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 301433 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 30 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 13 9 550 1 70 16 3200 9 KAMLOOPS KEL 44 10 1400 4 70 17 3350 9 OKANAGAN KEL 11 7 550 1 70 16 3350 9 CASTLEGAR SPOK 52 9 900 12 70 14 2900 9 CRANBROOK SPOK 95 8 2050 14 70 12 3950 9 REVELSTOKE KEL 15 8 700 3 70 14 3450 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 WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON (WINDS IN KM/H): 900m 1800m 2700m PENTICTON VR 5 VR 5 SW 9 CRANBROOK W 9 W 19 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. 79 6 2100 9 100 12 3950 10 PR. GEORGE P.G. 31 6 1050 7 100 13 3700 9 SMITHERS P.G. 17 4 750 4 100 12 3500 8 WELLS GRAY P.G. 100 7 4000 10 100 12 4000 10 FT NLSN F.N. 35 4 800 7 64 8 1650 6 FT STJOHN F.N. 52 5 1650 6 100 11 3700 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 WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON (WINDS IN KM/H): 900m 1800m 2700m PR. GEORGE VR 5 VR 5 SMITHERS VR 5 VR 5 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 100 10 850 26 100 13 1850 10 FRASER VLY QUIL 83 9 550 25 100 12 1850 10 SRN VRISL QUIL 99 10 800 22 100 13 1850 10 CNTRL VRISL QUIL 61 9 400 18 100 11 1800 10 NRN VRISL HRDY 17 7 150 6 75 11 1800 7 TERRACE ANT 14 5 300 5 100 10 2350 10 STEWART ANT 10 7 300 1 97 10 1850 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 WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON (WINDS IN KM/H): 900m 1800m 2700m VANCOUVER SW 11 VR 5 SE 9 PORT HARDY W 20 W 17 W 11 SANDSPIT W 19 SW 13 S 13 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/JMS -------------------------------------------------- Special Industry Related Information -------------------------------------------------- 1 - Smoke Forecast, Coast 2 - Smoke Forecast, Interior Q - Return to Previous menu -------------------------------------------------- l Previous usage time: 50:50:42 This session: 00:01:17 --------Total Usage time: 50:51:59 Today's usage time: 00:05:08 This month's usage time: 02:24:15 ----This account expires: 12/31/97