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 211533 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 21 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 1 200 8 9 2 200 8 KAMLOOPS KEL 9 1 350 8 9 2 350 8 OKANAGAN KEL 9 2 350 8 22 3 500 8 CASTLEGAR SPOK 42 2 800 13 42 2 800 13 CRANBROOK SPOK 53 2 1150 27 53 2 1150 27 REVELSTOKE KEL 14 2 500 8 9 1 450 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 TUESDAY AFTERNOON (WINDS IN KM/H): 900m 1800m 2700m PENTICTON VR 5 VR 5 W 9 CRANBROOK VR 5 W 17 TODAY'S VENTING: POOR EXCEPT FAIR AT HIGHER LEVELS AND IN THE EAST. VENTING FOR WEDNESDAY: GOOD. 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. 33 0 1450 5 31 -1 1400 5 PR. GEORGE P.G. 28 -5 1000 7 32 -4 1050 7 SMITHERS P.G. 9 -3 550 2 9 -3 550 2 WELLS GRAY P.G. 33 0 1500 5 35 1 1550 5 FT NLSN F.N. 29 -16 800 5 29 -16 800 5 FT STJOHN F.N. 33 -16 1350 4 33 -16 1350 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 TUESDAY AFTERNOON (WINDS IN KM/H): 900m 1800m 2700m PR. GEORGE VR 5 W 15 SMITHERS SW 17 W 15 TODAY'S VENTING: FAIR. VENTING FOR WEDNESDAY: FAIR. COAST UPPER ***** MORNING ****** ***** AFTERNOON **** AIR VI Tmp MXG HT Wnd VI Tmp MXG HT Wnd (mASL) (kt) (mASL) (kt) VANCOUVER QUIL 9 7 100 25 60 8 350 25 FRASER VLY QUIL 9 6 50 25 49 7 350 25 SRN VRISL QUIL 22 8 150 11 69 9 500 18 CNTRL VRISL QUIL 22 6 300 5 33 4 500 11 NRN VRISL HRDY 22 6 300 5 32 7 550 5 TERRACE ANT 9 -1 200 8 29 -1 200 8 STEWART ANT 11 2 50 5 29 -1 250 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 VANCOUVER VR 5 VR 5 VR 5 PORT HARDY VR 5 VR 5 W 11 SANDSPIT NW 39 NW 43 NW 37 TODAY'S VENTING: POOR VENTING IN THE NORTH AND FAIR TO GOOD IN THE SOUTH. VENTING FOR WEDNESDAY: FAIR 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: 42:37:17 This session: 00:01:17 --------Total Usage time: 42:38:34 Today's usage time: 00:05:14 This month's usage time: 01:16:14 ----This account expires: 12/31/97