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 221532 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 22 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 -11 200 10 9 -10 200 8 KAMLOOPS KEL 9 -13 350 8 9 -12 350 8 OKANAGAN KEL 50 -8 700 13 64 -7 950 12 CASTLEGAR SPOK 9 -4 500 5 9 -5 500 5 CRANBROOK SPOK 9 -14 950 2 9 -13 950 2 REVELSTOKE KEL 76 -4 1400 15 40 -9 700 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 SUNDAY AFTERNOON (WINDS IN KM/H): 900m 1800m 2700m PENTICTON VR 5 S 9 SW 30 CRANBROOK SW 11 W 46 TODAY'S VENTING: fair to poor except good with strong winds. VENTING FOR MONDAY: 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. 11 -22 950 25 11 -21 950 25 PR. GEORGE P.G. 25 -22 900 15 59 -20 1150 15 SMITHERS P.G. 23 -18 1150 5 23 -18 1150 5 WELLS GRAY P.G. 20 -20 1850 20 31 -18 1000 25 FT NLSN F.N. 9 -27 400 4 9 -28 400 4 FT STJOHN F.N. 9 -31 700 2 9 -28 700 2 *SUBTRACT 20 FROM THE VENTILATION INDEX IN VALLEYS IF THE MIXING HEIGHT IS BELOW THE HEIGHT OF THE LOCAL HILLS. FORECAST UPPER WINDS FOR SUNDAY AFTERNOON (WINDS IN KM/H): 900m 1800m 2700m PR. GEORGE E 28 S 13 SMITHERS E 41 E 13 TODAY'S VENTING: poor to fair. VENTING FOR MONDAY: GOOD COAST UPPER ***** MORNING ****** ***** AFTERNOON **** AIR VI Tmp MXG HT Wnd VI Tmp MXG HT Wnd (mASL) (kt) (mASL) (kt) VANCOUVER QUIL 9 -1 100 11 9 0 100 11 FRASER VLY QUIL 9 -5 50 11 9 -4 50 11 SRN VRISL QUIL 9 0 0 4 11 1 50 4 CNTRL VRISL QUIL 9 0 50 4 9 0 50 4 NRN VRISL HRDY 9 0 0 10 55 1 500 12 TERRACE ANT 10 -14 200 4 10 -13 200 4 STEWART ANT 30 -7 1300 11 9 -13 0 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 SUNDAY AFTERNOON (WINDS IN KM/H): 900m 1800m 2700m VANCOUVER SE 22 S 24 S 30 PORT HARDY E 24 SE 11 S 9 SANDSPIT E 33 NE 11 W 11 TODAY'S VENTING: fair to poor VENTING FOR MONDAY: GOOD VENTILATION GUIDELINES: 0-33.....POOR 34-54.....FAIR 55-100.....GOOD. VENTILATION INDICES NORMALLY DROP TO POOR AFTER SUNSET. END/lm -------------------------------------------------- Special Industry Related Information -------------------------------------------------- 1 - Smoke Forecast, Coast 2 - Smoke Forecast, Interior Q - Return to Previous menu -------------------------------------------------- l Previous usage time: 40:31:58 This session: 00:01:17 --------Total Usage time: 40:33:15 Today's usage time: 00:05:21 This month's usage time: 01:55:57 ----This account expires: 12/31/96