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 181531 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 18 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 16 7 500 2 57 9 900 15 KAMLOOPS KEL 12 4 450 2 57 8 900 15 OKANAGAN KEL 9 2 350 2 57 6 950 15 CASTLEGAR SPOK 43 3 850 12 58 6 1000 12 CRANBROOK SPOK 57 5 1300 17 100 7 2000 18 REVELSTOKE KEL 9 2 450 2 57 3 450 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 TUESDAY AFTERNOON (WINDS IN KM/H): 900m 1800m 2700m PENTICTON S 15 S 28 SW 54 CRANBROOK SW 17 SW 44 TODAY'S VENTING: GOOD. VENTING FOR WEDNESDAY: GOOD. 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 1 950 21 57 4 950 15 PR. GEORGE P.G. 9 2 700 3 57 4 800 15 SMITHERS P.G. 9 3 550 3 57 4 700 15 WELLS GRAY P.G. 9 2 1000 21 57 5 1000 21 FT NLSN F.N. 33 -16 850 6 41 -14 950 7 FT STJOHN F.N. 40 -14 1100 9 43 -12 1150 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 TUESDAY AFTERNOON (WINDS IN KM/H): 900m 1800m 2700m PR. GEORGE S 59 SW 72 SMITHERS S 48 SW 72 TODAY'S VENTING: FAIR TO GOOD. VENTING FOR WEDNESDAY: GOOD. COAST UPPER ***** MORNING ****** ***** AFTERNOON **** AIR VI Tmp MXG HT Wnd VI Tmp MXG HT Wnd (mASL) (kt) (mASL) (kt) VANCOUVER QUIL 70 8 650 15 100 10 1450 17 FRASER VLY QUIL 25 7 250 8 97 9 1000 17 SRN VRISL QUIL 37 8 400 9 100 10 1250 15 CNTRL VRISL QUIL 10 4 0 0 39 8 400 9 NRN VRISL HRDY 10 6 100 2 46 8 700 7 TERRACE ANT 10 2 250 24 40 4 650 24 STEWART ANT 9 4 0 11 39 4 650 11 *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 S 59 S 82 SW 98 PORT HARDY S 67 S 85 S 91 SANDSPIT S 67 S 69 S 67 TODAY'S VENTING: FAIR TO GOOD. VENTING FOR WEDNESDAY: 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: 44:52:25 This session: 00:01:15 --------Total Usage time: 44:53:40 Today's usage time: 00:05:11 This month's usage time: 01:28:17 ----This account expires: 12/31/97