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 011532 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 1 APRIL 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 13 4 550 1 100 12 3200 15 KAMLOOPS KEL 15 6 650 2 100 11 3350 15 OKANAGAN KEL 15 5 650 2 100 12 3350 15 CASTLEGAR SPOK 40 6 1000 7 100 11 3500 11 CRANBROOK SPOK 22 5 1550 8 100 9 3950 12 REVELSTOKE KEL 45 5 1300 5 100 8 3450 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 PENTICTON VR 5 N 19 N 20 CRANBROOK NW 9 NW 17 TODAY'S VENTING: 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. 62 1 2200 14 100 7 3950 14 PR. GEORGE P.G. 58 3 1900 14 100 7 3700 14 SMITHERS P.G. 29 1 550 3 100 7 2850 14 WELLS GRAY P.G. 22 3 4000 14 100 9 4000 14 FT NLSN F.N. 12 -11 450 3 52 3 1450 7 FT STJOHN F.N. 19 -7 950 8 55 2 1950 7 *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 SW 15 W 17 SMITHERS SW 41 SW 17 TODAY'S VENTING: GOOD EXCEPT FAIR IN PEACE DISTRICT. 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 22 6 100 15 100 11 1900 18 FRASER VLY QUIL 25 5 90 15 100 12 3050 16 SRN VRISL QUIL 27 6 90 8 100 12 3000 15 CNTRL VRISL QUIL 21 5 80 10 100 11 1850 17 NRN VRISL HRDY 34 5 350 8 98 9 1850 9 TERRACE ANT 14 4 250 11 97 6 1550 12 STEWART ANT 10 3 50 2 78 6 1000 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 TUESDAY AFTERNOON (WINDS IN KM/H): 900m 1800m 2700m VANCOUVER NW 13 N 11 N 35 PORT HARDY SW 15 SW 13 W 22 SANDSPIT S 104 SW 102 SW 91 TODAY'S VENTING: GOOD. VENTING FOR WEDNESDAY: 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: 48:31:46 This session: 00:01:19 --------Total Usage time: 48:33:05 Today's usage time: 00:05:21 This month's usage time: 00:05:21 ----This account expires: 12/31/97