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 081548 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 FRIDAY 8 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 16 6 550 2 58 10 1500 5 KAMLOOPS KEL 19 5 750 3 52 8 1450 5 OKANAGAN KEL 12 4 500 2 52 8 1400 5 CASTLEGAR GEG 9 4 500 10 55 7 500 10 CRANBROOK GEG 9 1 950 35 56 4 950 35 REVELSTOKE KEL 10 2 500 2 47 3 500 2 *SUBTRACT 20 FROM THE VENTILATION INDEX IN VALLEYS IF THE MIXING HEIGHT IS BELOW THE HEIGHT OF THE LOCAL HILLS. FORECAST UPPER WINDS FOR FRIDAY AFTERNOON (WINDS IN KM/H): 900m 1800m 2700m PENTICTON SW 13 SW 37 W 83 CRANBROOK W 24 W 87 TODAY'S VENTING: FAIR TO GOOD. VENTING FOR SATURDAY: 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. 69 2 1250 25 100 6 2850 33 PR. GEORGE P.G. 40 2 950 15 66 4 1200 15 SMITHERS ANN 9 -1 500 14 54 2 950 14 WELLS GRAY P.G. 100 3 1900 28 100 6 4000 34 FT NLSN F.N. 54 -9 1050 8 56 -8 1150 8 FT STJOHN F.N. 81 -3 1900 9 96 -1 2250 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 FRIDAY AFTERNOON (WINDS IN KM/H): 900m 1800m 2700m PR. GEORGE S 17 W 52 SMITHERS SE 33 S 52 TODAY'S VENTING: GOOD VENTING FOR SATURDAY: FAIR COAST UPPER ***** MORNING ****** ***** AFTERNOON **** AIR VI Tmp MXG HT Wnd VI Tmp MXG HT Wnd (mASL) (kt) (mASL) (kt) VANCOUVER QUIL 9 11 100 19 32 13 200 19 FRASER VLY QUIL 9 11 50 10 19 12 50 10 SRN VRISL QUIL 9 11 0 10 17 13 100 10 CNTRL VRISL QUIL 9 6 50 10 19 10 50 10 NRN VRISL HRDY 38 7 500 7 48 10 750 6 TERRACE ANN 10 2 250 14 10 5 250 14 STEWART ANN 9 1 200 8 10 5 50 2 *SUBTRACT 20 FROM THE VENTILATION INDEX IN VALLEYS IF THE MIXING HEIGHT IS BELOW THE HEIGHT OF THE LOCAL HILLS. FORECAST UPPER WINDS FOR FRIDAY AFTERNOON (WINDS IN KM/H): 900m 1800m 2700m VANCOUVER SW 44 SW 59 W 85 PORT HARDY S 72 SW 78 SW 93 SANDSPIT E 33 S 24 SW 59 TODAY'S VENTING: POOR TO FAIR VENTING FOR SATURDAY: FAIR 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: 36:55:37 This session: 00:01:18 --------Total Usage time: 36:56:55 Today's usage time: 00:04:03 This month's usage time: 00:37:55 ----This account expires: 12/31/96