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 171433 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 THURSDAY 17 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 36 08 400 18 100 17 2750 14 KAMLOOPS KEL 18 10 500 04 100 18 3350 14 OKANAGAN KEL 14 02 400 02 100 18 3350 14 CASTLEGAR SPOK 11 03 550 02 100 17 2900 21 CRANBROOK SPOK 14 05 1050 04 100 13 3950 27 REVELSTOKE KEL 13 05 500 03 72 12 1400 9 *SUBTRACT 20 FROM THE VENTILATION INDEX IN VALLEYS IF THE MIXING HEIGHT IS BELOW THE HEIGHT OF THE LOCAL HILLS. FORECAST UPPER WINDS FOR THURSDAY AFTERNOON (WINDS IN KM/H): 900m 1800m 2700m PENTICTON VR 5 SW 15 SW 22 CRANBROOK SW 9 W 22 TODAY'S VENTING: Good. VENTING FOR FRIDAY: 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. 14 02 1050 03 100 10 3950 26 PR. GEORGE P.G. 14 04 750 03 100 10 3700 20 SMITHERS P.G. 15 04 600 02 100 11 2700 18 WELLS GRAY P.G. 26 03 1200 05 100 12 4000 26 FT NLSN F.N. 15 00 450 03 63 13 1900 07 FT STJOHN F.N. 35 05 850 12 74 10 1600 14 *SUBTRACT 20 FROM THE VENTILATION INDEX IN VALLEYS IF THE MIXING HEIGHT IS BELOW THE HEIGHT OF THE LOCAL HILLS. FORECAST UPPER WINDS FOR THURSDAY AFTERNOON (WINDS IN KM/H): 900m 1800m 2700m PR. GEORGE SW 30 SW 35 SMITHERS SW 33 W 35 TODAY'S VENTING: Good. VENTING FOR FRIDAY: Good COAST UPPER ***** MORNING ****** ***** AFTERNOON **** AIR VI Tmp MXG HT Wnd VI Tmp MXG HT Wnd (mASL) (kt) (mASL) (kt) VANCOUVER QUIL 14 07 200 05 72 15 2000 07 FRASER VLY QUIL 13 06 250 04 68 15 1800 06 SRN VRISL QUIL 15 05 250 02 69 15 1900 06 CNTRL VRISL QUIL 14 04 250 05 67 15 1700 07 NRN VRISL HRDY 15 05 250 03 100 11 1600 10 TERRACE ANT 15 04 250 06 61 10 1500 07 STEWART ANT 11 03 200 02 50 08 1300 05 *SUBTRACT 20 FROM THE VENTILATION INDEX IN VALLEYS IF THE MIXING HEIGHT IS BELOW THE HEIGHT OF THE LOCAL HILLS. FORECAST UPPER WINDS FOR THURSDAY AFTERNOON (WINDS IN KM/H): 900m 1800m 2700m VANCOUVER SW 15 SW 17 W 19 PORT HARDY SW 20 SW 22 SW 24 SANDSPIT SW 31 SW 33 SW 41 TODAY'S VENTING: Good. VENTING FOR FRIDAY: 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: 49:48:14 This session: 00:01:17 --------Total Usage time: 49:49:31 Today's usage time: 00:05:08 This month's usage time: 01:21:47 ----This account expires: 12/31/97