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 151530 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 15 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 30 4 500 15 50 6 900 10 KAMLOOPS KEL 30 1 600 15 80 3 1200 15 OKANAGAN KEL 9 4 350 2 50 7 1200 8 CASTLEGAR GEG 9 4 500 2 41 7 1100 6 CRANBROOK GEG 15 -3 1000 3 15 -1 950 6 REVELSTOKE KEL 30 2 600 15 60 4 800 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 FRIDAY AFTERNOON (WINDS IN KM/H): 900m 1800m 2700m PENTICTON VR 5 VR 5 S 13 CRANBROOK VR 5 NW 11 TODAY'S VENTING: GENERALLY FAIR VENTING EXPECTED TODAY EXCEPT WHERE STRONG NORTHWESTERLY WINDS ARE ANTICIPATED. 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. 70 -10 1500 15 100 -7 2000 20 PR. GEORGE P.G. 60 -10 1300 15 60 -8 1300 15 SMITHERS ANN 100 -7 2000 15 100 -5 2000 15 WELLS GRAY P.G. 70 -11 1600 15 100 -9 2100 29 FT NLSN F.N. 9 -9 400 3 9 -9 400 4 FT STJOHN F.N. 70 -13 2000 10 70 -13 2000 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 NE 31 E 15 SMITHERS E 37 E 15 TODAY'S VENTING: GENERALLY GOOD DUE TO GUSTY WINDS. POOR IN THE FAR NORTHEAST. VENTING FOR SATURDAY: FAIR TO GOOD. COAST UPPER ***** MORNING ****** ***** AFTERNOON **** AIR VI Tmp MXG HT Wnd VI Tmp MXG HT Wnd (mASL) (kt) (mASL) (kt) VANCOUVER QUIL 10 7 100 4 11 9 500 1 FRASER VLY QUIL 10 7 100 4 11 9 450 1 SRN VRISL QUIL 10 7 100 4 10 9 400 0 CNTRL VRISL QUIL 10 7 100 4 10 9 400 0 NRN VRISL HRDY 10 5 100 4 60 7 600 15 TERRACE ANN 80 -2 600 20 80 -3 600 20 STEWART ANN 80 0 600 20 80 0 600 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 FRIDAY AFTERNOON (WINDS IN KM/H): 900m 1800m 2700m VANCOUVER VR 5 S 9 SW 15 PORT HARDY NE 11 VR 5 W 15 SANDSPIT NE 31 N 41 N 57 TODAY'S VENTING: POOR EXCEPT GOOD NORTHWARD FROM VANCOUVER ISLAND. VENTING FOR SATURDAY: 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: 37:23:30 This session: 00:01:20 --------Total Usage time: 37:24:50 Today's usage time: 00:04:09 This month's usage time: 01:05:50 ----This account expires: 12/31/96