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 141614 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 14 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 7 200 4 60 10 1650 6 KAMLOOPS KEL 14 6 450 4 60 9 1700 6 OKANAGAN KEL 14 6 450 4 60 10 1700 6 CASTLEGAR GEG 27 6 850 6 35 8 950 6 CRANBROOK GEG 9 4 950 9 38 6 1300 9 REVELSTOKE KEL 10 5 450 4 13 6 550 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 PENTICTON NW 9 NW 17 NW 22 CRANBROOK VR 5 N 17 TODAY'S VENTING: POOR TO FAIR EXCEPT GOOD FOR AN HOUR OR TWO THIS AFTERNOON IN THE WEST. VENTING FOR FRIDAY: FAIR TO GOOD. 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 -1 940 0 40 3 1500 7 PR. GEORGE P.G. 41 1 1400 5 40 2 1400 6 SMITHERS ANN 9 -1 500 2 9 1 500 2 WELLS GRAY P.G. 43 -2 1400 7 40 1 1500 7 FT NLSN F.N. 40 -9 600 15 9 -10 400 9 FT STJOHN F.N. 35 -10 1100 10 55 -9 1200 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 THURSDAY AFTERNOON (WINDS IN KM/H): 900m 1800m 2700m PR. GEORGE N 19 N 24 SMITHERS NW 15 NW 24 TODAY'S VENTING: POOR TO FAIR AS THE AIRMASS REMAINS STABLE. VENTING WILL BE JUST IN THE GOOD CATEGORY IN THE PEACE DUE TO STRENGTHENING WINDS. VENTING FOR FRIDAY: GOOD. COAST UPPER ***** MORNING ****** ***** AFTERNOON **** AIR VI Tmp MXG HT Wnd VI Tmp MXG HT Wnd (mASL) (kt) (mASL) (kt) VANCOUVER QUIL 13 9 250 2 17 10 600 2 FRASER VLY QUIL 14 9 250 3 37 11 950 4 SRN VRISL QUIL 12 8 150 3 15 10 300 2 CNTRL VRISL QUIL 12 8 150 3 14 9 200 3 NRN VRISL HRDY 15 8 150 4 33 10 600 5 TERRACE ANN 9 2 250 2 9 4 250 2 STEWART ANN 9 2 0 0 9 4 0 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 VANCOUVER W 11 NW 13 NW 11 PORT HARDY NW 17 N 17 N 15 SANDSPIT N 19 N 17 N 13 TODAY'S VENTING: POOR TO FAIR DUE TO LIGHT WINDS. VENTING FOR FRIDAY: FAIR TO GOOD. VENTILATION GUIDELINES: 0-33.....POOR 34-54.....FAIR 55-100.....GOOD. VENTILATION INDICES NORMALLY DROP TO POOR AFTER SUNSET. END/JDG -------------------------------------------------- Special Industry Related Information -------------------------------------------------- 1 - Smoke Forecast, Coast 2 - Smoke Forecast, Interior Q - Return to Previous menu -------------------------------------------------- l Previous usage time: 37:19:24 This session: 00:01:17 --------Total Usage time: 37:20:41 Today's usage time: 00:05:25 This month's usage time: 01:01:41 ----This account expires: 12/31/96