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 221531 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 22 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 13 6 600 1 41 10 1400 3 KAMLOOPS KEL 11 4 550 1 54 9 1800 4 OKANAGAN KEL 11 3 550 1 54 9 1750 4 CASTLEGAR SPOK 21 4 750 5 31 9 1000 5 CRANBROOK SPOK 9 2 1200 1 54 9 2200 4 REVELSTOKE KEL 10 3 550 1 14 5 650 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 SATURDAY AFTERNOON (WINDS IN KM/H): 900m 1800m 2700m PENTICTON S 9 SW 26 W 56 CRANBROOK SW 9 SW 26 TODAY'S VENTING: poor to fair. 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 1 950 24 42 6 1200 12 PR. GEORGE P.G. 21 3 800 10 42 5 1000 12 SMITHERS P.G. 9 2 500 6 9 4 550 6 WELLS GRAY P.G. 100 4 2550 26 42 6 1200 12 FT NLSN F.N. 27 -2 650 7 52 4 1000 9 FT STJOHN F.N. 38 2 1000 11 98 6 2350 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 SATURDAY AFTERNOON (WINDS IN KM/H): 900m 1800m 2700m PR. GEORGE SW 15 SW 28 SMITHERS SW 15 W 28 TODAY'S VENTING: poor to fair. VENTING FOR SUNDAY: GOOD COAST UPPER ***** MORNING ****** ***** AFTERNOON **** AIR VI Tmp MXG HT Wnd VI Tmp MXG HT Wnd (mASL) (kt) (mASL) (kt) VANCOUVER HRDY 27 7 300 8 88 11 1300 11 FRASER VLY HRDY 28 7 300 8 88 11 1300 11 SRN VRISL HRDY 24 7 300 6 85 11 1250 10 CNTRL VRISL HRDY 9 4 100 1 26 7 300 7 NRN VRISL HRDY 24 7 300 6 72 9 1000 9 TERRACE ANT 34 4 450 11 74 6 1050 11 STEWART ANT 35 6 450 6 35 6 450 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 VANCOUVER S 33 SW 48 W 59 PORT HARDY SW 28 W 37 W 37 SANDSPIT NW 15 W 20 W 28 TODAY'S VENTING: fair to 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/dsl -------------------------------------------------- Special Industry Related Information -------------------------------------------------- 1 - Smoke Forecast, Coast 2 - Smoke Forecast, Interior Q - Return to Previous menu -------------------------------------------------- l Previous usage time: 47:42:23 This session: 00:01:19 --------Total Usage time: 47:43:42 Today's usage time: 00:05:17 This month's usage time: 01:57:09 ----This account expires: 12/31/97