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 141432 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 MONDAY 14 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 93 11 1450 12 100 16 3200 18 KAMLOOPS KEL 70 9 1200 10 100 14 3350 18 OKANAGAN KEL 100 10 1950 13 100 15 3350 18 CASTLEGAR SPOK 65 7 1050 14 100 13 2900 20 CRANBROOK SPOK 90 5 1500 25 100 10 3950 23 REVELSTOKE KEL 9 5 450 8 63 8 1150 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 MONDAY AFTERNOON (WINDS IN KM/H): 900m 1800m 2700m PENTICTON SW 9 SW 19 SW 31 CRANBROOK W 9 W 24 TODAY'S VENTING: AN UNSTABLE AIRMASS WILL RESULT IN GOOD VENTING. VENTING FOR TUESDAY: 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. 52 4 1850 6 100 9 3950 10 PR. GEORGE P.G. 31 3 1250 4 100 8 3700 8 SMITHERS P.G. 32 4 1150 4 60 7 2000 4 WELLS GRAY P.G. 36 3 1650 5 100 10 4000 10 FT NLSN F.N. 13 -2 600 2 100 5 1700 14 FT STJOHN F.N. 87 0 1500 16 98 3 1750 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 MONDAY AFTERNOON (WINDS IN KM/H): 900m 1800m 2700m PR. GEORGE SW 15 SW 22 SMITHERS S 20 SW 22 TODAY'S VENTING: AN UNSTABLE AIRMASS WILL RESULT IN GOOD VENTING. VENTING FOR TUESDAY: FAIR TO GOOD. COAST UPPER ***** MORNING ****** ***** AFTERNOON **** AIR VI Tmp MXG HT Wnd VI Tmp MXG HT Wnd (mASL) (kt) (mASL) (kt) VANCOUVER QUIL 40 9 600 7 100 12 1650 12 FRASER VLY QUIL 78 10 1100 10 100 13 1750 12 SRN VRISL QUIL 62 10 900 8 100 13 1700 11 CNTRL VRISL QUIL ## ## ### ## 96 11 1450 11 NRN VRISL HRDY 34 7 400 7 94 11 1550 10 TERRACE ANT 9 6 250 6 62 9 1550 5 STEWART ANT 9 6 50 0 35 9 900 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 MONDAY AFTERNOON (WINDS IN KM/H): 900m 1800m 2700m VANCOUVER S 20 SW 28 W 46 PORT HARDY S 37 S 41 SW 43 SANDSPIT S 41 S 41 S 39 TODAY'S VENTING: GOOD VENTING DUE TO AN UNSTABLE AIRMASS. VENTING FOR TUESDAY: GOOD VENTILATION GUIDELINES: 0-33.....POOR 34-54.....FAIR 55-100.....GOOD. VENTILATION INDICES NORMALLY DROP TO POOR AFTER SUNSET. END/JDG -------------------------------------------------- Special Industry Related Information -------------------------------------------------- 1 - Smoke Forecast, Coast 2 - Smoke Forecast, Interior Q - Return to Previous menu -------------------------------------------------- l Previous usage time: 49:36:32 This session: 00:01:21 --------Total Usage time: 49:37:53 Today's usage time: 00:05:17 This month's usage time: 01:10:09 ----This account expires: 12/31/97