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 271430 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 FRIDAY 27 SEPTEMBER 1996 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 27 16 800 3 54 23 1350 6 KAMLOOPS KEL 21 14 750 3 53 21 1300 6 OKANAGAN KEL 11 12 550 1 36 19 1200 4 CASTLEGAR GEG 17 12 750 3 54 19 1100 9 CRANBROOK GEG 9 8 950 14 60 16 1450 14 REVELSTOKE KEL 10 11 550 1 30 16 1100 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 FRIDAY AFTERNOON (WINDS IN KM/H): 900m 1800m 2700m PENTICTON SW 9 W 22 W 43 CRANBROOK W 17 NW 52 INVERSION HT BREAKTHRU TEMP KELOWNA 1370 m 22 C SPOKANE 1010 m 17 C TODAY'S VENTING: FAIR EXCEPT FOR A BRIEF WINDOW IN THE SOUTHEAST THIS AFTERNOON. VENTING FOR SATURDAY: FAIR VENTING OUTLOOK SUNDAY THRU TUESDAY: 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 10 950 22 10 15 950 22 PR. GEORGE P.G. 9 14 700 13 9 16 700 13 SMITHERS ANN 58 14 1400 7 81 16 1650 10 WELLS GRAY P.G. 10 13 1000 22 10 14 1000 22 FT NLSN F.N. 9 6 400 3 100 12 2450 25 FT STJOHN F.N. 100 8 1900 26 100 11 3700 30 *SUBTRACT 20 FROM THE VENTILATION INDEX IN VALLEYS IF THE MIXING HEIGHT IS BELOW THE HEIGHT OF THE LOCAL HILLS. FORECAST UPPER WINDS FOR FRIDAY AFTERNOON (WINDS IN KM/H): 900m 1800m 2700m PR. GEORGE W 48 W 59 SMITHERS W 46 W 59 INVERSION HT BREAKTHRU TEMP PR. GEORGE 780 m 18 C FT. NELSON 570 m 8 C TODAY'S VENTING: A COLD FRONT STRETCHES EAST - WEST ACROSS THE REGIONS NORTH OF PRINCE GEORGE THIS MORNING. VENTING IS GOOD TO THE NORTH AND POOR TO THE SOUTH OF THE FRONT. THE FRONT IS SET TO SLIDE SOUTHWARD THROUGH THE REGIONS TONIGHT AND SATURDAY. VENTING FOR SATURDAY: FAIR VENTING OUTLOOK SUNDAY THRU TUESDAY: GOOD COAST UPPER ***** MORNING ****** ***** AFTERNOON **** AIR VI Tmp MXG HT Wnd VI Tmp MXG HT Wnd (mASL) (kt) (mASL) (kt) VANCOUVER QUIL 10 13 200 1 11 17 300 1 FRASER VLY QUIL 10 14 200 1 15 21 500 1 SRN VRISL QUIL 10 14 200 1 13 19 300 1 CNTRL VRISL QUIL 10 13 200 1 15 21 450 1 NRN VRISL HRDY 13 13 200 2 17 15 550 2 TERRACE ANN 28 13 850 3 36 14 950 4 STEWART ANN 30 12 400 6 38 14 700 5 *SUBTRACT 20 FROM THE VENTILATION INDEX IN VALLEYS IF THE MIXING HEIGHT IS BELOW THE HEIGHT OF THE LOCAL HILLS. FORECAST UPPER WINDS FOR FRIDAY AFTERNOON (WINDS IN KM/H): 900m 1800m 2700m VANCOUVER W 13 W 35 W 46 PORT HARDY W 15 W 41 W 54 SANDSPIT W 35 W 48 W 59 INVERSION HT BREAKTHRU TEMP QUILLAYUTE 2600 m 37 C PORT HARDY 3000 m 38 C ANNETTE 2280 m 27 C TODAY'S VENTING: POOR VENTING FOR SATURDAY: POOR VENTING OUTLOOK SUNDAY THRU TUESDAY: IMPROVING TO GOOD FROM THE NORTH 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: 33:28:54 This session: 00:01:17 --------Total Usage time: 33:30:11 Today's usage time: 00:05:13 This month's usage time: 02:06:10 ----This account expires: 12/31/96