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 151530 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 15 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 80 5 1500 10 80 5 1500 10 KAMLOOPS KEL 70 2 1400 10 70 2 1400 10 OKANAGAN KEL 70 2 1300 10 70 2 1300 10 CASTLEGAR GEG 80 1 1200 15 80 2 1200 15 CRANBROOK GEG 80 -4 1500 20 80 -4 1500 20 REVELSTOKE KEL 80 -1 1300 10 80 -1 1300 10 *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 W 15 W 35 NW 75 CRANBROOK W 25 W 80 TODAY'S VENTING: GOOD. VENTING FOR SUNDAY: 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. 50 -4 1300 15 35 -6 1200 15 PR. GEORGE P.G. 60 -4 900 10 50 -8 800 10 SMITHERS ANN 25 -6 500 10 10 -8 800 5 WELLS GRAY P.G. 40 -10 1200 15 20 -10 1000 10 FT NLSN F.N. 30 -15 700 10 30 -15 700 10 FT STJOHN F.N. 60 -3 400 20 40 10 1200 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 SATURDAY AFTERNOON (WINDS IN KM/H): 900m 1800m 2700m PR. GEORGE NW 45 NW 55 SMITHERS NW 30 NW 50 TODAY'S VENTING: POOR TO FAIR. VENTING FOR SUNDAY: FAIR. COAST UPPER ***** MORNING ****** ***** AFTERNOON **** AIR VI Tmp MXG HT Wnd VI Tmp MXG HT Wnd (mASL) (kt) (mASL) (kt) VANCOUVER QUIL 9 5 300 7 60 7 1000 8 FRASER VLY QUIL 9 4 200 2 60 7 1000 8 SRN VRISL QUIL 9 5 300 5 60 7 1000 8 CNTRL VRISL QUIL 9 3 100 2 60 6 1000 8 NRN VRISL HRDY 9 6 200 11 60 6 1000 8 TERRACE ANN 9 1 300 5 60 2 1200 8 STEWART ANN 9 0 200 5 10 1 200 3 *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 W 30 NW 60 NW 90 PORT HARDY N 50 NW 50 NW 65 SANDSPIT N 35 N 40 N 45 TODAY'S VENTING: GOOD. VENTING FOR SUNDAY: FAIR. VENTILATION GUIDELINES: 0-33.....POOR 34-54.....FAIR 55-100.....GOOD. VENTILATION INDICES NORMALLY DROP TO POOR AFTER SUNSET. END/KJ/DSL -------------------------------------------------- Special Industry Related Information -------------------------------------------------- 1 - Smoke Forecast, Coast 2 - Smoke Forecast, Interior Q - Return to Previous menu -------------------------------------------------- l Previous usage time: 39:54:41 This session: 00:01:18 --------Total Usage time: 39:55:59 Today's usage time: 00:04:07 This month's usage time: 01:18:41 ----This account expires: 12/31/96