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 261434 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 26 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 14 800 2 80 19 2200 15 KAMLOOPS KEL 39 14 1450 3 80 19 2200 15 OKANAGAN KEL 28 13 1050 3 80 18 2200 15 CASTLEGAR SPOK 26 12 850 5 75 18 2100 12 CRANBROOK SPOK 32 11 1550 4 75 17 2450 12 REVELSTOKE KEL 9 9 450 2 50 14 1800 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 SATURDAY AFTERNOON (WINDS IN KM/H): 900m 1800m 2700m PENTICTON S 13 S 30 SW 63 CRANBROOK SW 15 SW 46 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. 11 11 950 22 80 15 1500 18 PR. GEORGE P.G. 32 11 1000 9 73 15 1500 15 SMITHERS P.G. 13 10 700 2 70 14 1500 12 WELLS GRAY P.G. 11 13 1000 22 80 16 1500 18 FT NLSN F.N. 12 8 450 4 30 16 700 7 FT STJOHN F.N. 9 10 700 7 30 15 900 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 SATURDAY AFTERNOON (WINDS IN KM/H): 900m 1800m 2700m PR. GEORGE S 41 SW 41 SMITHERS SW 39 SW 41 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 13 13 200 3 16 15 250 12 FRASER VLY QUIL 14 14 200 3 16 17 300 10 SRN VRISL QUIL 11 12 150 2 60 16 1050 12 CNTRL VRISL QUIL 10 11 150 2 60 14 1050 12 NRN VRISL HRDY 52 11 350 17 60 14 1050 20 TERRACE ANT 10 9 250 8 80 12 1350 15 STEWART ANT 20 11 350 8 80 12 1350 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 SATURDAY AFTERNOON (WINDS IN KM/H): 900m 1800m 2700m VANCOUVER SW 26 SW 39 SW 52 PORT HARDY W 22 SW 26 SW 35 SANDSPIT W 44 W 43 SW 43 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/mwso -------------------------------------------------- Special Industry Related Information -------------------------------------------------- 1 - Smoke Forecast, Coast 2 - Smoke Forecast, Interior Q - Return to Previous menu -------------------------------------------------- l Previous usage time: 50:31:10 This session: 00:01:19 --------Total Usage time: 50:32:29 Today's usage time: 00:05:13 This month's usage time: 02:04:45 ----This account expires: 12/31/97