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 041534 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 4 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 9 1 200 6 60 4 1100 6 KAMLOOPS KEL 9 0 350 6 60 3 1100 8 OKANAGAN KEL 21 2 550 6 58 5 1100 6 CASTLEGAR SPOK 11 2 1000 6 60 4 1000 5 CRANBROOK SPOK 10 -1 950 4 62 2 1100 5 REVELSTOKE KEL 15 1 550 6 39 2 700 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 TUESDAY AFTERNOON (WINDS IN KM/H): 900m 1800m 2700m PENTICTON W 9 W 22 W 39 CRANBROOK W 13 W 31 TODAY'S VENTING: GOOD. VENTING FOR WEDNESDAY: FAIR. 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 -11 950 3 52 -7 1850 6 PR. GEORGE P.G. 11 -14 900 1 38 -8 1500 4 SMITHERS P.G. 25 -9 1250 2 33 -5 1650 2 WELLS GRAY P.G. 9 -10 1000 3 61 -5 2200 6 FT NLSN F.N. 32 -14 400 3 22 -16 600 2 FT STJOHN F.N. 25 -17 1250 3 30 -15 1450 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 TUESDAY AFTERNOON (WINDS IN KM/H): 900m 1800m 2700m PR. GEORGE W 15 W 35 SMITHERS VR 5 NW 35 TODAY'S VENTING: FAIR. POOR EAST OF ROCKIES. VENTING FOR WEDNESDAY: FAIR TO POOR. COAST UPPER ***** MORNING ****** ***** AFTERNOON **** AIR VI Tmp MXG HT Wnd VI Tmp MXG HT Wnd (mASL) (kt) (mASL) (kt) VANCOUVER QUIL 9 4 100 5 82 7 1550 8 FRASER VLY QUIL 9 4 50 5 80 7 1550 7 SRN VRISL QUIL 15 4 150 4 74 8 1650 7 CNTRL VRISL QUIL 11 4 200 4 55 6 700 9 NRN VRISL HRDY 11 3 150 2 61 7 1500 5 TERRACE ANT 9 -3 200 5 21 0 500 5 STEWART ANT 11 0 50 3 19 0 300 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 TUESDAY AFTERNOON (WINDS IN KM/H): 900m 1800m 2700m VANCOUVER SW 15 W 28 NW 50 PORT HARDY S 22 SW 24 W 35 SANDSPIT S 22 SW 19 W 28 TODAY'S VENTING: GOOD EXCEPT POOR NORTH COAST. VENTING FOR WEDNESDAY: FAIR TO POOR. 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: 46:06:48 This session: 00:01:20 --------Total Usage time: 46:08:08 Today's usage time: 00:05:19 This month's usage time: 00:21:35 ----This account expires: 12/31/97