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 271533 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 27 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 57 5 1600 4 90 8 2350 7 KAMLOOPS KEL 46 3 1400 4 85 6 2250 7 OKANAGAN KEL 9 0 550 0 95 7 2450 7 CASTLEGAR SPOK 34 1 750 10 68 3 800 10 CRANBROOK SPOK 72 1 1700 12 100 3 2450 12 REVELSTOKE KEL 42 2 1350 4 63 3 1900 5 *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 VR 5 N 11 N 15 CRANBROOK VR 5 NE 19 TODAY'S VENTING: GOOD. VENTING FOR FRIDAY: 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. 87 -2 1700 17 100 1 2800 15 PR. GEORGE P.G. 9 -5 700 0 95 1 2000 12 SMITHERS P.G. 40 0 1050 7 100 3 2200 12 WELLS GRAY P.G. 96 -2 2000 16 100 2 4000 15 FT NLSN F.N. 9 -6 400 0 56 0 750 16 FT STJOHN F.N. 10 -4 700 19 70 -1 1200 19 *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 NW 9 NW 11 SMITHERS W 19 W 11 TODAY'S VENTING: GOOD. VENTING FOR FRIDAY: GOOD COAST UPPER ***** MORNING ****** ***** AFTERNOON **** AIR VI Tmp MXG HT Wnd VI Tmp MXG HT Wnd (mASL) (kt) (mASL) (kt) VANCOUVER QUIL 50 6 350 18 100 9 1450 19 FRASER VLY QUIL 9 5 50 18 100 9 1400 19 SRN VRISL QUIL 52 7 500 11 100 10 1550 16 CNTRL VRISL QUIL 45 6 350 11 100 9 1300 16 NRN VRISL HRDY 74 5 650 15 100 8 1400 19 TERRACE ANT 9 0 250 5 63 3 1500 4 STEWART ANT 18 3 250 4 68 3 1500 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 VANCOUVER NW 17 NW 19 N 26 PORT HARDY NW 28 NW 44 NW 56 SANDSPIT W 24 NW 35 W 50 TODAY'S VENTING: GOOD. VENTING FOR FRIDAY: GOOD VENTILATION GUIDELINES: 0-33.....POOR 34-54.....FAIR 55-100.....GOOD. VENTILATION INDICES NORMALLY DROP TO POOR AFTER SUNSET. END/GF -------------------------------------------------- Special Industry Related Information -------------------------------------------------- 1 - Smoke Forecast, Coast 2 - Smoke Forecast, Interior Q - Return to Previous menu -------------------------------------------------- l Previous usage time: 45:40:03 This session: 00:01:18 --------Total Usage time: 45:41:21 Today's usage time: 00:05:22 This month's usage time: 02:15:58 ----This account expires: 12/31/97