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 091431 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 WEDNESDAY 9 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 14 7 400 2 100 17 3200 14 KAMLOOPS KEL 14 7 600 2 100 16 3350 11 OKANAGAN KEL 13 3 600 2 100 16 3350 8 CASTLEGAR SPOK 11 1 600 2 100 14 3500 8 CRANBROOK SPOK 11 -1 1000 2 22 4 1050 8 REVELSTOKE KEL 13 -1 600 2 27 10 850 3 *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 N 9 N 19 NW 22 CRANBROOK VR 5 VR 5 TODAY'S VENTING: Good except poor eastern valleys. VENTING FOR THURSDAY: Fair to 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. 17 -1 1100 4 100 9 3950 10 PR. GEORGE P.G. 30 -1 800 7 75 8 1650 10 SMITHERS P.G. 16 -1 700 2 100 11 2650 10 WELLS GRAY P.G. 19 -1 1200 5 100 11 4000 10 FT NLSN F.N. 11 -10 400 5 55 6 1550 5 FT STJOHN F.N. 11 -10 400 5 46 2 1450 6 *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 NE 20 NE 17 SMITHERS N 9 N 17 TODAY'S VENTING: Good except fair BC Peace. VENTING FOR THURSDAY: Fair to good. COAST UPPER ***** MORNING ****** ***** AFTERNOON **** AIR VI Tmp MXG HT Wnd VI Tmp MXG HT Wnd (mASL) (kt) (mASL) (kt) VANCOUVER QUIL 15 4 300 4 58 13 950 7 FRASER VLY QUIL 20 5 350 3 81 15 1800 7 SRN VRISL QUIL 16 5 350 3 62 14 1100 6 CNTRL VRISL QUIL 16 5 350 3 62 14 1150 6 NRN VRISL HRDY 21 7 350 7 91 12 1250 14 TERRACE ANT 17 3 300 2 58 14 900 8 STEWART ANT 16 2 300 2 48 11 750 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 WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON (WINDS IN KM/H): 900m 1800m 2700m VANCOUVER W 15 NW 15 N 19 PORT HARDY NW 30 N 22 N 15 SANDSPIT NW 28 N 20 N 17 TODAY'S VENTING: Fair to good. VENTING FOR THURSDAY: Fair to 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: 49:14:10 This session: 00:01:18 --------Total Usage time: 49:15:28 Today's usage time: 00:05:15 This month's usage time: 00:47:44 ----This account expires: 12/31/97