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 081431 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 PDT TUESDAY 8 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 16 8 500 2 70 15 2050 9 KAMLOOPS KEL 14 7 600 2 70 14 2200 9 OKANAGAN KEL 12 6 500 2 74 13 2000 9 CASTLEGAR SPOK 55 7 1050 10 71 12 2250 12 CRANBROOK SPOK 9 0 950 15 72 5 2100 15 REVELSTOKE KEL 10 3 500 2 79 10 2400 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 PENTICTON VR 5 NW 11 NW 17 CRANBROOK VR 5 W 13 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. 31 2 1200 9 70 7 2400 13 PR. GEORGE P.G. 40 1 1050 10 74 7 2650 10 SMITHERS P.G. 59 6 1200 10 70 13 2500 12 WELLS GRAY P.G. 25 1 1200 9 70 8 2000 12 FT NLSN F.N. 13 -4 1000 6 60 2 1900 10 FT STJOHN F.N. 13 -10 1000 6 60 0 1900 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 TUESDAY AFTERNOON (WINDS IN KM/H): 900m 1800m 2700m PR. GEORGE N 17 N 24 SMITHERS NW 17 NW 24 TODAY'S VENTING: GOOD 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 33 10 800 4 56 13 1500 4 FRASER VLY QUIL 32 10 750 4 57 14 1700 4 SRN VRISL QUIL 27 9 500 4 56 13 1400 4 CNTRL VRISL QUIL 27 5 400 4 58 14 1650 4 NRN VRISL HRDY 37 9 350 9 66 11 750 10 TERRACE ANT 22 7 550 4 89 13 3200 5 STEWART ANT 46 10 850 5 79 13 1950 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 TUESDAY AFTERNOON (WINDS IN KM/H): 900m 1800m 2700m VANCOUVER W 13 NW 11 VR 5 PORT HARDY NW 35 N 28 N 15 SANDSPIT NW 30 NW 19 NW 9 TODAY'S VENTING: GOOD VENTING FOR WEDNESDAY: GOOD VENTILATION GUIDELINES: 0-33.....POOR 34-54.....FAIR 55-100.....GOOD. VENTILATION INDICES NORMALLY DROP TO POOR AFTER SUNSET. END/JMS -------------------------------------------------- Special Industry Related Information -------------------------------------------------- 1 - Smoke Forecast, Coast 2 - Smoke Forecast, Interior Q - Return to Previous menu -------------------------------------------------- l Previous usage time: 49:08:54 This session: 00:01:19 --------Total Usage time: 49:10:13 Today's usage time: 00:05:12 This month's usage time: 00:42:29 ----This account expires: 12/31/97