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 141553 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 14 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 -1 200 9 9 3 200 4 KAMLOOPS KEL 9 -1 200 9 9 1 350 4 OKANAGAN KEL 9 -1 200 6 14 2 500 4 CASTLEGAR GEG 9 -2 400 6 65 2 950 17 CRANBROOK GEG 9 -5 900 7 9 -4 950 24 REVELSTOKE KEL 9 -3 600 6 9 -1 450 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 SATURDAY AFTERNOON (WINDS IN KM/H): 900m 1800m 2700m PENTICTON VR 5 SW 20 W 33 CRANBROOK W 9 NW 28 TODAY'S VENTING: POOR VENTING FOR SUNDAY: 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. 9 -4 1100 12 86 -1 1500 22 PR. GEORGE P.G. 9 -7 500 8 12 -3 850 2 SMITHERS ANN 9 -10 500 22 12 -5 800 25 WELLS GRAY P.G. 9 -10 800 8 10 -3 1000 22 FT NLSN F.N. 9 -20 400 10 9 -19 400 0 FT STJOHN F.N. 9 -8 400 12 64 10 1700 29 *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 SW 82 SW 85 SMITHERS SW 72 SW 85 TODAY'S VENTING: POOR 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 9 6 400 5 39 8 750 5 FRASER VLY QUIL 9 6 200 2 22 7 300 5 SRN VRISL QUIL 9 6 300 5 33 8 550 5 CNTRL VRISL QUIL 9 6 100 5 19 6 250 5 NRN VRISL HRDY 9 6 300 3 82 7 750 16 TERRACE ANN 9 -2 200 5 32 -1 600 5 STEWART ANN 9 0 200 5 31 0 600 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 VANCOUVER S 30 SW 37 SW 57 PORT HARDY S 87 S 109 SW 102 SANDSPIT SW 50 SW 76 SW 106 TODAY'S VENTING: POOR. VENTING FOR SUNDAY: POOR VENTILATION GUIDELINES: 0-33.....POOR 34-54.....FAIR 55-100.....GOOD. VENTILATION INDICES NORMALLY DROP TO POOR AFTER SUNSET. END/.. -------------------------------------------------- Special Industry Related Information -------------------------------------------------- 1 - Smoke Forecast, Coast 2 - Smoke Forecast, Interior Q - Return to Previous menu --------------------------------------------------