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 311445 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 TUESDAY 31 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 -12 200 0 10 -10 200 5 KAMLOOPS KEL 9 -9 350 0 10 -7 350 5 OKANAGAN KEL 11 -4 600 1 10 -3 650 5 CASTLEGAR SPOK 9 0 500 17 10 1 500 15 CRANBROOK SPOK 9 2 950 54 10 2 950 25 REVELSTOKE KEL 9 -6 550 0 10 -5 600 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 PENTICTON SE 9 S 19 SW 48 CRANBROOK SW 17 SW 44 TODAY'S VENTING: POOR. VENTING FOR WEDNESDAY: POOR. 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. 100 -5 2250 21 10 -12 1000 15 PR. GEORGE P.G. 9 -20 700 0 10 -20 700 0 SMITHERS P.G. 9 -17 900 0 25 -16 1000 5 WELLS GRAY P.G. 100 -7 2200 21 10 -15 1000 15 FT NLSN F.N. 9 -35 400 3 10 -34 400 5 FT STJOHN F.N. 24 -25 900 7 25 -23 1000 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 SW 48 SW 63 SMITHERS S 24 SW 63 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 5 6 100 15 10 9 100 32 FRASER VLY QUIL 5 2 50 15 10 4 50 32 SRN VRISL QUIL 0 8 0 15 10 9 0 20 CNTRL VRISL QUIL 0 2 0 10 10 4 50 20 NRN VRISL HRDY 5 5 300 5 10 6 300 12 TERRACE ANT 5 -15 200 10 10 -14 200 10 STEWART ANT 5 -5 350 5 10 -14 0 7 *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 SE 37 S 37 S 43 PORT HARDY S 41 S 44 S 44 SANDSPIT NE 31 SE 11 S 30 TODAY'S VENTING: POOR. VENTING FOR WEDNESDAY: POOR VENTILATION GUIDELINES: 0-33.....POOR 34-54.....FAIR 55-100.....GOOD. VENTILATION INDICES NORMALLY DROP TO POOR AFTER SUNSET. END/KJ -------------------------------------------------- Special Industry Related Information -------------------------------------------------- 1 - Smoke Forecast, Coast 2 - Smoke Forecast, Interior Q - Return to Previous menu -------------------------------------------------- l