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 181532 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 TUESDAY 18 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 32 3 500 20 52 10 1200 22 KAMLOOPS KEL 31 3 750 12 50 9 1000 15 OKANAGAN KEL 18 3 750 2 52 11 1100 12 CASTLEGAR SPOK 9 4 500 6 28 7 750 8 CRANBROOK SPOK 10 2 950 9 39 8 1200 12 REVELSTOKE KEL 9 0 450 1 29 6 750 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 PENTICTON S 13 SW 30 SW 54 CRANBROOK W 13 W 43 TODAY'S VENTING: FAIR VENTING FOR WEDNESDAY: 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 4 950 10 86 11 2000 12 PR. GEORGE P.G. 25 4 1000 6 55 10 1500 7 SMITHERS P.G. 50 -1 1250 7 67 7 1650 7 WELLS GRAY P.G. 70 3 1750 12 84 5 2000 12 FT NLSN F.N. 36 -14 550 11 28 -8 650 3 FT STJOHN F.N. 58 -13 1100 15 50 1 1350 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 PR. GEORGE S 50 SW 57 SMITHERS S 43 S 57 TODAY'S VENTING: FAIR TO GOOD VENTING FOR WEDNESDAY: FAIR TO GOOD. COAST UPPER ***** MORNING ****** ***** AFTERNOON **** AIR VI Tmp MXG HT Wnd VI Tmp MXG HT Wnd (mASL) (kt) (mASL) (kt) VANCOUVER QUIL 32 7 150 20 54 12 450 20 FRASER VLY QUIL 29 6 150 20 54 12 450 16 SRN VRISL QUIL 34 7 150 18 56 12 450 20 CNTRL VRISL QUIL 32 6 150 12 54 12 400 20 NRN VRISL HRDY 21 6 150 15 48 10 300 18 TERRACE ANT 29 0 200 15 36 3 300 15 STEWART ANT 14 4 200 8 34 3 300 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: FAIR VENTING FOR WEDNESDAY: FAIR VENTILATION GUIDELINES: 0-33.....POOR 34-54.....FAIR 55-100.....GOOD. VENTILATION INDICES NORMALLY DROP TO POOR AFTER SUNSET. END/.. -------------------------------------------------- Special Industry Related Information -------------------------------------------------- 1 - Smoke Forecast, Coast 2 - Smoke Forecast, Interior Q - Return to Previous menu -------------------------------------------------- l Previous usage time: 47:21:22 This session: 00:01:19 --------Total Usage time: 47:22:41 Today's usage time: 00:05:24 This month's usage time: 01:36:08 ----This account expires: 12/31/97