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 281531 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 28 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 17 -6 550 2 21 -4 800 3 KAMLOOPS KEL 16 -6 550 3 19 -5 800 3 OKANAGAN KEL 16 -6 550 3 19 -4 800 3 CASTLEGAR SPOK 16 -5 550 3 22 -3 900 5 CRANBROOK SPOK 9 -10 950 5 9 -5 950 5 REVELSTOKE KEL 9 -10 550 2 12 -8 800 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 TUESDAY AFTERNOON (WINDS IN KM/H): 900m 1800m 2700m PENTICTON VR 5 W 19 W 35 CRANBROOK NW 17 NW 54 TODAY'S VENTING: POOR VENTING FOR WEDNESDAY: 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. 9 -6 1000 3 15 -5 1000 8 PR. GEORGE P.G. 5 -3 700 3 15 -8 900 6 SMITHERS P.G. 9 -12 700 5 23 -10 900 5 WELLS GRAY P.G. 10 -4 1100 10 14 -4 1100 10 FT NLSN F.N. 7 -24 500 0 34 -22 600 7 FT STJOHN F.N. 15 -21 800 7 20 -19 800 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 TUESDAY AFTERNOON (WINDS IN KM/H): 900m 1800m 2700m PR. GEORGE W 33 W 48 SMITHERS SW 33 SW 48 TODAY'S VENTING: POOR VENTING FOR WEDNESDAY: POOR TO FAIR COAST UPPER ***** MORNING ****** ***** AFTERNOON **** AIR VI Tmp MXG HT Wnd VI Tmp MXG HT Wnd (mASL) (kt) (mASL) (kt) VANCOUVER QUIL 9 5 200 7 60 6 750 11 FRASER VLY QUIL 9 3 200 5 60 6 750 11 SRN VRISL QUIL 11 4 200 9 57 6 750 10 CNTRL VRISL QUIL 9 5 200 8 57 3 750 10 NRN VRISL HRDY 47 5 400 12 57 7 750 10 TERRACE ANT 20 -8 450 8 55 -7 800 12 STEWART ANT 9 -1 450 4 52 -7 800 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 VANCOUVER SW 11 W 24 W 33 PORT HARDY S 31 SW 33 SW 37 SANDSPIT S 50 S 54 S 52 TODAY'S VENTING: FAIR TO GOOD. VENTING FOR WEDNESDAY: POOR TO FAIR. VENTILATION GUIDELINES: 0-33.....POOR 34-54.....FAIR 55-100.....GOOD. VENTILATION INDICES NORMALLY DROP TO POOR AFTER SUNSET. END/MWSO/TAL -------------------------------------------------- Special Industry Related Information -------------------------------------------------- 1 - Smoke Forecast, Coast 2 - Smoke Forecast, Interior Q - Return to Previous menu -------------------------------------------------- l Previous usage time: 43:12:25 This session: 00:01:16 --------Total Usage time: 43:13:41 Today's usage time: 00:05:08 This month's usage time: 01:51:21 ----This account expires: 12/31/97