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 191430 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 SATURDAY 19 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 12 9 500 1 73 17 2500 4 KAMLOOPS KEL 14 9 700 2 79 17 2900 4 OKANAGAN KEL 14 9 700 2 73 16 2650 4 CASTLEGAR SPOK 20 9 850 3 70 15 1950 6 CRANBROOK SPOK 19 8 1200 4 100 14 2500 12 REVELSTOKE KEL 10 7 550 1 64 14 2400 4 *SUBTRACT 20 FROM THE VENTILATION INDEX IN VALLEYS IF THE MIXING HEIGHT IS BELOW THE HEIGHT OF THE LOCAL HILLS. FORECAST UPPER WINDS FOR SATURDAY AFTERNOON (WINDS IN KM/H): 900m 1800m 2700m PENTICTON S 9 S 19 S 30 CRANBROOK VR 5 SW 15 TODAY'S VENTING: GOOD VENTING FOR SUNDAY: 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. 9 4 950 7 100 12 3950 9 PR. GEORGE P.G. 25 5 950 7 100 12 3700 8 SMITHERS P.G. 21 3 750 5 100 11 2750 8 WELLS GRAY P.G. 35 5 1400 7 100 13 4000 9 FT NLSN P.G. 9 -1 400 1 67 4 1850 5 FT STJOHN P.G. 18 2 800 9 61 7 1800 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 SATURDAY AFTERNOON (WINDS IN KM/H): 900m 1800m 2700m PR. GEORGE SE 22 SE 28 SMITHERS SE 24 SE 28 TODAY'S VENTING: GOOD VENTING FOR SUNDAY: GOOD COAST UPPER ***** MORNING ****** ***** AFTERNOON **** AIR VI Tmp MXG HT Wnd VI Tmp MXG HT Wnd (mASL) (kt) (mASL) (kt) VANCOUVER QUIL 9 9 100 15 86 13 1500 16 FRASER VLY QUIL 38 10 300 15 95 14 1750 16 SRN VRISL QUIL 19 9 200 6 74 13 1500 12 CNTRL VRISL QUIL 10 4 100 5 62 12 1550 6 NRN VRISL HRDY 12 5 100 4 61 9 1550 8 TERRACE ANT 9 4 200 11 100 9 1950 15 STEWART ANT 13 5 100 5 64 9 1550 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 SATURDAY AFTERNOON (WINDS IN KM/H): 900m 1800m 2700m VANCOUVER S 33 S 44 SW 50 PORT HARDY SE 44 S 50 S 52 SANDSPIT SE 48 SE 56 SE 61 TODAY'S VENTING: GOOD VENTING FOR SUNDAY: 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: 49:58:40 This session: 00:01:17 --------Total Usage time: 49:59:57 Today's usage time: 00:05:13 This month's usage time: 01:32:13 ----This account expires: 12/31/97