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 101547 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 TUESDAY 10 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 -1 450 0 54 2 900 15 KAMLOOPS KEL 9 -1 500 0 54 2 1000 10 OKANAGAN KEL 9 -1 500 0 54 2 1000 10 CASTLEGAR SPOK 9 2 500 7 25 3 750 7 CRANBROOK SPOK 10 0 950 15 10 2 950 15 REVELSTOKE KEL 9 0 550 0 9 0 550 0 *SUBTRACT 20 FROM THE VENTILATION INDEX IN VALLEYS IF THE MIXING HEIGHT IS BELOW THE HEIGHT OF THE LOCAL HILLS. FORECAST UPPER WINDS FOR TUESDAY AFTERNOON (WINDS IN KM/H): 900m 1800m 2700m PENTICTON SE 9 S 15 S 33 CRANBROOK VR 5 S 20 TODAY'S VENTING: POOR EXCEPT BECOMING FAIR LOCALLY GOOD THIS AFTERNOON IN THE WEST DUE TO THE PASSAGE OF A COLD FRONT. VENTING FOR WEDNESDAY: 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. 10 -3 950 20 10 -1 950 20 PR. GEORGE P.G. 9 -5 700 2 9 -3 700 2 SMITHERS P.G. 9 -9 550 2 29 -5 850 8 WELLS GRAY P.G. 10 -5 1000 20 10 -2 1000 20 FT NLSN F.N. 9 -19 400 3 9 -17 400 3 FT STJOHN F.N. 9 -13 700 17 9 -10 700 17 *SUBTRACT 20 FROM THE VENTILATION INDEX IN VALLEYS IF THE MIXING HEIGHT IS BELOW THE HEIGHT OF THE LOCAL HILLS. FORECAST UPPER WINDS FOR TUESDAY AFTERNOON (WINDS IN KM/H): 900m 1800m 2700m PR. GEORGE S 50 SW 48 SMITHERS SE 41 S 48 TODAY'S VENTING: POOR. VENTING FOR WEDNESDAY: POOR. COAST UPPER ***** MORNING ****** ***** AFTERNOON **** AIR VI Tmp MXG HT Wnd VI Tmp MXG HT Wnd (mASL) (kt) (mASL) (kt) VANCOUVER QUIL 9 5 100 26 70 8 550 20 FRASER VLY QUIL 9 3 50 26 70 7 550 20 SRN VRISL QUIL 18 5 200 6 55 8 400 16 CNTRL VRISL QUIL 12 2 100 6 70 4 550 20 NRN VRISL HRDY 64 5 500 16 72 6 600 16 TERRACE ANT 10 -2 200 28 10 -1 200 28 STEWART ANT 9 1 0 13 9 -1 0 13 *SUBTRACT 20 FROM THE VENTILATION INDEX IN VALLEYS IF THE MIXING HEIGHT IS BELOW THE HEIGHT OF THE LOCAL HILLS. FORECAST UPPER WINDS FOR TUESDAY AFTERNOON (WINDS IN KM/H): 900m 1800m 2700m VANCOUVER SE 39 S 44 S 39 PORT HARDY SE 82 S 91 S 89 SANDSPIT SE 83 S 83 S 78 TODAY'S VENTING: GOOD OVER EXPOSED COASTAL AREAS DUE TO STRONG WINDS OTHERWISE VENTING WILL BE POOR. VENTING FOR WEDNESDAY: GOOD EXCEPT POOR INLAND SECTIONS OF THE NORTH COAST. 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: 39:28:40 This session: 00:01:17 --------Total Usage time: 39:29:57 Today's usage time: 00:05:29 This month's usage time: 00:52:39 ----This account expires: 12/31/96