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 311531 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 31 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 45 8 200 5 100 12 2500 17 KAMLOOPS KEL 62 9 1000 11 100 12 3350 20 OKANAGAN KEL 42 8 650 8 100 10 2050 14 CASTLEGAR SPOK 93 6 1150 24 100 11 2800 24 CRANBROOK SPOK 78 5 2600 24 100 9 3950 23 REVELSTOKE KEL 25 5 450 5 68 8 950 11 *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 W 15 W 31 W 48 CRANBROOK W 17 W 44 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. 78 2 2200 36 100 9 3950 34 PR. GEORGE P.G. 71 4 1650 32 100 8 2650 32 SMITHERS P.G. 43 2 980 12 100 7 1900 32 WELLS GRAY P.G. 58 4 4000 34 100 8 4000 34 FT NLSN F.N. 25 -8 850 12 65 -2 1000 12 FT STJOHN F.N. 32 -2 1350 14 73 -1 1550 14 *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 W 44 NW 52 SMITHERS W 31 NW 52 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 100 9 2100 25 100 13 3100 26 FRASER VLY QUIL 100 8 1950 25 100 12 3050 26 SRN VRISL QUIL 100 8 1750 23 100 12 2250 24 CNTRL VRISL QUIL 85 7 1680 21 100 11 1150 24 NRN VRISL HRDY 26 5 150 10 96 6 800 20 TERRACE ANT 18 2 350 15 83 4 1000 15 STEWART ANT 15 2 50 10 27 4 200 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 MONDAY AFTERNOON (WINDS IN KM/H): 900m 1800m 2700m VANCOUVER W 33 W 39 NW 43 PORT HARDY NW 30 NW 37 NW 44 SANDSPIT W 35 W 31 W 33 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: 48:26:27 This session: 00:01:17 --------Total Usage time: 48:27:44 Today's usage time: 00:05:11 This month's usage time: 02:41:11 ----This account expires: 12/31/97