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 301532 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 30 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 26 3 550 5 29 6 200 5 KAMLOOPS KEL 19 1 350 13 55 7 900 14 OKANAGAN KEL 9 0 500 5 26 2 900 5 CASTLEGAR SPOK 9 0 500 5 24 1 800 5 CRANBROOK SPOK 9 1 950 10 30 4 950 10 REVELSTOKE KEL 9 -2 450 5 9 -1 500 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 THURSDAY AFTERNOON (WINDS IN KM/H): 900m 1800m 2700m PENTICTON SW 15 W 39 W 93 CRANBROOK W 28 W 83 TODAY'S VENTING: POOR VENTING FOR FRIDAY: FAIR 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. 19 1 950 15 38 8 1100 15 PR. GEORGE P.G. 9 1 700 12 20 8 800 12 SMITHERS P.G. 9 1 550 15 32 4 800 15 WELLS GRAY P.G. 10 2 1000 15 35 5 1200 15 FT NLSN F.N. 9 -12 400 02 42 -10 400 04 FT STJOHN F.N. 15 2 750 12 40 3 950 12 *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 SW 82 W 117 SMITHERS SW 48 W 117 TODAY'S VENTING: FAIR VENTING FOR FRIDAY: FAIR COAST UPPER ***** MORNING ****** ***** AFTERNOON **** AIR VI Tmp MXG HT Wnd VI Tmp MXG HT Wnd (mASL) (kt) (mASL) (kt) VANCOUVER QUIL 9 10 100 15 27 11 300 15 FRASER VLY QUIL 9 10 50 12 26 10 300 12 SRN VRISL QUIL 15 11 50 15 28 10 300 12 CNTRL VRISL QUIL 15 5 50 05 25 9 300 15 NRN VRISL HRDY 21 10 0 15 34 11 300 15 TERRACE ANT 10 4 50 12 30 6 300 12 STEWART ANT 10 0 50 02 26 4 250 05 *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 SW 39 SW 59 W 78 PORT HARDY SW 59 W 74 W 80 SANDSPIT W 82 W 87 W 83 TODAY'S VENTING: POOR VENTING FOR FRIDAY: FAIR VENTILATION GUIDELINES: 0-33.....POOR 34-54.....FAIR 55-100.....GOOD. VENTILATION INDICES NORMALLY DROP TO POOR AFTER SUNSET. END/.. -------------------------------------------------- Special Industry Related Information -------------------------------------------------- 1 - Smoke Forecast, Coast 2 - Smoke Forecast, Interior Q - Return to Previous menu -------------------------------------------------- l Previous usage time: 43:22:48 This session: 00:01:17 --------Total Usage time: 43:24:05 Today's usage time: 00:05:13 This month's usage time: 02:01:45 ----This account expires: 12/31/97