRDY 34 8 300 10 46 10 450 10 TERRACE ANN 9 5 200 12 32 6 250 12 STEWART ANN 9 3 300 12 52 6 800 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 SUNDAY AFTERNOON (WINDS IN KM/H): 900m 1800m 2700m VANCOUVER SW 26 W 56 W 61 PORT HARDY SW 69 W 78 W 89 SANDSPIT W 46 W 56 W 74 INVERSION HT BREAKTHRU TEMP QUILLAYUTE 2400 m 28 C PORT HARDY 1600 m 25 C ANNETTE NIL TODAY'S VENTING: POOR IMPROVING TO FAIR IN THE NORTH. VENTING FOR MONDAY: FAIR VENTING OUTLOOK TUESDAY THRU THURSDAY: GOOD WITH UNSTABLE AIR AND GOOD SURFACE WINDS. 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: 36:00:39 This session: 00:01:19 --------Total Usage time: 36:01:58 Today's usage time: 00:05:16 This month's usage time: 02:15:33 ----This account expires: 12/31/96