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 231534 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 THURSDAY 23 JANUARY 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 9 1 200 3 9 2 200 3 KAMLOOPS KEL 9 0 350 3 13 1 500 3 OKANAGAN KEL 13 1 500 3 21 2 650 4 CASTLEGAR SPOK 74 1 1000 20 74 1 1000 20 CRANBROOK SPOK 77 0 1350 24 77 0 1350 24 REVELSTOKE KEL 10 0 500 3 9 -1 450 3 *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 SW 9 W 17 W 39 CRANBROOK SW 13 SW 33 TODAY'S VENTING: Poor except good in the Kootenays. VENTING FOR FRIDAY: POOR 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. 69 -12 1600 13 73 -10 1700 13 PR. GEORGE P.G. 34 -16 1100 6 37 -15 1200 6 SMITHERS P.G. 75 -7 1650 9 77 -6 1650 9 WELLS GRAY P.G. 66 -13 1600 13 66 -12 1650 13 FT NLSN F.N. 9 -27 400 4 9 -28 400 4 FT STJOHN F.N. 24 -27 850 10 44 -25 1100 10 *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 N 17 W 26 SMITHERS N 13 NW 26 TODAY'S VENTING: FAIR TO GOOD. VENTING FOR FRIDAY: POOR. COAST UPPER ***** MORNING ****** ***** AFTERNOON **** AIR VI Tmp MXG HT Wnd VI Tmp MXG HT Wnd (mASL) (kt) (mASL) (kt) VANCOUVER QUIL 14 5 150 5 74 6 650 17 FRASER VLY QUIL 11 4 100 5 59 6 550 14 SRN VRISL QUIL 14 5 150 4 98 7 1000 17 CNTRL VRISL QUIL 12 2 200 4 60 4 1000 4 NRN VRISL HRDY 21 3 200 6 75 5 1050 10 TERRACE ANT 10 -4 200 17 60 -4 1000 17 STEWART ANT 76 -1 700 14 9 -4 0 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 THURSDAY AFTERNOON (WINDS IN KM/H): 900m 1800m 2700m VANCOUVER W 35 NW 44 NW 48 PORT HARDY NW 41 NW 59 NW 70 SANDSPIT NW 33 NW 54 NW 72 TODAY'S VENTING: Good except poor in the Stewart area. VENTING FOR FRIDAY: POOR VENTILATION GUIDELINES: 0-33.....POOR 34-54.....FAIR 55-100.....GOOD. VENTILATION INDICES NORMALLY DROP TO POOR AFTER SUNSET. END/GF -------------------------------------------------- Special Industry Related Information -------------------------------------------------- 1 - Smoke Forecast, Coast 2 - Smoke Forecast, Interior Q - Return to Previous menu -------------------------------------------------- l Previous usage time: 42:46:19 This session: 00:01:18 --------Total Usage time: 42:47:37 Today's usage time: 00:05:09 This month's usage time: 01:25:17 ----This account expires: 12/31/97