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 261530 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 WEDNESDAY 26 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 23 10 600 23 100 13 2150 20 KAMLOOPS KEL 18 8 600 8 100 13 2150 16 OKANAGAN KEL 11 6 650 5 100 13 2150 8 CASTLEGAR SPOK 31 7 900 6 100 13 2100 10 CRANBROOK SPOK 9 7 950 8 100 10 2150 12 REVELSTOKE KEL 10 4 600 1 100 6 2150 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 PENTICTON SW 17 SW 43 W 83 CRANBROOK W 24 W 74 TODAY'S VENTING: GOOD VENTING FOR THURSDAY: 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 3 58 9 1850 8 PR. GEORGE P.G. 13 6 950 3 60 9 1600 8 SMITHERS P.G. 25 5 950 5 66 8 1450 8 WELLS GRAY P.G. 10 7 1000 5 75 10 2200 10 FT NLSN F.N. 9 -7 450 3 19 -6 500 8 FT STJOHN F.N. 52 6 1350 10 70 8 1350 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 TUESDAY AFTERNOON (WINDS IN KM/H): 900m 1800m 2700m PR. GEORGE W 52 W 69 SMITHERS SW 46 SW 69 TODAY'S VENTING: GOOD EXCEPT POOR IN THE FORT NELSON AREA. VENTING FOR THURSDAY: GOOD COAST UPPER ***** MORNING ****** ***** AFTERNOON **** AIR VI Tmp MXG HT Wnd VI Tmp MXG HT Wnd (mASL) (kt) (mASL) (kt) VANCOUVER QUIL 9 9 100 5 80 11 1500 9 FRASER VLY QUIL 9 10 200 5 82 13 1400 10 SRN VRISL QUIL 9 9 150 5 84 12 1300 11 CNTRL VRISL QUIL 9 7 150 5 81 11 1350 8 NRN VRISL HRDY 9 8 150 5 88 9 1400 12 TERRACE ANT 15 4 150 8 89 5 1500 12 STEWART ANT 9 6 250 2 56 5 1400 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 THURSDAY: FAIR. 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: 48:03:50 This session: 00:01:20 --------Total Usage time: 48:05:10 Today's usage time: 00:05:17 This month's usage time: 02:18:37 ----This account expires: 12/31/97