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 251530 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 25 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 73 10 750 23 100 13 1550 26 KAMLOOPS KEL 41 8 700 13 100 13 1650 16 OKANAGAN KEL 31 6 750 8 100 13 1650 15 CASTLEGAR SPOK 23 7 950 5 57 13 1250 10 CRANBROOK SPOK 9 7 950 8 42 10 1250 13 REVELSTOKE KEL 10 4 700 2 49 6 1250 8 *SUBTRACT 20 FROM THE VENTILATION INDEX IN VALLEYS IF THE MIXING HEIGHT IS BELOW THE HEIGHT OF THE LOCAL HILLS. FORECAST UPPER WINDS FOR TUESDAY AFTERNOON (WINDS IN KM/H): 900m 1800m 2700m PENTICTON SW 17 SW 43 W 83 CRANBROOK W 24 W 74 TODAY'S VENTING: FAIR TO GOOD. VENTING FOR WEDNESDAY: 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. 10 6 950 12 87 9 1350 15 PR. GEORGE P.G. 39 6 950 15 76 9 1100 15 SMITHERS P.G. 55 5 950 15 76 8 1500 13 WELLS GRAY P.G. 15 7 1000 15 56 10 1500 15 FT NLSN F.N. 50 -7 800 15 48 -6 800 13 FT STJOHN F.N. 100 6 1500 20 100 8 1500 21 *SUBTRACT 20 FROM THE VENTILATION INDEX IN VALLEYS IF THE MIXING HEIGHT IS BELOW THE HEIGHT OF THE LOCAL HILLS. FORECAST UPPER WINDS FOR TUESDAY AFTERNOON (WINDS IN KM/H): 900m 1800m 2700m PR. GEORGE W 52 W 69 SMITHERS SW 46 SW 69 TODAY'S VENTING: VENTING FOR WEDNESDAY: GOOD COAST UPPER ***** MORNING ****** ***** AFTERNOON **** AIR VI Tmp MXG HT Wnd VI Tmp MXG HT Wnd (mASL) (kt) (mASL) (kt) VANCOUVER QUIL 9 9 450 9 70 11 1300 9 FRASER VLY QUIL 12 10 450 9 82 13 1300 12 SRN VRISL QUIL 9 9 450 8 82 13 1300 12 CNTRL VRISL QUIL 12 9 450 8 78 11 1250 8 NRN VRISL HRDY 21 8 150 10 85 11 1350 13 TERRACE ANT 10 4 250 15 93 8 1000 12 STEWART ANT 7 6 100 3 35 5 650 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 TUESDAY AFTERNOON (WINDS IN KM/H): 900m 1800m 2700m VANCOUVER SW 41 SW 63 SW 82 PORT HARDY SW 30 SW 48 SW 67 SANDSPIT SW 57 SW 61 SW 61 TODAY'S VENTING: GOOD VENTING FOR WEDNESDAY: GOOD VENTILATION GUIDELINES: 0-33.....POOR 34-54.....FAIR 55-100.....GOOD. VENTILATION INDICES NORMALLY DROP TO POOR AFTER SUNSET. END/MWSO/TAL -------------------------------------------------- Special Industry Related Information -------------------------------------------------- 1 - Smoke Forecast, Coast 2 - Smoke Forecast, Interior Q - Return to Previous menu -------------------------------------------------- l Previous usage time: 47:58:34 This session: 00:01:19 --------Total Usage time: 47:59:53 Today's usage time: 00:05:17 This month's usage time: 02:13:20 ----This account expires: 12/31/97