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 051532 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 WEDNESDAY 5 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 40 2 1050 6 50 6 1300 6 KAMLOOPS KEL 39 -1 1050 6 50 3 1300 6 OKANAGAN KEL 33 -1 1000 6 50 3 1250 7 CASTLEGAR SPOK 23 0 750 6 38 4 1000 6 CRANBROOK SPOK 9 -5 950 7 50 2 1600 10 REVELSTOKE KEL 30 -3 550 7 54 1 1450 6 *SUBTRACT 20 FROM THE VENTILATION INDEX IN VALLEYS IF THE MIXING HEIGHT IS BELOW THE HEIGHT OF THE LOCAL HILLS. FORECAST UPPER WINDS FOR WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON (WINDS IN KM/H): 900m 1800m 2700m PENTICTON VR 5 SW 17 W 33 CRANBROOK W 11 W 31 TODAY'S VENTING: POOR TO FAIR. VENTING FOR THURSDAY: 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. 11 -7 950 17 11 -2 950 17 PR. GEORGE P.G. 27 -8 1000 7 50 -5 1050 10 SMITHERS P.G. 38 -6 1000 7 50 -3 1000 10 WELLS GRAY P.G. 10 -6 1000 17 10 -3 1000 17 FT NLSN F.N. 9 -20 400 0 29 -12 1050 3 FT STJOHN F.N. 9 -19 700 4 41 -13 1350 6 *SUBTRACT 20 FROM THE VENTILATION INDEX IN VALLEYS IF THE MIXING HEIGHT IS BELOW THE HEIGHT OF THE LOCAL HILLS. FORECAST UPPER WINDS FOR WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON (WINDS IN KM/H): 900m 1800m 2700m PR. GEORGE S 13 W 26 SMITHERS SE 20 SW 26 TODAY'S VENTING: POOR TO FAIR. VENTING FOR THURSDAY: FAIR TO GOOD. COAST UPPER ***** MORNING ****** ***** AFTERNOON **** AIR VI Tmp MXG HT Wnd VI Tmp MXG HT Wnd (mASL) (kt) (mASL) (kt) VANCOUVER QUIL 29 5 250 12 72 7 800 15 FRASER VLY QUIL 25 5 200 12 50 7 750 10 SRN VRISL QUIL 49 6 350 14 94 8 900 18 CNTRL VRISL QUIL 50 5 350 15 80 6 900 20 NRN VRISL HRDY 99 5 700 25 100 7 1150 25 TERRACE ANT 9 -2 200 17 10 -1 250 17 STEWART ANT 9 1 0 5 9 -1 0 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 WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON (WINDS IN KM/H): 900m 1800m 2700m VANCOUVER SE 35 S 46 SW 52 PORT HARDY S 57 S 59 S 54 SANDSPIT SE 54 SE 39 SE 31 TODAY'S VENTING: GENERALLY GOOD ON THE SOUTH COAST DUE TO STRONG WINDS. POOR ON THE NORTH COAST. VENTING FOR THURSDAY: GOOD. VENTILATION GUIDELINES: 0-33.....POOR 34-54.....FAIR 55-100.....GOOD. VENTILATION INDICES NORMALLY DROP TO POOR AFTER SUNSET. END/JDG -------------------------------------------------- Special Industry Related Information -------------------------------------------------- 1 - Smoke Forecast, Coast 2 - Smoke Forecast, Interior Q - Return to Previous menu -------------------------------------------------- l Previous usage time: 46:12:05 This session: 00:01:20 --------Total Usage time: 46:13:25 Today's usage time: 00:05:17 This month's usage time: 00:26:52 ----This account expires: 12/31/97