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 311534 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 THURSDAY 31 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 2 650 2 38 7 1450 3 KAMLOOPS KEL 11 0 600 1 34 5 1400 3 OKANAGAN KEL 11 0 600 1 36 6 1500 3 CASTLEGAR GEG 26 3 950 4 40 7 1250 5 CRANBROOK GEG 9 -2 950 7 31 3 1300 7 REVELSTOKE KEL 15 0 750 2 31 3 1350 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 N 17 N 37 CRANBROOK N 11 N 39 TODAY'S VENTING: FAIR TO POOR. VENTING FOR FRIDAY: 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. 9 -3 950 14 48 2 1250 14 PR. GEORGE P.G. 27 -3 850 12 54 1 1150 14 SMITHERS P.G. 27 -1 850 12 54 4 1150 14 WELLS GRAY P.G. 26 -2 1150 14 46 2 1300 14 FT NLSN F.N. 9 -4 400 0 9 0 400 0 FT STJOHN F.N. 9 1 700 19 9 4 700 19 *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 NW 31 NW 43 SMITHERS W 44 W 43 TODAY'S VENTING: FAIR. VENTING FOR FRIDAY: FAIR COAST UPPER ***** MORNING ****** ***** AFTERNOON **** AIR VI Tmp MXG HT Wnd VI Tmp MXG HT Wnd (mASL) (kt) (mASL) (kt) VANCOUVER QUIL 14 7 150 6 27 12 350 8 FRASER VLY QUIL 12 8 150 3 33 14 500 6 SRN VRISL QUIL 13 7 150 3 28 13 350 6 CNTRL VRISL QUIL 12 6 150 3 19 11 250 5 NRN VRISL HRDY 14 5 150 4 24 10 400 4 TERRACE HRDY 14 3 350 4 24 5 600 4 STEWART HRDY 14 2 150 4 24 6 400 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 VANCOUVER VR 5 N 15 N 26 PORT HARDY VR 5 VR 5 NW 13 SANDSPIT SW 46 SW 50 SW 56 TODAY'S VENTING: POOR TO FAIR. VENTING FOR FRIDAY: FAIR VENTILATION GUIDELINES: 0-33.....POOR 34-54.....FAIR 55-100.....GOOD. VENTILATION INDICES NORMALLY DROP TO POOR AFTER SUNSET. END/DSL -------------------------------------------------- Special Industry Related Information -------------------------------------------------- 1 - Smoke Forecast, Coast 2 - Smoke Forecast, Interior Q - Return to Previous menu -------------------------------------------------- l Previous usage time: 36:17:43 This session: 00:01:17 --------Total Usage time: 36:19:00 Today's usage time: 00:05:12 This month's usage time: 02:32:35 ----This account expires: 12/31/96