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 041543 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 4 JANUARY 1997 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 12 1 450 1 13 3 550 1 KAMLOOPS KEL 9 -3 350 1 10 0 500 1 OKANAGAN KEL 10 0 500 1 11 2 550 1 CASTLEGAR SPOK 27 0 850 6 43 2 1000 8 CRANBROOK SPOK 9 -3 950 12 40 0 1250 12 REVELSTOKE KEL 9 -1 500 1 10 0 500 1 *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 13 W 30 CRANBROOK W 11 W 35 TODAY'S VENTING: POOR TO FAIR VENTING FOR SUNDAY: 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. 34 -3 1050 26 100 0 3950 33 PR. GEORGE P.G. 9 -4 700 3 23 -2 850 9 SMITHERS P.G. 9 -14 500 3 9 -11 500 3 WELLS GRAY P.G. 9 -5 1000 26 57 -3 1250 26 FT NLSN F.N. 9 -30 400 5 9 -28 400 5 FT STJOHN F.N. 16 -22 800 8 32 -18 1000 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 SATURDAY AFTERNOON (WINDS IN KM/H): 900m 1800m 2700m PR. GEORGE W 26 W 39 SMITHERS W 39 W 39 TODAY'S VENTING: POOR TO FAIR EXCEPT GOOD AT HIGHER ELEVATIONS VENTING FOR SUNDAY: 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 11 49 6 500 11 FRASER VLY QUIL 9 3 50 11 31 5 300 11 SRN VRISL HRDY 23 5 400 4 84 7 1500 8 CNTRL VRISL HRDY 20 4 200 4 18 4 250 4 NRN VRISL HRDY 14 3 150 4 23 5 400 4 TERRACE HRDY 9 -6 200 4 9 -4 200 4 STEWART ANT 10 -6 200 5 15 -4 200 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 SATURDAY AFTERNOON (WINDS IN KM/H): 900m 1800m 2700m VANCOUVER VR 5 W 17 W 28 PORT HARDY SW 9 W 13 NW 15 SANDSPIT SW 28 SW 30 W 31 TODAY'S VENTING: POOR TO FAIR EXCEPT GOOD SOUTHERN VANCOUVER ISLAND VENTING FOR SUNDAY: POOR VENTILATION GUIDELINES: 0-33.....POOR 34-54.....FAIR 55-100.....GOOD. VENTILATION INDICES NORMALLY DROP TO POOR AFTER SUNSET. END/.. -------------------------------------------------- Special Industry Related Information -------------------------------------------------- 1 - Smoke Forecast, Coast 2 - Smoke Forecast, Interior Q - Return to Previous menu -------------------------------------------------- l Previous usage time: 41:32:40 This session: 00:01:19 --------Total Usage time: 41:33:59 Today's usage time: 00:05:12 This month's usage time: 00:11:39 ----This account expires: 12/31/97