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 201534 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 PST WEDNESDAY 20 NOVEMBER 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 20 -10 500 10 41 -7 750 7 KAMLOOPS KEL 15 -17 450 10 27 -9 650 7 OKANAGAN KEL 25 -10 1000 10 52 -6 1500 6 CASTLEGAR GEG 9 -7 580 5 30 -3 750 9 CRANBROOK GEG 9 -15 950 5 9 -10 950 23 REVELSTOKE KEL 15 -8 900 5 51 -6 1550 6 *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 W 15 W 33 CRANBROOK W 17 W 43 INVERSION HT BREAKTHRU TEMP KELOWNA 2000 m 0 C SPOKANE 850 m 0 C TODAY'S VENTING: POOR TO FAIR. VENTING FOR THURSDAY: FAIR. VENTING OUTLOOK FRIDAY THROUGH SUNDAY: FAIR TO POOR WITH LITTLE CHANGE IN THE AIRMASS. 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. 50 -23 1800 20 100 -16 2050 21 PR. GEORGE P.G. 49 -18 1200 18 94 -16 1550 18 SMITHERS ANN 30 -18 1150 15 80 -13 1500 15 WELLS GRAY P.G. 45 -19 1500 15 100 -14 2550 14 FT NLSN F.N. 30 -23 850 15 56 -18 1100 14 FT STJOHN F.N. 27 -23 850 15 50 -21 1100 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 E 20 E 19 SMITHERS E 26 E 19 INVERSION HT BREAKTHRU TEMP PR. GEORGE 2500 m M10 C FT. NELSON 3500 m 7 C TODAY'S VENTING: POOR IN THE NORTHEAST AND FAIR IN THE CENTRAL INTERIOR VENTING FOR THURSDAY: POOR VENTING OUTLOOK FRIDAY THROUGH SUNDAY: POOR TO FAIR WITH LITTLE CHANGE FORSEEN. COAST UPPER ***** MORNING ****** ***** AFTERNOON **** AIR VI Tmp MXG HT Wnd VI Tmp MXG HT Wnd (mASL) (kt) (mASL) (kt) VANCOUVER QUIL 9 -2 50 4 16 3 150 14 FRASER VLY QUIL 20 -3 200 10 50 -1 600 14 SRN VRISL QUIL 10 0 100 3 15 4 150 3 CNTRL VRISL QUIL 15 -2 100 6 30 3 300 8 NRN VRISL HRDY 9 -2 50 5 56 2 700 12 TERRACE ANN 60 -12 500 15 80 -10 900 20 STEWART ANN 30 -6 300 10 80 -4 900 20 *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 9 W 26 W 43 PORT HARDY NW 11 NW 30 NW 41 SANDSPIT VR 5 NW 33 NW 56 INVERSION HT BREAKTHRU TEMP QUILLAYUTE 200 m 4 C PORT HARDY NO INVERSION ANNETTE NO INVERSION TODAY'S VENTING: POOR TO FAIR IN THE SOUTH AND GOOD IN THE NORTH. VENTING FOR THURSDAY: FAIR. VENTING OUTLOOK FRIDAY THROUGH SUNDAY: LITTLE CHANGE. VENTILATION GUIDELINES: 0-33.....POOR 34-54.....FAIR 55-100.....GOOD. VENTILATION INDICES NORMALLY DROP TO POOR AFTER SUNSET. END/PLJ -------------------------------------------------- Special Industry Related Information -------------------------------------------------- 1 - Smoke Forecast, Coast 2 - Smoke Forecast, Interior Q - Return to Previous menu -------------------------------------------------- l Previous usage time: 37:46:13 This session: 00:01:20 --------Total Usage time: 37:47:33 Today's usage time: 00:04:11 This month's usage time: 01:28:33 ----This account expires: 12/31/96