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 291531 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 WEDNESDAY 29 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 11 -2 200 3 17 -1 200 3 KAMLOOPS KEL 21 -3 350 3 37 -2 650 10 OKANAGAN KEL 37 -2 650 10 55 -1 950 9 CASTLEGAR SPOK 12 -3 500 4 21 -3 550 4 CRANBROOK SPOK 18 -9 850 13 24 -7 950 13 REVELSTOKE KEL 15 -7 450 3 25 -5 490 3 *SUBTRACT 20 FROM THE VENTILATION INDEX IN VALLEYS IF THE MIXING HEIGHT IS BELOW THE HEIGHT OF THE LOCAL HILLS. FORECAST UPPER WINDS FOR WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON (WINDS IN KM/H): 900m 1800m 2700m PENTICTON S 13 SW 30 W 67 CRANBROOK W 20 W 76 TODAY'S VENTING: POOR VENTING FOR THURSDAY: 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. 26 -1 800 32 26 -1 1000 32 PR. GEORGE P.G. 18 -1 650 15 21 -1 700 15 SMITHERS P.G. 15 -1 500 15 22 -3 550 15 WELLS GRAY P.G. 10 0 600 32 19 -1 800 32 FT NLSN F.N. 9 -18 500 0 15 -16 600 0 FT STJOHN F.N. 21 -3 750 9 19 -4 800 9 *SUBTRACT 20 FROM THE VENTILATION INDEX IN VALLEYS IF THE MIXING HEIGHT IS BELOW THE HEIGHT OF THE LOCAL HILLS. FORECAST UPPER WINDS FOR WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON (WINDS IN KM/H): 900m 1800m 2700m PR. GEORGE SW 57 W 70 SMITHERS SW 54 W 70 TODAY'S VENTING: POOR VENTING FOR THURSDAY: POOR COAST UPPER ***** MORNING ****** ***** AFTERNOON **** AIR VI Tmp MXG HT Wnd VI Tmp MXG HT Wnd (mASL) (kt) (mASL) (kt) VANCOUVER QUIL 12 7 100 20 29 8 120 20 FRASER VLY QUIL 9 4 90 20 19 6 120 20 SRN VRISL QUIL 11 5 80 8 22 7 115 8 CNTRL VRISL QUIL 13 3 70 6 19 4 140 8 NRN VRISL HRDY 43 7 250 18 54 8 300 19 TERRACE P.G. 19 -3 200 15 23 -2 230 15 STEWART ANT 9 -2 220 18 12 -1 260 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 WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON (WINDS IN KM/H): 900m 1800m 2700m VANCOUVER S 43 SW 63 SW 59 PORT HARDY S 48 S 43 SW 54 SANDSPIT S 20 S 22 SW 41 TODAY'S VENTING: POOR EXCEPT FAIR COASTAL AREAS DUE WIND. VENTING FOR THURSDAY: 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: 43:17:36 This session: 00:01:16 --------Total Usage time: 43:18:52 Today's usage time: 00:05:11 This month's usage time: 01:56:32 ----This account expires: 12/31/97