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 151532 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 SATURDAY 15 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 28 0 750 4 60 3 1250 6 KAMLOOPS KEL 32 -1 900 5 59 3 1400 6 OKANAGAN KEL 32 -1 900 5 59 3 1400 6 CASTLEGAR SPOK 27 -1 850 6 56 2 1100 8 CRANBROOK SPOK 9 -8 950 6 56 -2 1150 6 REVELSTOKE KEL 9 -5 450 4 56 0 1250 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 SATURDAY AFTERNOON (WINDS IN KM/H): 900m 1800m 2700m PENTICTON VR 5 SW 9 W 20 CRANBROOK S 11 S 28 TODAY'S VENTING: GOOD. VENTING FOR SUNDAY: 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 -10 950 8 60 -3 1800 11 PR. GEORGE P.G. 19 -10 850 7 60 -5 1800 6 SMITHERS P.G. 30 -7 850 7 60 -5 1800 7 WELLS GRAY P.G. 9 -9 1000 8 100 -2 4000 11 FT NLSN F.N. 17 -11 500 6 62 -4 1900 5 FT STJOHN F.N. 9 -15 700 5 32 -9 1200 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 SATURDAY AFTERNOON (WINDS IN KM/H): 900m 1800m 2700m PR. GEORGE VR 5 W 17 SMITHERS VR 5 N 17 TODAY'S VENTING: POOR TO GOOD. VENTING FOR SUNDAY: GOOD COAST UPPER ***** MORNING ****** ***** AFTERNOON **** AIR VI Tmp MXG HT Wnd VI Tmp MXG HT Wnd (mASL) (kt) (mASL) (kt) VANCOUVER QUIL 10 4 100 22 86 6 700 11 FRASER VLY QUIL 62 5 550 14 87 7 850 11 SRN VRISL QUIL 40 4 350 11 67 6 650 11 CNTRL VRISL QUIL 15 1 400 6 80 7 800 11 NRN VRISL HRDY 10 2 50 2 66 6 850 9 TERRACE ANT 9 -2 250 4 72 -1 1150 8 STEWART ANT 13 -1 150 3 73 -1 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 SATURDAY AFTERNOON (WINDS IN KM/H): 900m 1800m 2700m VANCOUVER VR 5 VR 5 W 17 PORT HARDY N 17 NW 19 NW 26 SANDSPIT N 26 N 28 NW 33 TODAY'S VENTING: GOOD VENTING FOR SUNDAY: GOOD VENTILATION GUIDELINES: 0-33.....POOR 34-54.....FAIR 55-100.....GOOD. VENTILATION INDICES NORMALLY DROP TO POOR AFTER SUNSET. END/JMS -------------------------------------------------- Special Industry Related Information -------------------------------------------------- 1 - Smoke Forecast, Coast 2 - Smoke Forecast, Interior Q - Return to Previous menu -------------------------------------------------- l Previous usage time: 47:05:09 This session: 00:01:19 --------Total Usage time: 47:06:28 Today's usage time: 00:05:13 This month's usage time: 01:19:55 ----This account expires: 12/31/97