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 021533 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 2 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 66 5 600 24 100 14 1650 25 KAMLOOPS KEL 9 0 650 5 92 14 1600 15 OKANAGAN KEL 9 0 650 5 92 13 1650 15 CASTLEGAR SPOK 9 0 700 3 67 12 1650 8 CRANBROOK SPOK 9 -3 950 5 55 11 1650 10 REVELSTOKE KEL 9 -1 600 2 48 8 1500 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 WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON (WINDS IN KM/H): 900m 1800m 2700m PENTICTON SW 9 W 24 W 44 CRANBROOK W 11 NW 31 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. 21 0 1150 10 100 9 2400 17 PR. GEORGE P.G. 37 3 1000 15 100 8 2400 22 SMITHERS P.G. 9 1 900 2 57 8 1250 9 WELLS GRAY P.G. 9 2 1000 7 100 10 2500 19 FT NLSN F.N. 9 0 1000 4 70 4 1100 15 FT STJOHN F.N. 12 3 800 12 72 7 1250 20 *SUBTRACT 20 FROM THE VENTILATION INDEX IN VALLEYS IF THE MIXING HEIGHT IS BELOW THE HEIGHT OF THE LOCAL HILLS. FORECAST UPPER WINDS FOR WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON (WINDS IN KM/H): 900m 1800m 2700m PR. GEORGE SW 74 W 107 SMITHERS W 52 SW 107 TODAY'S VENTING: GOOD 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 22 3 250 5 49 11 1000 6 FRASER VLY QUIL 22 2 250 3 47 12 950 6 SRN VRISL QUIL 16 2 200 4 50 12 1200 5 CNTRL VRISL QUIL 20 3 200 5 82 13 1800 8 NRN VRISL HRDY 14 3 150 6 90 9 1800 10 TERRACE ANT 9 3 200 20 92 4 1100 20 STEWART ANT 9 3 100 2 79 4 1100 12 *SUBTRACT 20 FROM THE VENTILATION INDEX IN VALLEYS IF THE MIXING HEIGHT IS BELOW THE HEIGHT OF THE LOCAL HILLS. FORECAST UPPER WINDS FOR WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON (WINDS IN KM/H): 900m 1800m 2700m VANCOUVER SW 20 W 37 W 57 PORT HARDY SW 78 SW 91 SW 104 SANDSPIT W 56 W 65 W 78 TODAY'S VENTING: FAIR SOUTH TO GOOD NORTH VENTING FOR THURSDAY: 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: 48:37:01 This session: 00:01:18 --------Total Usage time: 48:38:19 Today's usage time: 00:05:14 This month's usage time: 00:10:35 ----This account expires: 12/31/97