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 121552 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 12 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 25 3 800 3 52 8 1750 3 KAMLOOPS KEL 23 2 900 3 71 8 2400 4 OKANAGAN KEL 16 1 700 2 56 7 1950 4 CASTLEGAR SPOK 9 1 500 3 49 5 1400 5 CRANBROOK SPOK 9 0 950 8 83 4 2400 8 REVELSTOKE KEL 14 0 700 2 36 4 1400 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 PENTICTON VR 5 SW 17 SW 24 CRANBROOK S 9 S 22 TODAY'S VENTING: FAIR TO GOOD THIS AFTERNOON. 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. 60 -2 1350 16 100 3 3950 11 PR. GEORGE P.G. 25 -4 900 9 56 -2 1200 12 SMITHERS P.G. 9 -3 550 4 68 0 1200 12 WELLS GRAY P.G. 61 -2 1450 16 100 1 2750 11 FT NLSN F.N. 9 -15 400 7 75 -14 1000 16 FT STJOHN F.N. 96 -13 1700 16 98 -12 1850 14 *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 E 43 E 20 SMITHERS E 33 E 20 TODAY'S VENTING: GOOD THIS AFTERNOON. 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 21 6 250 8 98 8 1200 15 FRASER VLY QUIL 21 6 200 8 100 9 1500 14 SRN VRISL QUIL 21 6 200 7 52 8 500 11 CNTRL VRISL QUIL 23 5 250 6 100 9 1400 13 NRN VRISL HRDY 85 6 750 17 93 7 900 17 TERRACE ANT 9 0 200 13 9 2 200 13 STEWART ANT 9 3 0 10 9 2 0 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 VANCOUVER S 17 S 20 SW 28 PORT HARDY S 13 S 19 S 22 SANDSPIT E 46 E 44 E 46 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/MWSO.. -------------------------------------------------- Special Industry Related Information -------------------------------------------------- 1 - Smoke Forecast, Coast 2 - Smoke Forecast, Interior Q - Return to Previous menu -------------------------------------------------- l Previous usage time: 46:49:17 This session: 00:01:18 --------Total Usage time: 46:50:35 Today's usage time: 00:05:18 This month's usage time: 01:04:02 ----This account expires: 12/31/97