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 281545 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 SATURDAY 28 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 60 -21 1200 18 70 -17 1200 20 KAMLOOPS KEL 55 -25 1300 4 65 -20 1300 10 OKANAGAN KEL 65 -18 1300 8 70 -14 1300 10 CASTLEGAR SPOK 35 -13 600 5 65 -10 1400 5 CRANBROOK SPOK 45 -23 950 5 70 -18 1500 5 REVELSTOKE KEL 65 -18 1500 8 70 -17 1500 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 VR 5 W 26 W 72 CRANBROOK W 20 W 50 TODAY'S VENTING: GOOD. VENTING FOR SUNDAY: FAIR TO 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. 15 -39 1000 10 25 -25 1100 6 PR. GEORGE P.G. 25 -31 750 10 25 -22 750 6 SMITHERS P.G. 45 -34 1500 10 45 -25 1500 6 WELLS GRAY P.G. 15 -40 1000 10 30 -25 1100 6 FT NLSN F.N. 12 -28 700 8 15 -24 900 10 FT STJOHN F.N. 12 -32 700 8 18 -25 900 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 PR. GEORGE N 11 N 24 SMITHERS E 24 N 24 TODAY'S VENTING: POOR TO FAIR. VENTING FOR SUNDAY: POOR TO FAIR. COAST UPPER ***** MORNING ****** ***** AFTERNOON **** AIR VI Tmp MXG HT Wnd VI Tmp MXG HT Wnd (mASL) (kt) (mASL) (kt) VANCOUVER QUIL 25 -9 1000 5 60 -5 1000 10 FRASER VLY QUIL 20 -11 800 5 60 -4 800 10 SRN VRISL QUIL 20 -3 2000 5 70 -1 2000 5 CNTRL VRISL QUIL 75 -5 2500 5 100 -2 2500 5 NRN VRISL HRDY 80 -9 3000 6 100 -4 3000 10 TERRACE ANT 65 -20 1300 10 65 -18 1300 10 STEWART ANT 45 -18 1200 10 45 -15 1200 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 VANCOUVER E 13 W 28 W 70 PORT HARDY E 19 N 11 NW 28 SANDSPIT NE 33 NE 41 N 37 TODAY'S VENTING: POOR TO FAIR THIS MORNING BECOMING GOOD THIS AFTERNOON. VENTING FOR SUNDAY: FAIR TO GOOD. VENTILATION GUIDELINES: 0-33.....POOR 34-54.....FAIR 55-100.....GOOD. VENTILATION INDICES NORMALLY DROP TO POOR AFTER SUNSET. END/MWSO -------------------------------------------------- Special Industry Related Information -------------------------------------------------- 1 - Smoke Forecast, Coast 2 - Smoke Forecast, Interior Q - Return to Previous menu -------------------------------------------------- l Previous usage time: 41:04:18 This session: 00:01:18 --------Total Usage time: 41:05:36 Today's usage time: 00:05:14 This month's usage time: 02:28:18 ----This account expires: 12/31/96