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 051533 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 5 DECEMBER 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 54 1 1050 7 66 2 1250 7 KAMLOOPS KEL 52 0 1150 7 53 1 1550 8 OKANAGAN KEL 14 -4 500 3 43 -1 950 7 CASTLEGAR SPOK 9 -1 500 4 9 1 500 4 CRANBROOK SPOK 9 -12 950 17 9 -8 950 17 REVELSTOKE KEL 48 -1 1150 7 61 0 1350 7 *SUBTRACT 20 FROM THE VENTILATION INDEX IN VALLEYS IF THE MIXING HEIGHT IS BELOW THE HEIGHT OF THE LOCAL HILLS. FORECAST UPPER WINDS FOR WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON (WINDS IN KM/H): 900m 1800m 2700m PENTICTON S 17 SW 35 SW 89 CRANBROOK SW 33 SW 91 TODAY'S VENTING: Poor to fair. VENTING FOR THURSDAY: POOR TO 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 -3 950 53 40 -3 950 15 PR. GEORGE P.G. 11 -1 700 18 40 -1 700 15 SMITHERS P.G. 9 -2 550 18 40 -2 550 15 WELLS GRAY P.G. 9 -3 1000 53 40 -5 1000 15 FT NLSN F.N. 9 -12 400 3 29 -8 550 10 FT STJOHN F.N. 9 -3 700 21 29 -2 700 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 WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON (WINDS IN KM/H): 900m 1800m 2700m PR. GEORGE SW 41 W 43 SMITHERS SW 54 SW 43 TODAY'S VENTING: POOR TO FAIR VENTING FOR THURSDAY: POOR TO FAIR COAST UPPER ***** MORNING ****** ***** AFTERNOON **** AIR VI Tmp MXG HT Wnd VI Tmp MXG HT Wnd (mASL) (kt) (mASL) (kt) VANCOUVER QUIL 9 4 100 42 75 5 100 42 FRASER VLY QUIL 9 2 50 42 75 3 50 42 SRN VRISL QUIL 9 6 0 10 75 7 0 10 CNTRL VRISL QUIL 9 1 50 10 75 3 50 10 NRN VRISL HRDY 63 4 250 31 75 6 550 31 TERRACE ANT 9 0 200 49 75 1 200 49 STEWART ANT 9 2 0 28 75 1 0 28 *SUBTRACT 20 FROM THE VENTILATION INDEX IN VALLEYS IF THE MIXING HEIGHT IS BELOW THE HEIGHT OF THE LOCAL HILLS. FORECAST UPPER WINDS FOR WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON (WINDS IN KM/H): 900m 1800m 2700m VANCOUVER SW 31 SW 52 SW 63 PORT HARDY SW 41 SW 52 SW 59 SANDSPIT W 59 W 65 SW 67 TODAY'S VENTING: GOOD. VENTING FOR THURSDAY: GOOD. VENTILATION GUIDELINES: 0-33.....POOR 34-54.....FAIR 55-100.....GOOD. VENTILATION INDICES NORMALLY DROP TO POOR AFTER SUNSET. END/MWSO -------------------------------------------------- Special Industry Related Information -------------------------------------------------- 1 - Smoke Forecast, Coast 2 - Smoke Forecast, Interior Q - Return to Previous menu -------------------------------------------------- l Previous usage time: 39:00:45 This session: 00:01:19 --------Total Usage time: 39:02:04 Today's usage time: 00:05:38 This month's usage time: 00:24:46 ----This account expires: 12/31/96