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 071531 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 7 NOVEMBER 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 9 2 450 0 55 6 500 0 KAMLOOPS KEL 9 1 450 0 68 6 700 3 OKANAGAN KEL 9 1 450 0 68 6 700 3 CASTLEGAR GEG 9 1 500 8 60 4 800 8 CRANBROOK GEG 10 1 950 15 60 2 950 15 REVELSTOKE KEL 9 0 450 0 55 2 500 0 *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 S 9 S 19 SW 37 CRANBROOK W 9 W 28 INVERSION HT BREAKTHRU TEMP KELOWNA 500 m 4 C SPOKANE 800 m 4 C TODAY'S VENTING: POOR THIS MORNING IMPROVING TO FAIR TO GOOD THIS AFTERNOON. VENTING FOR FRIDAY: POOR VENTING OUTLOOK SATURDAY THRU MONDAY: GENERALLY POOR THROUGH THE PERIOD. 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. 10 -2 950 19 100 2 2750 20 PR. GEORGE P.G. 26 -2 850 10 89 2 1500 16 SMITHERS ANN 9 0 550 16 100 5 2050 18 WELLS GRAY P.G. 82 -1 1550 22 100 3 4000 22 FT NLSN F.N. 25 -8 550 9 38 -5 700 11 FT STJOHN F.N. 47 -2 1000 15 79 0 1350 16 *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 S 41 S 41 SMITHERS S 48 SW 41 INVERSION HT BREAKTHRU TEMP PR. GEORGE 900 m M2 C FT. NELSON 980 m M2 C TODAY'S VENTING: POOR THIS MORNING BECOMING GOOD THIS AFTERNOON. VENTING FOR FRIDAY: POOR VENTING OUTLOOK SATURDAY THRU MONDAY: POOR THROUGH THE PERIOD. COAST UPPER ***** MORNING ****** ***** AFTERNOON **** AIR VI Tmp MXG HT Wnd VI Tmp MXG HT Wnd (mASL) (kt) (mASL) (kt) VANCOUVER QUIL 9 5 100 7 50 10 1250 7 FRASER VLY QUIL 17 7 200 5 50 11 1450 7 SRN VRISL QUIL 16 6 150 5 45 11 1350 7 CNTRL VRISL QUIL 12 4 100 5 34 9 450 7 NRN VRISL HRDY 33 6 300 9 40 9 1100 14 TERRACE ANN 10 3 250 14 10 4 250 14 STEWART ANN 8 4 100 3 11 4 50 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 VANCOUVER SE 46 S 56 SW 83 PORT HARDY S 72 S 80 SW 70 SANDSPIT W 43 SW 54 SW 63 INVERSION HT BREAKTHRU TEMP QUILLAYUTE 270 m 7 C PORT HARDY 500 m 5 C ANNETTE 100 m 5 C TODAY'S VENTING: POOR BECOMING FAIR THIS AFTERNOON. VENTING FOR FRIDAY: POOR VENTING OUTLOOK SATURDAY THRU MONDAY:POOR BECOMING GOOD BY MONDAY. 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: 36:51:35 This session: 00:01:17 --------Total Usage time: 36:52:52 Today's usage time: 00:04:00 This month's usage time: 00:33:52 ----This account expires: 12/31/96