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 131530 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 13 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 19 0 200 2 66 2 1400 6 KAMLOOPS KEL 18 -1 350 2 77 2 1800 7 OKANAGAN KEL 57 0 1350 6 82 3 2000 7 CASTLEGAR SPOK 27 0 900 5 29 1 950 5 CRANBROOK SPOK 12 -8 950 2 23 -2 1100 2 REVELSTOKE KEL 68 0 1650 7 79 2 2000 7 *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 VR 5 VR 5 CRANBROOK VR 5 VR 5 TODAY'S VENTING: GOOD WEST. POOR EAST. 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. 82 -10 1950 11 91 -6 2400 10 PR. GEORGE P.G. 73 -11 1400 13 94 -7 2000 12 SMITHERS P.G. 29 -13 550 8 89 -8 1600 12 WELLS GRAY P.G. 84 -9 2100 11 88 -5 2550 9 FT NLSN F.N. 15 -18 500 5 27 -12 1100 4 FT STJOHN F.N. 10 -20 700 3 21 -15 1100 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 THURSDAY AFTERNOON (WINDS IN KM/H): 900m 1800m 2700m PR. GEORGE NE 11 VR 5 SMITHERS E 19 E 5 TODAY'S VENTING: GOOD CENTRAL INTERIOR. POOR PEACE DISTRICT. 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 59 4 550 13 99 7 1500 12 FRASER VLY QUIL 58 4 550 13 84 6 1050 12 SRN VRISL QUIL 62 5 650 11 86 8 1700 11 CNTRL VRISL QUIL 53 6 575 12 91 7 1300 11 NRN VRISL HRDY 78 4 600 17 95 6 950 17 TERRACE ANT 12 -6 200 12 51 -3 600 13 STEWART ANT 23 0 1400 14 53 -3 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 THURSDAY AFTERNOON (WINDS IN KM/H): 900m 1800m 2700m VANCOUVER VR 5 VR 5 VR 5 PORT HARDY VR 5 VR 5 NE 9 SANDSPIT N 17 N 20 N 20 TODAY'S VENTING: GOOD SOUTH. FAIR NORTH. VENTING FOR FRIDAY: GOOD VENTILATION GUIDELINES: 0-33.....POOR 34-54.....FAIR 55-100.....GOOD. VENTILATION INDICES NORMALLY DROP TO POOR AFTER SUNSET. END/JEM -------------------------------------------------- Special Industry Related Information -------------------------------------------------- 1 - Smoke Forecast, Coast 2 - Smoke Forecast, Interior Q - Return to Previous menu -------------------------------------------------- l Previous usage time: 46:54:32 This session: 00:01:26 --------Total Usage time: 46:55:58 Today's usage time: 00:05:23 This month's usage time: 01:09:25 ----This account expires: 12/31/97