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 131532 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 13 FEBRUARY 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 44 5 750 7 71 7 950 12 KAMLOOPS KEL 9 0 350 3 36 1 600 3 OKANAGAN KEL 39 0 350 3 50 2 650 7 CASTLEGAR SPOK 50 2 950 11 54 3 1000 11 CRANBROOK SPOK 9 -2 950 17 10 1 950 17 REVELSTOKE KEL 9 -2 450 3 9 -1 450 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 THURSDAY AFTERNOON (WINDS IN KM/H): 900m 1800m 2700m PENTICTON SW 11 SW 22 W 41 CRANBROOK W 17 W 56 TODAY'S VENTING: POOR TO GOOD. 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. 83 -2 1600 18 100 0 2150 18 PR. GEORGE P.G. 82 0 1500 14 82 0 1500 14 SMITHERS P.G. 79 1 1350 13 79 1 1350 13 WELLS GRAY P.G. 100 0 2250 19 100 0 2250 19 FT NLSN F.N. 27 -8 800 5 30 -6 950 4 FT STJOHN F.N. 29 -5 1300 4 32 -4 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 THURSDAY AFTERNOON (WINDS IN KM/H): 900m 1800m 2700m PR. GEORGE W 43 W 50 SMITHERS SW 37 W 50 TODAY'S VENTING: POOR TO GOOD. VENTING FOR FRIDAY: POOR TO GOOD. COAST UPPER ***** MORNING ****** ***** AFTERNOON **** AIR VI Tmp MXG HT Wnd VI Tmp MXG HT Wnd (mASL) (kt) (mASL) (kt) VANCOUVER QUIL 78 6 450 27 70 8 900 15 FRASER VLY QUIL 74 6 400 27 70 9 1000 15 SRN VRISL QUIL 82 7 550 21 70 9 950 15 CNTRL VRISL QUIL 33 4 550 3 9 5 50 9 NRN VRISL HRDY 39 6 350 11 57 7 550 11 TERRACE ANT 10 0 200 29 10 1 200 15 STEWART ANT 26 3 100 16 9 1 0 15 *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 S 31 SW 46 W 50 PORT HARDY SW 43 SW 48 W 52 SANDSPIT SW 35 SW 43 SW 50 TODAY'S VENTING: POOR TO GOOD. VENTING FOR FRIDAY: POOR TO GOOD. VENTILATION GUIDELINES: 0-33.....POOR 34-54.....FAIR 55-100.....GOOD. VENTILATION INDICES NORMALLY DROP TO POOR AFTER SUNSET. END/ -------------------------------------------------- Special Industry Related Information -------------------------------------------------- 1 - Smoke Forecast, Coast 2 - Smoke Forecast, Interior Q - Return to Previous menu -------------------------------------------------- l Previous usage time: 44:26:19 This session: 00:01:17 --------Total Usage time: 44:27:36 Today's usage time: 00:05:07 This month's usage time: 01:02:13 ----This account expires: 12/31/97