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 241530 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 24 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 7 600 3 76 12 1500 13 KAMLOOPS KEL 14 4 600 2 75 13 1550 4 OKANAGAN KEL 13 3 550 2 70 12 2400 4 CASTLEGAR SPOK 21 4 750 5 80 11 3500 8 CRANBROOK SPOK 10 2 950 10 100 10 3950 7 REVELSTOKE KEL 11 2 500 2 37 8 1400 3 *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 SW 11 W 26 W 48 CRANBROOK W 15 W 31 TODAY'S VENTING: GOOD. VENTING FOR TUESDAY: 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 21 77 8 1800 10 PR. GEORGE P.G. 47 3 1150 10 71 8 1600 10 SMITHERS P.G. 53 4 1100 10 56 8 1450 10 WELLS GRAY P.G. 11 2 1000 21 75 7 1800 10 FT NLSN F.N. 13 0 600 2 45 4 800 10 FT STJOHN F.N. 24 1 800 14 98 6 2000 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 SW 61 W 96 SMITHERS SW 82 SW 96 TODAY'S VENTING: GOOD. VENTING FOR TUESDAY: GOOD. COAST UPPER ***** MORNING ****** ***** AFTERNOON **** AIR VI Tmp MXG HT Wnd VI Tmp MXG HT Wnd (mASL) (kt) (mASL) (kt) VANCOUVER QUIL 25 8 250 3 84 12 1300 5 FRASER VLY QUIL 9 7 50 3 83 12 1200 5 SRN VRISL QUIL 16 8 200 4 76 12 1300 2 CNTRL VRISL QUIL 15 6 200 2 76 12 1250 5 NRN VRISL HRDY 84 8 950 13 80 10 1250 4 TERRACE ANT 70 3 500 13 70 5 750 10 STEWART ANT 86 5 500 27 66 5 750 15 *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 20 SW 31 W 54 PORT HARDY S 63 SW 65 SW 74 SANDSPIT SW 102 SW 117 SW 124 TODAY'S VENTING: GOOD VENTING FOR TUESDAY: 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: 47:53:16 This session: 00:01:20 --------Total Usage time: 47:54:36 Today's usage time: 00:05:27 This month's usage time: 02:08:03 ----This account expires: 12/31/97