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 111431 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 FRIDAY 11 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 11 1 400 02 78 17 3200 3 KAMLOOPS KEL 13 1 500 02 78 15 3350 6 OKANAGAN KEL 11 0 550 02 78 14 3350 3 CASTLEGAR SPOK 11 0 600 02 77 12 3500 6 CRANBROOK SPOK 11 -1 1050 02 75 7 3000 6 REVELSTOKE KEL 11 -1 600 02 78 10 3450 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 FRIDAY AFTERNOON (WINDS IN KM/H): 900m 1800m 2700m PENTICTON VR 5 E 13 SE 24 CRANBROOK E 9 E 20 TODAY'S VENTING: Good. VENTING FOR SATURDAY: 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. 11 -1 1050 02 46 10 1400 5 PR. GEORGE P.G. 11 -1 750 02 41 10 1000 5 SMITHERS P.G. 12 -1 700 02 43 11 1350 5 WELLS GRAY P.G. 14 -1 1100 04 58 9 1500 5 FT NLSN F.N. 11 -4 500 04 55 10 1500 5 FT STJOHN F.N. 11 -4 800 03 33 3 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 FRIDAY AFTERNOON (WINDS IN KM/H): 900m 1800m 2700m PR. GEORGE SE 11 S 17 SMITHERS S 15 S 17 TODAY'S VENTING: Fair to good. VENTING FOR SATURDAY: Fair. COAST UPPER ***** MORNING ****** ***** AFTERNOON **** AIR VI Tmp MXG HT Wnd VI Tmp MXG HT Wnd (mASL) (kt) (mASL) (kt) VANCOUVER QUIL 25 7 200 07 61 13 1300 6 FRASER VLY QUIL 20 6 200 04 92 15 3050 8 SRN VRISL QUIL 18 6 200 04 56 13 1100 5 CNTRL VRISL QUIL 17 6 220 04 93 16 3050 7 NRN VRISL HRDY 13 7 200 03 32 12 400 6 TERRACE ANT 28 4 250 06 82 15 2450 10 STEWART ANT 16 3 250 02 79 15 1850 08 *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 E 9 E 15 SE 20 PORT HARDY S 30 S 43 S 41 SANDSPIT S 69 S 54 S 43 TODAY'S VENTING: Good. VENTING FOR SATURDAY: Fair to good. VENTILATION GUIDELINES: 0-33.....POOR 34-54.....FAIR 55-100.....GOOD. VENTILATION INDICES NORMALLY DROP TO POOR AFTER SUNSET. END/.. -------------------------------------------------- Special Industry Related Information -------------------------------------------------- 1 - Smoke Forecast, Coast 2 - Smoke Forecast, Interior Q - Return to Previous menu -------------------------------------------------- l Previous usage time: 49:20:48 This session: 00:01:18 --------Total Usage time: 49:22:06 Today's usage time: 00:05:17 This month's usage time: 00:54:22 ----This account expires: 12/31/97