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 241434 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 24 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 21 13 1000 2 95 18 3200 4 KAMLOOPS KEL 30 13 1300 2 95 19 3350 4 OKANAGAN KEL 20 12 1100 2 95 17 3350 4 CASTLEGAR SPOK 31 10 1350 3 100 15 3500 7 CRANBROOK SPOK 100 9 3950 9 100 15 3950 9 REVELSTOKE KEL 15 10 900 1 95 16 3450 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 THURSDAY AFTERNOON (WINDS IN KM/H): 900m 1800m 2700m PENTICTON VR 5 VR 5 VR 5 CRANBROOK VR 5 E 13 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. 41 7 1250 11 100 15 3950 11 PR. GEORGE P.G. 53 8 1100 13 100 16 3700 11 SMITHERS P.G. 14 8 750 2 100 17 3500 11 WELLS GRAY P.G. 66 8 1700 11 100 16 4000 11 FT NLSN F.N. 14 6 550 3 96 15 2650 7 FT STJOHN F.N. 9 5 700 9 90 12 2650 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 THURSDAY AFTERNOON (WINDS IN KM/H): 900m 1800m 2700m PR. GEORGE NE 17 E 11 SMITHERS SE 26 SE 11 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 71 12 1300 7 76 15 1450 7 FRASER VLY QUIL 73 13 1300 7 81 17 1850 6 SRN VRISL QUIL 48 11 850 6 71 16 1550 6 CNTRL VRISL QUIL 20 8 200 6 70 15 1400 6 NRN VRISL HRDY 9 8 50 4 70 15 1500 6 TERRACE ANT 9 12 200 9 100 20 3200 15 STEWART ANT 18 11 150 6 90 20 1300 11 *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 W 11 VR 5 VR 5 PORT HARDY S 19 SE 30 SE 24 SANDSPIT SE 61 SE 63 SE 59 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/ret -------------------------------------------------- Special Industry Related Information -------------------------------------------------- 1 - Smoke Forecast, Coast 2 - Smoke Forecast, Interior Q - Return to Previous menu -------------------------------------------------- l Previous usage time: 50:20:46 This session: 00:01:18 --------Total Usage time: 50:22:04 Today's usage time: 00:05:14 This month's usage time: 01:54:20 ----This account expires: 12/31/97