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 231434 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 23 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 28 13 1200 2 100 18 2650 8 KAMLOOPS KEL 52 12 1600 4 100 17 2800 9 OKANAGAN KEL 52 12 1600 4 100 17 2800 9 CASTLEGAR SPOK 67 10 1200 11 100 15 2250 12 CRANBROOK SPOK 75 8 1700 13 100 15 3950 13 REVELSTOKE KEL 9 8 450 0 100 15 2550 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 PENTICTON VR 5 VR 5 NE 11 CRANBROOK E 11 E 28 TODAY'S VENTING: GOOD 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. 29 8 1200 9 100 13 3950 6 PR. GEORGE P.G. 35 8 950 10 100 15 3700 7 SMITHERS P.G. 17 7 750 4 100 16 3500 7 WELLS GRAY P.G. 32 8 1250 9 100 16 4000 6 FT NLSN F.N. 28 8 650 8 100 16 3400 14 FT STJOHN F.N. 33 6 950 11 100 12 3700 15 *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 NE 28 NE 20 SMITHERS E 26 E 20 TODAY'S VENTING: GOOD VENTING FOR THURSDAY: GOOD COAST UPPER ***** MORNING ****** ***** AFTERNOON **** AIR VI Tmp MXG HT Wnd VI Tmp MXG HT Wnd (mASL) (kt) (mASL) (kt) VANCOUVER QUIL 83 11 1100 12 100 15 2100 14 FRASER VLY QUIL 77 11 950 12 100 15 2050 14 SRN VRISL QUIL 57 11 650 9 100 14 1650 12 CNTRL VRISL QUIL 40 9 500 8 100 15 1950 13 NRN VRISL HRDY 22 10 300 5 90 13 1500 9 TERRACE ANT 9 12 200 25 100 18 2950 21 STEWART ANT 11 13 50 4 94 18 900 18 *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 W 15 W 15 NW 11 PORT HARDY S 13 SE 15 E 11 SANDSPIT E 33 E 37 E 30 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/PJS -------------------------------------------------- Special Industry Related Information -------------------------------------------------- 1 - Smoke Forecast, Coast 2 - Smoke Forecast, Interior Q - Return to Previous menu -------------------------------------------------- l Previous usage time: 50:15:33 This session: 00:01:17 --------Total Usage time: 50:16:50 Today's usage time: 00:05:11 This month's usage time: 01:49:06 ----This account expires: 12/31/97