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 161533 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 SATURDAY 16 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 -5 1000 8 46 -3 1450 10 KAMLOOPS KEL 9 -6 1000 5 42 -2 1400 5 OKANAGAN KEL 9 -3 1000 7 46 0 1400 10 CASTLEGAR GEG 9 0 900 5 41 1 1100 6 CRANBROOK GEG 9 -9 900 2 35 -7 1250 6 REVELSTOKE KEL 9 -3 900 5 35 -1 1200 5 *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: FAIR VENTING FOR SUNDAY: 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 -12 1000 2 33 -7 1000 5 PR. GEORGE P.G. 29 -12 700 5 49 -9 1000 15 SMITHERS ANN 29 -13 600 2 42 -9 1000 2 WELLS GRAY P.G. 29 -16 1200 8 54 -6 2100 20 FT NLSN F.N. 29 -12 400 3 9 -9 400 4 FT STJOHN F.N. 29 -15 700 10 70 -13 3700 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 FRIDAY AFTERNOON (WINDS IN KM/H): 900m 1800m 2700m PR. GEORGE NE 31 E 15 SMITHERS E 37 E 15 TODAY'S VENTING: POOR TO FAIR VENTING FOR SUNDAY: POOR COAST UPPER ***** MORNING ****** ***** AFTERNOON **** AIR VI Tmp MXG HT Wnd VI Tmp MXG HT Wnd (mASL) (kt) (mASL) (kt) VANCOUVER QUIL 45 2 1000 15 61 3 1200 20 FRASER VLY QUIL 40 1 950 8 56 0 1250 15 SRN VRISL QUIL 40 6 1800 6 60 7 1200 5 CNTRL VRISL QUIL 37 0 1100 5 43 3 1100 10 NRN VRISL HRDY 37 1 1000 10 37 2 1300 4 TERRACE ANN 37 -4 1300 10 45 0 1300 10 STEWART ANN 34 0 100 7 45 0 1100 11 *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: GOOD VENTING FOR SUNDAY: FAIR TO GOOD IN STRONG WINDS. VENTILATION GUIDELINES: 0-33.....POOR 34-54.....FAIR 55-100.....GOOD. VENTILATION INDICES NORMALLY DROP TO POOR AFTER SUNSET. END/LM -------------------------------------------------- Special Industry Related Information -------------------------------------------------- 1 - Smoke Forecast, Coast 2 - Smoke Forecast, Interior Q - Return to Previous menu -------------------------------------------------- l Previous usage time: 37:27:25 This session: 00:01:16 --------Total Usage time: 37:28:41 Today's usage time: 00:03:51 This month's usage time: 01:09:41 ----This account expires: 12/31/96