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 071531 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 7 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 9 0 200 5 24 2 500 5 KAMLOOPS KEL 9 -1 350 5 64 2 1050 10 OKANAGAN KEL 9 -1 350 5 18 1 500 5 CASTLEGAR SPOK 21 1 800 4 28 3 1000 4 CRANBROOK SPOK 9 -5 950 3 9 -1 950 3 REVELSTOKE KEL 57 1 1050 10 18 2 600 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 SATURDAY AFTERNOON (WINDS IN KM/H): 900m 1800m 2700m PENTICTON SE 15 S 31 S 76 CRANBROOK S 17 S 50 TODAY'S VENTING: poor to fair. VENTING FOR SUNDAY: 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 -4 950 21 33 -2 1050 21 PR. GEORGE P.G. 9 -5 700 1 9 -3 700 1 SMITHERS P.G. 9 -9 550 1 11 -6 700 1 WELLS GRAY P.G. 9 -7 1000 21 12 -3 1000 21 FT NLSN F.N. 9 -13 400 3 9 -12 400 3 FT STJOHN F.N. 40 -13 1250 6 42 -9 1300 6 *SUBTRACT 20 FROM THE VENTILATION INDEX IN VALLEYS IF THE MIXING HEIGHT IS BELOW THE HEIGHT OF THE LOCAL HILLS. FORECAST UPPER WINDS FOR SATURDAY AFTERNOON (WINDS IN KM/H): 900m 1800m 2700m PR. GEORGE SE 48 S 52 SMITHERS SE 33 S 52 TODAY'S VENTING: poor to fair. VENTING FOR SUNDAY: fair to good. COAST UPPER ***** MORNING ****** ***** AFTERNOON **** AIR VI Tmp MXG HT Wnd VI Tmp MXG HT Wnd (mASL) (kt) (mASL) (kt) VANCOUVER QUIL 60 6 350 26 37 8 300 12 FRASER VLY QUIL 10 4 100 7 25 6 300 7 SRN VRISL QUIL 53 7 450 13 80 8 650 17 CNTRL VRISL QUIL 9 2 50 7 9 4 50 7 NRN VRISL HRDY 20 4 100 12 43 5 300 13 TERRACE ANT 10 0 200 37 10 1 200 5 STEWART ANT 9 2 0 16 9 1 0 16 *SUBTRACT 20 FROM THE VENTILATION INDEX IN VALLEYS IF THE MIXING HEIGHT IS BELOW THE HEIGHT OF THE LOCAL HILLS. FORECAST UPPER WINDS FOR SATURDAY AFTERNOON (WINDS IN KM/H): 900m 1800m 2700m VANCOUVER S 43 SW 57 SW 69 PORT HARDY SW 22 SW 30 SW 33 SANDSPIT S 24 S 30 S 35 TODAY'S VENTING: poor to fair. VENTING FOR SUNDAY: good. VENTILATION GUIDELINES: 0-33.....POOR 34-54.....FAIR 55-100.....GOOD. VENTILATION INDICES NORMALLY DROP TO POOR AFTER SUNSET. END/dsl -------------------------------------------------- Special Industry Related Information -------------------------------------------------- 1 - Smoke Forecast, Coast 2 - Smoke Forecast, Interior Q - Return to Previous menu -------------------------------------------------- l Previous usage time: 39:11:59 This session: 00:01:21 --------Total Usage time: 39:13:20 Today's usage time: 00:05:47 This month's usage time: 00:36:02 ----This account expires: 12/31/96