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 231531 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 SUNDAY 23 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 22 9 500 4 92 12 1750 9 KAMLOOPS KEL 14 6 450 4 100 13 3350 16 OKANAGAN KEL 9 4 350 4 70 10 1350 8 CASTLEGAR SPOK 35 6 750 11 66 10 950 18 CRANBROOK SPOK 9 5 950 30 52 7 1100 30 REVELSTOKE KEL 9 3 450 4 10 5 450 4 *SUBTRACT 20 FROM THE VENTILATION INDEX IN VALLEYS IF THE MIXING HEIGHT IS BELOW THE HEIGHT OF THE LOCAL HILLS. FORECAST UPPER WINDS FOR SUNDAY AFTERNOON (WINDS IN KM/H): 900m 1800m 2700m PENTICTON NW 11 NW 28 NW 41 CRANBROOK NW 15 NW 43 TODAY'S VENTING: generally good. VENTING FOR MONDAY: fair to 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. 11 3 950 23 100 5 4000 20 PR. GEORGE P.G. 13 3 800 3 100 5 4000 20 SMITHERS P.G. 9 2 550 3 100 5 4000 15 WELLS GRAY P.G. 11 4 1000 23 100 7 4000 20 FT NLSN F.N. 9 -1 400 3 30 5 1050 4 FT STJOHN F.N. 9 1 700 4 100 4 4000 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 SUNDAY AFTERNOON (WINDS IN KM/H): 900m 1800m 2700m PR. GEORGE W 26 NW 28 SMITHERS W 11 W 28 TODAY'S VENTING: generally good. VENTING FOR MONDAY: fair to good. COAST UPPER ***** MORNING ****** ***** AFTERNOON **** AIR VI Tmp MXG HT Wnd VI Tmp MXG HT Wnd (mASL) (kt) (mASL) (kt) VANCOUVER QUIL 73 9 1150 8 94 12 1550 10 FRASER VLY QUIL 70 9 1100 8 94 12 1500 10 SRN VRISL QUIL 77 10 1350 8 89 12 1500 9 CNTRL VRISL QUIL 9 4 500 1 59 9 950 7 NRN VRISL HRDY 61 7 700 10 100 10 1800 11 TERRACE ANT 70 4 1000 11 84 6 1350 11 STEWART ANT 36 5 450 7 69 6 1000 9 *SUBTRACT 20 FROM THE VENTILATION INDEX IN VALLEYS IF THE MIXING HEIGHT IS BELOW THE HEIGHT OF THE LOCAL HILLS. FORECAST UPPER WINDS FOR SUNDAY AFTERNOON (WINDS IN KM/H): 900m 1800m 2700m VANCOUVER W 17 NW 19 NW 28 PORT HARDY VR 5 VR 5 W 24 SANDSPIT S 37 S 30 SW 28 TODAY'S VENTING: good. VENTING FOR MONDAY: 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: 47:47:46 This session: 00:01:23 --------Total Usage time: 47:49:09 Today's usage time: 00:05:27 This month's usage time: 02:02:36 ----This account expires: 12/31/97