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 041531 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 FRIDAY 4 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 100 7 2000 15 100 10 3200 17 KAMLOOPS KEL 100 5 1950 15 100 9 3350 17 OKANAGAN KEL 11 2 550 1 100 9 3350 17 CASTLEGAR SPOK 50 3 1200 7 100 8 3500 6 CRANBROOK SPOK 75 1 1800 12 100 5 3950 6 REVELSTOKE KEL 10 2 550 1 100 6 2250 16 *SUBTRACT 20 FROM THE VENTILATION INDEX IN VALLEYS IF THE MIXING HEIGHT IS BELOW THE HEIGHT OF THE LOCAL HILLS. FORECAST UPPER WINDS FOR FRIDAY AFTERNOON (WINDS IN KM/H): 900m 1800m 2700m PENTICTON N 9 N 20 N 28 CRANBROOK VR 5 NE 17 TODAY'S VENTING: GOOD VENTING FOR SATURDAY: 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. 93 0 1950 15 100 5 3950 19 PR. GEORGE P.G. 76 0 1750 10 100 4 2500 14 SMITHERS P.G. 65 1 1500 8 100 6 2550 14 WELLS GRAY P.G. 100 1 2500 18 100 6 4000 19 FT NLSN F.N. 100 -7 1650 1 100 -2 3950 3 FT STJOHN F.N. 100 -8 1600 3 102 -4 3900 4 *SUBTRACT 20 FROM THE VENTILATION INDEX IN VALLEYS IF THE MIXING HEIGHT IS BELOW THE HEIGHT OF THE LOCAL HILLS. FORECAST UPPER WINDS FOR FRIDAY AFTERNOON (WINDS IN KM/H): 900m 1800m 2700m PR. GEORGE N 17 N 24 SMITHERS VR 5 N 24 TODAY'S VENTING: GOOD VENTING FOR SATURDAY: GOOD COAST UPPER ***** MORNING ****** ***** AFTERNOON **** AIR VI Tmp MXG HT Wnd VI Tmp MXG HT Wnd (mASL) (kt) (mASL) (kt) VANCOUVER QUIL 17 6 250 5 100 12 2400 10 FRASER VLY QUIL 17 6 200 5 100 14 2500 11 SRN VRISL QUIL 17 6 200 4 100 13 2450 9 CNTRL VRISL QUIL ## ## ### ## 46 10 700 7 NRN VRISL HRDY 13 5 400 1 56 11 1350 4 TERRACE ANT 9 4 250 7 79 9 1300 10 STEWART ANT 14 4 100 5 73 9 1150 8 *SUBTRACT 20 FROM THE VENTILATION INDEX IN VALLEYS IF THE MIXING HEIGHT IS BELOW THE HEIGHT OF THE LOCAL HILLS. FORECAST UPPER WINDS FOR FRIDAY AFTERNOON (WINDS IN KM/H): 900m 1800m 2700m VANCOUVER N 17 NE 22 NE 30 PORT HARDY NE 9 E 19 NE 28 SANDSPIT S 28 S 24 SE 20 TODAY'S VENTING: GOOD VENTING FOR SATURDAY: 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: 48:47:52 This session: 00:01:24 --------Total Usage time: 48:49:16 Today's usage time: 00:05:30 This month's usage time: 00:21:32 ----This account expires: 12/31/97