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 151434 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 15 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 62 9 850 25 100 13 2000 25 KAMLOOPS KEL 24 9 900 3 82 13 2100 10 OKANAGAN KEL 24 9 900 3 88 14 2450 10 CASTLEGAR SPOK 19 7 750 4 78 14 1800 9 CRANBROOK SPOK 9 5 1050 5 78 13 2000 8 REVELSTOKE KEL 11 3 550 2 48 10 1400 7 *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 S 11 SW 24 SW 46 CRANBROOK SW 13 SW 35 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. 55 4 1350 12 100 11 2000 15 PR. GEORGE P.G. 54 5 1400 10 92 11 2200 12 SMITHERS P.G. 13 7 650 4 87 10 1400 15 WELLS GRAY P.G. 30 8 1200 12 90 11 2200 15 FT NLSN F.N. 15 1 500 05 81 11 1700 12 FT STJOHN F.N. 25 2 800 08 81 11 1700 12 *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 S 46 SW 56 SMITHERS SW 41 SW 56 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 23 8 100 10 84 12 1400 12 FRASER VLY QUIL 14 7 150 05 76 11 1350 12 SRN VRISL QUIL 22 7 200 08 84 13 1350 12 CNTRL VRISL QUIL 19 7 200 05 67 12 1250 10 NRN VRISL HRDY 24 8 300 13 64 11 700 16 TERRACE ANT 23 7 650 04 78 10 1150 12 STEWART ANT 16 3 650 04 66 10 800 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 VANCOUVER S 39 SW 56 SW 67 PORT HARDY S 39 SW 52 SW 61 SANDSPIT S 46 SW 54 S 59 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/mwso -------------------------------------------------- Special Industry Related Information -------------------------------------------------- 1 - Smoke Forecast, Coast 2 - Smoke Forecast, Interior Q - Return to Previous menu -------------------------------------------------- l Previous usage time: 49:41:48 This session: 00:01:17 --------Total Usage time: 49:43:05 Today's usage time: 00:05:12 This month's usage time: 01:15:21 ----This account expires: 12/31/97