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 231534 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 MONDAY 23 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 -15 250 8 60 -9 1000 10 KAMLOOPS KEL 9 -14 350 3 61 -11 1100 8 OKANAGAN KEL 61 -11 1100 9 60 -9 1350 8 CASTLEGAR SPOK 9 -5 500 7 26 -4 750 7 CRANBROOK SPOK 9 -15 950 13 9 -12 950 13 REVELSTOKE KEL 75 -12 600 8 60 -10 1100 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 MONDAY AFTERNOON (WINDS IN KM/H): 900m 1800m 2700m PENTICTON VR 5 W 15 W 44 CRANBROOK W 9 W 35 TODAY'S VENTING: FAIR VENTING FOR TUESDAY: 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 -23 950 15 10 -21 950 15 PR. GEORGE P.G. 9 -26 700 1 26 -23 900 8 SMITHERS P.G. 11 -19 650 5 36 -18 800 7 WELLS GRAY P.G. 10 -21 1000 15 10 -19 1000 15 FT NLSN F.N. 10 -35 400 02 16 -28 500 5 FT STJOHN F.N. 10 -30 800 03 16 -25 900 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 MONDAY AFTERNOON (WINDS IN KM/H): 900m 1800m 2700m PR. GEORGE VR 5 W 15 SMITHERS E 20 W 15 TODAY'S VENTING: POOR TO FAIR VENTING FOR TUESDAY: POOR COAST UPPER ***** MORNING ****** ***** AFTERNOON **** AIR VI Tmp MXG HT Wnd VI Tmp MXG HT Wnd (mASL) (kt) (mASL) (kt) VANCOUVER QUIL 9 -2 100 16 18 1 300 16 FRASER VLY QUIL 9 -5 50 16 19 -3 200 16 SRN VRISL QUIL 9 0 0 6 35 1 400 6 CNTRL VRISL QUIL 9 0 50 6 26 1 300 6 NRN VRISL HRDY 22 0 100 15 54 1 550 15 TERRACE ANT 9 -14 200 25 32 -14 400 25 STEWART ANT 15 -10 50 16 33 -7 300 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 MONDAY AFTERNOON (WINDS IN KM/H): 900m 1800m 2700m VANCOUVER SW 15 W 28 W 35 PORT HARDY S 19 SW 19 W 19 SANDSPIT VR 5 W 15 W 28 TODAY'S VENTING: POOR VENTING FOR TUESDAY: FAIR 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 -------------------------------------------------- l Previous usage time: 40:37:15 This session: 00:01:18 --------Total Usage time: 40:38:33 Today's usage time: 00:05:18 This month's usage time: 02:01:15 ----This account expires: 12/31/96