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 141532 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 14 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 36 8 1000 4 38 10 1050 4 KAMLOOPS KEL 9 2 350 2 20 5 800 3 OKANAGAN KEL 9 2 350 2 18 4 700 3 CASTLEGAR SPOK 9 2 500 7 25 4 750 7 CRANBROOK SPOK 9 0 950 21 10 4 950 21 REVELSTOKE KEL 9 1 450 2 12 2 550 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 FRIDAY AFTERNOON (WINDS IN KM/H): 900m 1800m 2700m PENTICTON W 11 W 30 NW 61 CRANBROOK W 17 NW 57 TODAY'S VENTING: POOR 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 1 950 17 65 3 1650 17 PR. GEORGE P.G. 35 2 850 8 55 3 1100 12 SMITHERS P.G. 9 2 550 3 35 3 750 3 WELLS GRAY P.G. 94 2 1550 17 85 3 1800 17 FT NLSN F.N. 21 -15 1000 2 28 -12 1300 2 FT STJOHN F.N. 27 -11 1550 2 27 -10 1550 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 FRIDAY AFTERNOON (WINDS IN KM/H): 900m 1800m 2700m PR. GEORGE W 54 W 61 SMITHERS W 37 W 61 TODAY'S VENTING: GOOD IN THE SOUTHEAST. POOR ELSEWHERE. 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 7 100 26 15 9 100 26 FRASER VLY QUIL 9 7 50 26 15 9 100 26 SRN VRISL QUIL 9 8 50 14 34 10 200 14 CNTRL VRISL QUIL 9 6 100 12 15 6 100 14 NRN VRISL HRDY 54 7 400 15 83 9 650 19 TERRACE ANT 9 1 200 26 15 2 250 26 STEWART ANT 9 3 0 10 19 2 100 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 FRIDAY AFTERNOON (WINDS IN KM/H): 900m 1800m 2700m VANCOUVER W 28 W 44 W 56 PORT HARDY SW 28 W 44 W 59 SANDSPIT SW 31 SW 39 W 46 TODAY'S VENTING: POOR EXCEPT NORTHERN VANCOUVER ISLAND DUE TO WIND. VENTING FOR SATURDAY: POOR VENTILATION GUIDELINES: 0-33.....POOR 34-54.....FAIR 55-100.....GOOD. VENTILATION INDICES NORMALLY DROP TO POOR AFTER SUNSET. END/PJS -------------------------------------------------- Special Industry Related Information -------------------------------------------------- 1 - Smoke Forecast, Coast 2 - Smoke Forecast, Interior Q - Return to Previous menu -------------------------------------------------- l Previous usage time: 44:31:27 This session: 00:01:16 --------Total Usage time: 44:32:43 Today's usage time: 00:05:07 This month's usage time: 01:07:20 ----This account expires: 12/31/97