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 031531 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 THURSDAY 3 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 98 8 2150 17 100 9 5000 17 KAMLOOPS KEL 89 6 2150 15 100 9 5000 17 OKANAGAN KEL 82 7 2150 10 100 9 5000 12 CASTLEGAR SPOK 48 7 1050 10 100 9 5000 11 CRANBROOK SPOK 17 5 1050 12 100 8 5000 16 REVELSTOKE KEL 41 3 1050 7 100 5 5000 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 THURSDAY AFTERNOON (WINDS IN KM/H): 900m 1800m 2700m PENTICTON N 15 NW 30 NW 43 CRANBROOK NW 11 NW 24 TODAY'S VENTING: VENTING FOR FRIDAY: FAIR 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. 100 2 5000 10 100 7 5000 15 PR. GEORGE P.G. 100 1 5000 10 100 5 5000 15 SMITHERS P.G. 100 2 5000 6 100 6 5000 10 WELLS GRAY P.G. 100 4 5000 30 100 8 5000 15 FT NLSN F.N. 65 -7 1000 15 83 -4 1250 17 FT STJOHN F.N. 57 -3 1000 25 70 2 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 THURSDAY AFTERNOON (WINDS IN KM/H): 900m 1800m 2700m PR. GEORGE NW 35 N 46 SMITHERS NW 19 N 46 TODAY'S VENTING: GOOD VENTING FOR FRIDAY: FAIR COAST UPPER ***** MORNING ****** ***** AFTERNOON **** AIR VI Tmp MXG HT Wnd VI Tmp MXG HT Wnd (mASL) (kt) (mASL) (kt) VANCOUVER QUIL 100 8 2900 20 100 10 2900 14 FRASER VLY QUIL 100 8 2900 15 100 11 2900 14 SRN VRISL QUIL 100 7 2900 10 100 12 2900 12 CNTRL VRISL QUIL 100 6 2900 12 100 10 2900 12 NRN VRISL HRDY 100 5 2900 10 100 9 2900 12 TERRACE ANT 9 1 250 5 38 4 1000 5 STEWART ANT 9 3 250 4 42 4 1000 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 THURSDAY AFTERNOON (WINDS IN KM/H): 900m 1800m 2700m VANCOUVER NW 37 N 41 N 43 PORT HARDY NW 39 N 46 N 57 SANDSPIT NW 30 N 39 N 56 TODAY'S VENTING: GOOD SOUTH TO FAIR NORTH VENTING FOR FRIDAY: 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: 48:42:22 This session: 00:01:24 --------Total Usage time: 48:43:46 Today's usage time: 00:05:27 This month's usage time: 00:16:02 ----This account expires: 12/31/97