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 271532 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 FRIDAY 27 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 45 -19 1050 14 45 -18 1050 14 KAMLOOPS KEL 9 -23 350 1 45 -21 1150 14 OKANAGAN KEL 45 -16 1150 14 45 -14 1150 14 CASTLEGAR SPOK 45 -12 1300 14 45 -8 1300 14 CRANBROOK SPOK 9 -18 1000 0 20 -16 1300 5 REVELSTOKE KEL 20 -16 1000 4 45 -17 1250 9 *SUBTRACT 20 FROM THE VENTILATION INDEX IN VALLEYS IF THE MIXING HEIGHT IS BELOW THE HEIGHT OF THE LOCAL HILLS. FORECAST UPPER WINDS FOR FRIDAY AFTERNOON (WINDS IN KM/H): 900m 1800m 2700m PENTICTON W 10 W 25 W 55 CRANBROOK W 13 W 43 TODAY'S VENTING: GENERALLY FAIR. VENTING FOR SATURDAY: 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. 9 -32 950 0 25 -27 1150 10 PR. GEORGE P.G. 25 -32 900 10 25 -29 900 10 SMITHERS P.G. 9 -28 550 0 9 -25 550 2 WELLS GRAY P.G. 9 -28 1000 6 9 -22 1000 6 FT NLSN F.N. 9 -26 400 3 20 -24 400 8 FT STJOHN F.N. 15 -26 700 5 20 -25 800 8 *SUBTRACT 20 FROM THE VENTILATION INDEX IN VALLEYS IF THE MIXING HEIGHT IS BELOW THE HEIGHT OF THE LOCAL HILLS. FORECAST UPPER WINDS FOR FRIDAY AFTERNOON (WINDS IN KM/H): 900m 1800m 2700m PR. GEORGE NE 35 NE 25 SMITHERS E 35 NE 35 TODAY'S VENTING: POOR. VENTING FOR SATURDAY: POOR. COAST UPPER ***** MORNING ****** ***** AFTERNOON **** AIR VI Tmp MXG HT Wnd VI Tmp MXG HT Wnd (mASL) (kt) (mASL) (kt) VANCOUVER QUIL 20 -4 300 6 50 -4 1000 7 FRASER VLY QUIL 45 -8 300 15 65 -6 1000 12 SRN VRISL QUIL 20 -2 300 6 50 -1 1000 7 CNTRL VRISL QUIL 45 -3 300 12 50 -2 1000 7 NRN VRISL HRDY 40 -3 500 7 50 -1 850 7 TERRACE ANT 70 -17 1000 20 70 -14 1000 20 STEWART ANT 60 -15 800 15 60 -13 800 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 FRIDAY AFTERNOON (WINDS IN KM/H): 900m 1800m 2700m VANCOUVER W 10 NW 35 NW 60 PORT HARDY NW 20 NW 40 NW 60 SANDSPIT NE 10 N 20 NW 30 TODAY'S VENTING: FAIR TO GOOD. VENTING FOR SATURDAY: FAIR TO GOOD. VENTILATION GUIDELINES: 0-33.....POOR 34-54.....FAIR 55-100.....GOOD. VENTILATION INDICES NORMALLY DROP TO POOR AFTER SUNSET. END/JDG -------------------------------------------------- Special Industry Related Information -------------------------------------------------- 1 - Smoke Forecast, Coast 2 - Smoke Forecast, Interior Q - Return to Previous menu -------------------------------------------------- l Previous usage time: 40:59:04 This session: 00:01:18 --------Total Usage time: 41:00:22 Today's usage time: 00:05:30 This month's usage time: 02:23:04 ----This account expires: 12/31/96