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 161533 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 THURSDAY 16 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 9 -5 200 2 25 -2 750 3 KAMLOOPS KEL 18 -4 650 3 32 -3 1000 4 OKANAGAN KEL 11 -6 450 2 18 -4 650 3 CASTLEGAR SPOK 23 -4 850 4 28 -3 900 5 CRANBROOK SPOK 9 -17 950 6 9 -11 950 6 REVELSTOKE KEL 10 -6 500 2 28 -4 950 4 *SUBTRACT 20 FROM THE VENTILATION INDEX IN VALLEYS IF THE MIXING HEIGHT IS BELOW THE HEIGHT OF THE LOCAL HILLS. FORECAST UPPER WINDS FOR THURSDAY AFTERNOON (WINDS IN KM/H): 900m 1800m 2700m PENTICTON SE 9 S 15 SW 20 CRANBROOK VR 5 NW 19 TODAY'S VENTING: POOR DUE TO A STABLE AIRMASS. VENTING FOR FRIDAY: 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. 40 -8 1450 7 40 -6 1450 7 PR. GEORGE P.G. 40 -8 1400 5 41 -7 1400 5 SMITHERS P.G. 9 -10 500 2 30 -7 1200 3 WELLS GRAY P.G. 40 -5 1500 7 45 -4 1550 10 FT NLSN F.N. 9 -22 400 3 9 -19 400 3 FT STJOHN F.N. 9 -18 700 5 9 -14 700 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 THURSDAY AFTERNOON (WINDS IN KM/H): 900m 1800m 2700m PR. GEORGE S 35 S 28 SMITHERS SE 44 S 28 TODAY'S VENTING: POOR TO FAIR DUE TO A STABLE AIRMASS. VENTING FOR FRIDAY: FAIR. COAST UPPER ***** MORNING ****** ***** AFTERNOON **** AIR VI Tmp MXG HT Wnd VI Tmp MXG HT Wnd (mASL) (kt) (mASL) (kt) VANCOUVER QUIL 9 0 100 13 9 3 100 13 FRASER VLY QUIL 9 1 50 13 9 3 50 13 SRN VRISL QUIL 11 1 50 5 13 3 100 5 CNTRL VRISL QUIL ## ## ### ## 13 3 100 5 NRN VRISL HRDY 68 5 350 24 77 7 450 24 TERRACE ANT 55 -4 400 20 55 -3 400 20 STEWART ANT 9 0 0 6 9 -3 0 6 *SUBTRACT 20 FROM THE VENTILATION INDEX IN VALLEYS IF THE MIXING HEIGHT IS BELOW THE HEIGHT OF THE LOCAL HILLS. FORECAST UPPER WINDS FOR THURSDAY AFTERNOON (WINDS IN KM/H): 900m 1800m 2700m VANCOUVER SE 31 S 37 S 56 PORT HARDY SE 78 S 80 S 59 SANDSPIT SE 93 S 93 S 70 TODAY'S VENTING: POOR EXCEPT GOOD IN AREAS OF STRONG SURFACE WINDS. VENTING FOR FRIDAY: FAIR TO GOOD. VENTILATION GUIDELINES: 0-33.....POOR 34-54.....FAIR 55-100.....GOOD. VENTILATION INDICES NORMALLY DROP TO POOR AFTER SUNSET. END/JDG -------------------------------------------------- Special Industry Related Information -------------------------------------------------- 1 - Smoke Forecast, Coast 2 - Smoke Forecast, Interior Q - Return to Previous menu -------------------------------------------------- l Previous usage time: 42:10:54 This session: 00:01:18 --------Total Usage time: 42:12:12 Today's usage time: 00:05:09 This month's usage time: 00:49:52 ----This account expires: 12/31/97