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 031532 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 MONDAY 3 MARCH 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 39 6 900 5 77 8 1450 8 KAMLOOPS KEL 27 3 750 5 57 6 1250 7 OKANAGAN KEL 9 2 350 2 94 7 1950 9 CASTLEGAR SPOK 39 2 900 8 46 4 1000 8 CRANBROOK SPOK 19 0 1050 10 51 3 1500 5 REVELSTOKE KEL 22 2 750 5 37 3 950 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 MONDAY AFTERNOON (WINDS IN KM/H): 900m 1800m 2700m PENTICTON VR 5 SW 17 SW 28 CRANBROOK VR 5 SW 19 TODAY'S VENTING: GOOD WEST TO FAIR EAST VENTING FOR TUESDAY: 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 -8 950 4 49 -5 2150 4 PR. GEORGE P.G. 19 -10 1050 3 26 -8 1250 3 SMITHERS P.G. 28 -7 1200 3 31 -6 1300 3 WELLS GRAY P.G. 9 -8 1000 4 46 -6 2100 4 FT NLSN F.N. 24 -18 750 5 44 -16 1050 6 FT STJOHN F.N. 34 -19 1050 8 39 -18 1150 8 *SUBTRACT 20 FROM THE VENTILATION INDEX IN VALLEYS IF THE MIXING HEIGHT IS BELOW THE HEIGHT OF THE LOCAL HILLS. FORECAST UPPER WINDS FOR MONDAY AFTERNOON (WINDS IN KM/H): 900m 1800m 2700m PR. GEORGE VR 5 SW 24 SMITHERS VR 5 W 24 TODAY'S VENTING: FAIR VENTING FOR TUESDAY: GOOD COAST UPPER ***** MORNING ****** ***** AFTERNOON **** AIR VI Tmp MXG HT Wnd VI Tmp MXG HT Wnd (mASL) (kt) (mASL) (kt) VANCOUVER QUIL 71 6 700 14 92 8 1050 15 FRASER VLY QUIL 59 5 550 14 100 9 1250 15 SRN VRISL QUIL 73 7 750 13 93 9 1150 13 CNTRL VRISL QUIL 50 3 500 9 74 7 750 13 NRN VRISL HRDY 19 3 150 7 100 7 1900 16 TERRACE ANT 9 -4 200 15 9 -2 200 15 STEWART ANT 9 -1 0 3 9 -2 0 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 MONDAY AFTERNOON (WINDS IN KM/H): 900m 1800m 2700m VANCOUVER W 33 W 41 W 44 PORT HARDY NW 15 NW 28 NW 44 SANDSPIT NW 15 NW 28 NW 44 TODAY'S VENTING: GOOD SOUTH POOR NORTH VENTING FOR TUESDAY: GOOD 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: 46:01:29 This session: 00:01:20 --------Total Usage time: 46:02:49 Today's usage time: 00:05:24 This month's usage time: 00:16:16 ----This account expires: 12/31/97