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 241531 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 SUNDAY 24 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 -6 200 1 32 -3 850 4 KAMLOOPS KEL 11 -7 550 1 25 -5 850 4 OKANAGAN KEL 25 -5 850 4 28 -4 900 4 CASTLEGAR SPOK 18 -3 750 4 21 -2 800 4 CRANBROOK SPOK 9 -9 950 1 9 -7 950 2 REVELSTOKE KEL 16 -6 650 3 25 -5 900 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 SUNDAY AFTERNOON (WINDS IN KM/H): 900m 1800m 2700m PENTICTON VR 5 S 13 SW 19 CRANBROOK VR 5 W 30 TODAY'S VENTING: POOR DUE TO A STABLE AIRMASS. VENTING FOR MONDAY: POOR. 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. 11 -10 950 27 11 -9 950 17 PR. GEORGE P.G. 9 -15 700 2 30 -13 950 8 SMITHERS P.G. 30 -12 900 8 30 -11 900 8 WELLS GRAY P.G. 11 -13 1000 27 11 -11 1000 20 FT NLSN F.N. 9 -25 400 3 20 -19 550 14 FT STJOHN F.N. 20 -22 750 23 31 -19 800 23 *SUBTRACT 20 FROM THE VENTILATION INDEX IN VALLEYS IF THE MIXING HEIGHT IS BELOW THE HEIGHT OF THE LOCAL HILLS. FORECAST UPPER WINDS FOR SUNDAY AFTERNOON (WINDS IN KM/H): 900m 1800m 2700m PR. GEORGE S 26 SW 30 SMITHERS S 33 SW 30 TODAY'S VENTING: POOR DUE TO A STABLE AIRMASS. VENTING FOR MONDAY: POOR. COAST UPPER ***** MORNING ****** ***** AFTERNOON **** AIR VI Tmp MXG HT Wnd VI Tmp MXG HT Wnd (mASL) (kt) (mASL) (kt) VANCOUVER QUIL 9 4 100 8 9 6 100 8 FRASER VLY QUIL 9 1 50 8 9 4 50 8 SRN VRISL QUIL 9 4 0 5 14 7 100 5 CNTRL VRISL QUIL 9 2 50 5 9 4 50 5 NRN VRISL HRDY 71 5 400 22 75 7 450 22 TERRACE ANT 9 -2 200 36 9 -6 200 36 STEWART ANT 9 -2 0 15 9 -6 0 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 SUNDAY AFTERNOON (WINDS IN KM/H): 900m 1800m 2700m VANCOUVER S 30 SW 39 SW 41 PORT HARDY S 28 SW 30 SW 30 SANDSPIT S 44 SW 44 SW 48 TODAY'S VENTING: POOR DUE TO A STABLE AIRMASS EXCEPT GOOD OVER NORTHERN VANCOUVER ISLAND DUE TO STRONG WINDS. VENTING FOR MONDAY: POOR. 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 --------------------------------------------------