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 171532 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 MONDAY 17 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 12 3 500 1 48 8 1200 7 KAMLOOPS KEL 18 3 750 2 35 7 1300 3 OKANAGAN KEL 18 3 750 2 35 7 1300 3 CASTLEGAR SPOK 9 4 500 6 24 7 750 6 CRANBROOK SPOK 10 2 950 23 21 6 950 5 REVELSTOKE KEL 9 0 450 1 16 2 750 2 *SUBTRACT 20 FROM THE VENTILATION INDEX IN VALLEYS IF THE MIXING HEIGHT IS BELOW THE HEIGHT OF THE LOCAL HILLS. FORECAST UPPER WINDS FOR MONDAY AFTERNOON (WINDS IN KM/H): 900m 1800m 2700m PENTICTON S 13 SW 30 SW 54 CRANBROOK W 13 W 43 TODAY'S VENTING: FAIR VENTING FOR TUESDAY: 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. 10 -3 950 2 28 3 1200 5 PR. GEORGE P.G. 35 -5 975 12 38 0 1200 7 SMITHERS P.G. 9 -1 975 5 40 3 1200 7 WELLS GRAY P.G. 9 -1 1050 5 41 3 1200 9 FT NLSN F.N. 9 -14 650 3 27 -8 750 3 FT STJOHN F.N. 8 -13 700 5 38 -7 750 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 MONDAY AFTERNOON (WINDS IN KM/H): 900m 1800m 2700m PR. GEORGE S 50 SW 57 SMITHERS S 43 S 57 TODAY'S VENTING: FAIR. VENTING FOR TUESDAY: POOR TO FAIR. COAST UPPER ***** MORNING ****** ***** AFTERNOON **** AIR VI Tmp MXG HT Wnd VI Tmp MXG HT Wnd (mASL) (kt) (mASL) (kt) VANCOUVER QUIL 9 7 150 8 71 10 950 12 FRASER VLY QUIL 9 6 150 5 71 9 950 12 SRN VRISL QUIL 9 7 150 7 78 10 950 15 CNTRL VRISL QUIL 24 5 150 10 92 10 950 20 NRN VRISL HRDY 55 6 450 15 99 8 1350 20 TERRACE ANT 10 1 240 8 73 3 1000 15 STEWART ANT 9 4 100 3 75 3 1000 13 *SUBTRACT 20 FROM THE VENTILATION INDEX IN VALLEYS IF THE MIXING HEIGHT IS BELOW THE HEIGHT OF THE LOCAL HILLS. FORECAST UPPER WINDS FOR MONDAY AFTERNOON (WINDS IN KM/H): 900m 1800m 2700m VANCOUVER S 65 S 89 SW 98 PORT HARDY S 63 SW 78 SW 87 SANDSPIT S 76 S 76 S 78 TODAY'S VENTING: GOOD VENTING FOR TUESDAY: FAIR TO 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: 47:15:59 This session: 00:01:18 --------Total Usage time: 47:17:17 Today's usage time: 00:05:15 This month's usage time: 01:30:44 ----This account expires: 12/31/97