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 171533 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 FRIDAY 17 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 -2 200 0 9 -1 200 0 KAMLOOPS KEL 38 -1 800 8 38 -1 800 8 OKANAGAN KEL 9 -3 350 0 11 -2 800 1 CASTLEGAR SPOK 9 -3 500 6 32 -2 900 8 CRANBROOK SPOK 9 -10 950 11 9 -7 950 11 REVELSTOKE KEL 9 -6 450 0 9 -4 450 0 *SUBTRACT 20 FROM THE VENTILATION INDEX IN VALLEYS IF THE MIXING HEIGHT IS BELOW THE HEIGHT OF THE LOCAL HILLS. FORECAST UPPER WINDS FOR FRIDAY AFTERNOON (WINDS IN KM/H): 900m 1800m 2700m PENTICTON S 9 SW 19 W 43 CRANBROOK W 9 W 41 TODAY'S VENTING: WARM AIR ALOFT WILL CAUSE POOR VENTING EXCEPT IN KAMLOOPS WHERE VENTING WILL BE FAIR DUE TO STRONGER WINDS. VENTING FOR SATURDAY: 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. 10 -3 950 30 10 -4 950 30 PR. GEORGE P.G. 9 -5 700 1 9 -5 700 1 SMITHERS P.G. 9 -6 500 1 9 -5 550 1 WELLS GRAY P.G. 69 -1 1300 30 10 -2 1000 30 FT NLSN F.N. 14 -19 550 3 15 -17 600 3 FT STJOHN F.N. 14 -10 750 8 25 -6 900 8 *SUBTRACT 20 FROM THE VENTILATION INDEX IN VALLEYS IF THE MIXING HEIGHT IS BELOW THE HEIGHT OF THE LOCAL HILLS. FORECAST UPPER WINDS FOR FRIDAY AFTERNOON (WINDS IN KM/H): 900m 1800m 2700m PR. GEORGE SW 50 SW 57 SMITHERS SW 59 SW 57 TODAY'S VENTING: POOR DUE TO A STRONG INVERSION. VENTING FOR SATURDAY: POOR. COAST UPPER ***** MORNING ****** ***** AFTERNOON **** AIR VI Tmp MXG HT Wnd VI Tmp MXG HT Wnd (mASL) (kt) (mASL) (kt) VANCOUVER QUIL 9 6 100 18 9 7 100 18 FRASER VLY QUIL 9 3 50 18 9 5 50 18 SRN VRISL QUIL 9 4 0 10 9 7 0 10 CNTRL VRISL QUIL ## ## ### ## 9 3 50 10 NRN VRISL HRDY 45 7 300 20 50 8 350 20 TERRACE ANT 9 -4 200 35 9 -3 200 35 STEWART ANT 9 1 0 21 9 -3 0 21 *SUBTRACT 20 FROM THE VENTILATION INDEX IN VALLEYS IF THE MIXING HEIGHT IS BELOW THE HEIGHT OF THE LOCAL HILLS. FORECAST UPPER WINDS FOR FRIDAY AFTERNOON (WINDS IN KM/H): 900m 1800m 2700m VANCOUVER S 19 SW 33 SW 56 PORT HARDY S 39 SW 52 SW 63 SANDSPIT S 82 SW 87 SW 85 TODAY'S VENTING: POOR EXCEPT FAIR OVER NORTHERN VANCOUVER ISLAND DUE TO STRONGER WINDS. VENTING FOR SATURDAY: POOR. 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: 42:16:11 This session: 00:01:17 --------Total Usage time: 42:17:28 Today's usage time: 00:05:16 This month's usage time: 00:55:08 ----This account expires: 12/31/97