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 291547 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 29 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 79 -17 1050 13 98 -14 1500 12 KAMLOOPS KEL 96 -8 1700 12 76 -18 1150 13 OKANAGAN KEL 90 -16 1450 12 94 -12 1600 12 CASTLEGAR SPOK 9 -10 500 9 33 -8 800 9 CRANBROOK SPOK 9 -18 950 24 9 -16 950 24 REVELSTOKE KEL 86 -17 1450 12 88 -16 1550 12 *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 SW 46 W 126 CRANBROOK SW 24 SW 82 TODAY'S VENTING: GOOD IN THE VALLEY BOTTOMS OTHERWISE POOR. 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. 10 -29 950 14 59 -24 1400 14 PR. GEORGE P.G. 16 -31 850 5 48 -24 1250 8 SMITHERS P.G. 23 -29 850 5 39 -25 1050 6 WELLS GRAY P.G. 10 -32 900 15 10 -26 1000 14 FT NLSN F.N. 9 -27 400 8 9 -26 400 8 FT STJOHN F.N. 9 -28 700 17 9 -26 700 17 *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 E 20 SMITHERS E 44 E 20 TODAY'S VENTING: POOR EXCEPT LOCALLY FAIR THIS AFTERNOON. VENTING FOR MONDAY: POOR. COAST UPPER ***** MORNING ****** ***** AFTERNOON **** AIR VI Tmp MXG HT Wnd VI Tmp MXG HT Wnd (mASL) (kt) (mASL) (kt) VANCOUVER QUIL 9 -4 100 27 9 -2 100 27 FRASER VLY QUIL 9 -8 50 27 9 -5 50 27 SRN VRISL QUIL 9 -2 50 15 40 1 250 15 CNTRL VRISL QUIL 9 -2 50 15 9 -1 50 15 NRN VRISL HRDY 94 -4 600 27 60 -1 650 28 TERRACE ANT 90 -20 700 27 80 -15 700 28 STEWART ANT 90 -18 600 25 90 -14 600 28 *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 S 15 SW 59 SW 94 PORT HARDY E 9 W 19 W 39 SANDSPIT NE 41 NE 43 NE 26 TODAY'S VENTING: POOR SOUTH. GOOD NORTH. VENTING FOR MONDAY: FAIR. 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: 41:09:35 This session: 00:01:17 --------Total Usage time: 41:10:52 Today's usage time: 00:05:16 This month's usage time: 02:33:34 ----This account expires: 12/31/96