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 191534 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 19 MARCH 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 12 3 540 1 47 8 1200 15 KAMLOOPS KEL 18 3 750 2 55 7 1300 11 OKANAGAN KEL 18 3 780 2 53 7 1300 10 CASTLEGAR SPOK 12 4 520 6 24 7 750 6 CRANBROOK SPOK 10 2 970 23 20 6 950 7 REVELSTOKE KEL 11 0 480 1 18 2 750 2 *SUBTRACT 20 FROM THE VENTILATION INDEX IN VALLEYS IF THE MIXING HEIGHT IS BELOW THE HEIGHT OF THE LOCAL HILLS. FORECAST UPPER WINDS FOR MONDAY AFTERNOON (WINDS IN KM/H): 900m 1800m 2700m PENTICTON S 13 SW 34 SW 51 CRANBROOK W 18 W 44 TODAY'S VENTING: FAIR TO GOOD WEST. POOR EAST. VENTING FOR THURSDAY: 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. 12 6 980 10 86 9 2300 12 PR. GEORGE P.G. 25 5 1100 6 67 10 1840 7 SMITHERS P.G. 50 3 1350 7 68 7 1950 7 WELLS GRAY P.G. 70 2 1750 12 83 6 2000 12 FT NLSN F.N. 36 -14 690 11 98 -8 1680 13 FT STJOHN F.N. 58 -8 1150 15 94 -4 1850 13 *SUBTRACT 20 FROM THE VENTILATION INDEX IN VALLEYS IF THE MIXING HEIGHT IS BELOW THE HEIGHT OF THE LOCAL HILLS. FORECAST UPPER WINDS FOR MONDAY AFTERNOON (WINDS IN KM/H): 900m 1800m 2700m PR. GEORGE S 50 SW 57 SMITHERS S 43 S 57 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 15 10 100 30 81 12 450 30 FRASER VLY QUIL 18 8 90 30 66 12 200 30 SRN VRISL QUIL 17 9 120 7 69 11 350 7 CNTRL VRISL QUIL 17 8 300 10 60 9 350 7 NRN VRISL HRDY 61 9 450 15 69 11 800 18 TERRACE ANT 10 2 200 30 38 5 200 30 STEWART ANT 9 3 120 13 29 6 180 13 *SUBTRACT 20 FROM THE VENTILATION INDEX IN VALLEYS IF THE MIXING HEIGHT IS BELOW THE HEIGHT OF THE LOCAL HILLS. FORECAST UPPER WINDS FOR MONDAY AFTERNOON (WINDS IN KM/H): 900m 1800m 2700m VANCOUVER S 60 S 69 SW 75 PORT HARDY S 53 SW 65 SW 67 SANDSPIT S 56 S 50 S 68 TODAY'S VENTING: GOOS SOUTH. POOR NORTH. VENTING FOR THURSDAY: FAIR VENTILATION GUIDELINES: 0-33.....POOR 34-54.....FAIR 55-100.....GOOD. VENTILATION INDICES NORMALLY DROP TO POOR AFTER SUNSET. END/MWSO -------------------------------------------------- Special Industry Related Information -------------------------------------------------- 1 - Smoke Forecast, Coast 2 - Smoke Forecast, Interior Q - Return to Previous menu -------------------------------------------------- l Previous usage time: 47:26:34 This session: 00:01:17 --------Total Usage time: 47:27:51 Today's usage time: 00:05:10 This month's usage time: 01:41:18 ----This account expires: 12/31/97