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 251534 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 WEDNESDAY 25 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 55 -14 200 13 58 -13 200 12 KAMLOOPS KEL 35 -15 350 10 62 -14 350 8 OKANAGAN KEL 57 -13 350 10 66 -11 1100 12 CASTLEGAR SPOK 15 -7 500 8 43 -5 500 10 CRANBROOK SPOK 10 -18 200 5 47 -15 ### 5 REVELSTOKE KEL 68 -10 1350 18 68 -10 1350 20 *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 VR 5 VR 5 W 41 CRANBROOK W 13 W 43 TODAY'S VENTING: POOR TO FAIR THIS MORNING INCREASING TO FAIR TO GOOD THIS AFTERNOON. VENTING FOR WEDNESDAY: 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 -30 950 6 27 -23 950 6 PR. GEORGE P.G. 9 -33 850 0 18 -23 700 5 SMITHERS P.G. 21 -29 1150 2 21 -18 1150 2 WELLS GRAY P.G. 9 -32 1000 6 19 -21 1000 6 FT NLSN F.N. 9 -24 400 3 17 -28 400 3 FT STJOHN F.N. 9 -24 700 4 17 -29 700 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 TUESDAY AFTERNOON (WINDS IN KM/H): 900m 1800m 2700m PR. GEORGE VR 5 NW 28 SMITHERS E 26 N 28 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 -2 100 12 56 0 100 12 FRASER VLY QUIL 9 -4 50 12 61 -2 50 15 SRN VRISL QUIL 9 1 0 7 27 2 50 7 CNTRL VRISL QUIL 11 0 50 7 58 0 50 7 NRN VRISL HRDY 63 1 500 15 66 2 550 15 TERRACE ANT 9 -13 200 11 47 -13 200 11 STEWART ANT 9 -6 0 6 43 -13 0 6 *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 NE 17 NW 17 W 59 PORT HARDY NE 22 N 26 NW 44 SANDSPIT N 24 N 26 NW 33 TODAY'S VENTING: POOR TO FAIR THIS MORNING BECOMING FAIR TO GOOD THIS AFTERNOON. VENTING FOR WEDNESDAY: GOOD VENTILATION GUIDELINES: 0-33.....POOR 34-54.....FAIR 55-100.....GOOD. VENTILATION INDICES NORMALLY DROP TO POOR AFTER SUNSET. END/AMK -------------------------------------------------- Special Industry Related Information -------------------------------------------------- 1 - Smoke Forecast, Coast 2 - Smoke Forecast, Interior Q - Return to Previous menu -------------------------------------------------- l Previous usage time: 40:48:08 This session: 00:01:17 --------Total Usage time: 40:49:25 Today's usage time: 00:05:29 This month's usage time: 02:12:07 ----This account expires: 12/31/96