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 151533 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 SATURDAY 15 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 51 7 750 9 75 10 1000 12 KAMLOOPS KEL 9 3 350 6 40 5 750 9 OKANAGAN KEL 9 3 350 6 34 4 650 9 CASTLEGAR SPOK 9 4 500 5 24 6 800 5 CRANBROOK SPOK 9 0 950 25 9 4 950 25 REVELSTOKE KEL 9 1 450 6 26 3 650 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 SATURDAY AFTERNOON (WINDS IN KM/H): 900m 1800m 2700m PENTICTON SW 13 W 35 W 65 CRANBROOK W 22 W 78 TODAY'S VENTING: POOR EXCEPT IN THE CANYON DUE TO WINDS VENTING FOR SUNDAY: 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. 41 2 1150 17 88 4 1650 19 PR. GEORGE P.G. 40 3 1000 12 66 5 1300 13 SMITHERS P.G. 32 3 800 10 49 4 950 12 WELLS GRAY P.G. 77 3 1550 19 100 5 2000 20 FT NLSN F.N. 56 -15 1150 8 64 -12 1350 8 FT STJOHN F.N. 53 -14 1450 7 57 -11 1600 7 *SUBTRACT 20 FROM THE VENTILATION INDEX IN VALLEYS IF THE MIXING HEIGHT IS BELOW THE HEIGHT OF THE LOCAL HILLS. FORECAST UPPER WINDS FOR SATURDAY AFTERNOON (WINDS IN KM/H): 900m 1800m 2700m PR. GEORGE SW 74 W 96 SMITHERS SW 70 SW 96 TODAY'S VENTING: GOOD EXCEPT FAIR IN THE WEST VENTING FOR SUNDAY: FAIR COAST UPPER ***** MORNING ****** ***** AFTERNOON **** AIR VI Tmp MXG HT Wnd VI Tmp MXG HT Wnd (mASL) (kt) (mASL) (kt) VANCOUVER QUIL 9 9 100 13 53 11 450 12 FRASER VLY QUIL 51 11 400 16 54 12 600 12 SRN VRISL QUIL 58 12 500 13 54 12 500 13 CNTRL VRISL QUIL 40 9 400 10 54 9 500 13 NRN VRISL HRDY 26 8 250 9 30 9 300 9 TERRACE ANT 9 3 200 34 67 6 450 34 STEWART ANT 14 6 50 16 14 6 50 16 *SUBTRACT 20 FROM THE VENTILATION INDEX IN VALLEYS IF THE MIXING HEIGHT IS BELOW THE HEIGHT OF THE LOCAL HILLS. FORECAST UPPER WINDS FOR SATURDAY AFTERNOON (WINDS IN KM/H): 900m 1800m 2700m VANCOUVER S 35 SW 56 W 70 PORT HARDY S 70 SW 80 SW 89 SANDSPIT SW 63 SW 67 SW 67 TODAY'S VENTING: FAIR VENTING FOR SUNDAY: 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: 44:36:38 This session: 00:01:16 --------Total Usage time: 44:37:54 Today's usage time: 00:05:11 This month's usage time: 01:12:31 ----This account expires: 12/31/97