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 121534 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 12 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 18 1 300 2 33 2 450 2 KAMLOOPS KEL 25 0 350 5 52 0 500 2 OKANAGAN KEL 30 0 450 2 60 1 1500 2 CASTLEGAR SPOK 35 -13 750 8 70 -2 1600 6 CRANBROOK SPOK 35 -24 950 0 10 -10 1400 5 REVELSTOKE KEL 15 -1 450 2 35 -2 450 2 *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 E 15 E 37 CRANBROOK NE 9 NE 31 TODAY'S VENTING: POOR TO FAIR EXCEPT GOOD IN THE OKANAGAN AND KAMLOOPS AREA. VENTING FOR MONDAY: POOR TO 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. 17 -4 1500 4 19 -3 1500 5 PR. GEORGE P.G. 11 -7 1000 7 17 -6 1050 7 SMITHERS P.G. 13 -2 1250 3 15 -2 1250 5 WELLS GRAY P.G. 17 -5 1450 7 19 -4 1500 7 FT NLSN F.N. 9 -19 450 0 9 -16 500 0 FT STJOHN F.N. 9 -16 700 5 9 -10 700 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 SUNDAY AFTERNOON (WINDS IN KM/H): 900m 1800m 2700m PR. GEORGE SW 19 W 11 SMITHERS W 17 SW 11 TODAY'S VENTING: POOR DUE TO STRONG INVERSION. 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 3 100 5 20 6 300 5 FRASER VLY QUIL 9 2 50 5 15 5 200 5 SRN VRISL QUIL 11 3 50 4 20 6 300 5 CNTRL VRISL QUIL 17 3 150 4 20 6 300 5 NRN VRISL HRDY 27 5 400 5 50 7 800 6 TERRACE ANT 9 1 200 13 9 2 200 13 STEWART ANT 9 3 0 10 9 2 0 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 SUNDAY AFTERNOON (WINDS IN KM/H): 900m 1800m 2700m VANCOUVER E 15 E 22 NE 35 PORT HARDY SE 15 SE 11 VR 5 SANDSPIT S 54 S 44 S 44 TODAY'S VENTING: POOR DUE TO LOW INVERSION AND LIGHT WINDS. VENTING FOR MONDAY: POOR 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: 41:49:53 This session: 00:01:18 --------Total Usage time: 41:51:11 Today's usage time: 00:05:17 This month's usage time: 00:28:51 ----This account expires: 12/31/97