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 161433 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 16 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 32 12 300 20 56 15 650 20 KAMLOOPS KEL 18 12 550 8 40 14 700 10 OKANAGAN KEL 9 10 500 1 36 14 750 8 CASTLEGAR SPOK 16 9 750 3 35 14 900 8 CRANBROOK SPOK 9 8 1050 4 40 13 1200 10 REVELSTOKE KEL 9 6 450 1 17 10 550 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 PENTICTON SW 11 SW 28 SW 50 CRANBROOK SW 19 SW 57 TODAY'S VENTING: Fair. VENTING FOR THURSDAY: 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. 18 10 1000 12 42 12 1200 16 PR. GEORGE P.G. 9 9 700 4 56 12 1200 13 SMITHERS P.G. 9 6 500 4 55 11 950 14 WELLS GRAY P.G. 19 8 1000 13 47 13 1300 15 FT NLSN F.N. 9 6 400 0 33 12 650 8 FT STJOHN F.N. 9 5 750 5 57 11 1300 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 PR. GEORGE SW 26 SW 41 SMITHERS SW 28 SW 41 TODAY'S VENTING: Fair to good. 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 16 11 200 8 59 14 800 13 FRASER VLY QUIL 18 11 200 7 57 14 800 12 SRN VRISL QUIL 16 11 200 4 56 14 800 12 CNTRL VRISL QUIL 20 11 250 8 63 14 800 15 NRN VRISL HRDY 10 10 450 0 54 12 1000 10 TERRACE ANT 9 6 200 7 85 9 1350 11 STEWART ANT 21 8 250 5 45 9 650 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 WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON (WINDS IN KM/H): 900m 1800m 2700m VANCOUVER SW 33 SW 44 SW 56 PORT HARDY SW 33 SW 39 SW 46 SANDSPIT S 37 S 41 S 43 TODAY'S VENTING: Good. VENTING FOR THURSDAY: 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: 49:43:05 This session: 00:01:18 --------Total Usage time: 49:44:23 Today's usage time: 00:01:18 This month's usage time: 01:16:39 ----This account expires: 12/31/97