FPCN39 CWLW 121500 SMOKE CONTROL FORECAST FOR BC AND YUKON ISSUED BY THE MOUNTAIN WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE OF ENVIRONMENT CANADA AT 7:00 AM PST WEDNESDAY 12 JANUARY 2000 FOR TODAY. VENTILATION INDICES AND MIXING HEIGHTS. MIXING HEIGHTS IN METRES ABOVE SEA LEVEL. AVERAGE WINDS IN KM/HR. SUBTRACT 20 FROM THE VENTILATION INDEX IN VALLEYS IF THE MIXING HEIGHT IS BELOW THE HEIGHT OF THE LOCAL HILLS. SOUTHERN INTERIOR *** TODAY *** *** TOMORROW *** ****** 7:00 AM **** **** 4:00 PM ***** ***** 4:00 PM ***** VI MXG HT Wnd VI MXG HT Wnd VI MXG HT Wnd (m) (km/h) (m) (km/h) (m) (km/h) FRSR CANYON 37/FAIR 480 15 100/GOOD 1088 14 97/GOOD 803 14 KAMLOOPS 18/POOR 419 18 100/GOOD 1215 23 100/GOOD 1226 21 OKANAGAN 35/FAIR 600 21 100/GOOD 1164 23 100/GOOD 1145 19 CASTLEGAR 71/GOOD 995 16 83/GOOD 1140 14 50/FAIR 857 10 CRANBROOK 17/POOR 1107 4 100/GOOD 2104 20 69/GOOD 1382 15 REVELSTOKE 32/POOR 694 12 64/GOOD 952 13 72/GOOD 938 12 FORECAST UPPER WINDS FOR WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON (WINDS IN KM/H) : 900m 1800m 2700m PENTICTON 0 0 SW 17 SW 43 CRANBROOK SW 19 SW 56 CENTRAL INTERIOR *** TODAY *** *** TOMORROW *** ****** 7:00 AM **** **** 4:00 PM ***** ***** 4:00 PM ***** VI MXG HT Wnd VI MXG HT Wnd VI MXG HT Wnd (m) (km/h) (m) (km/h) (m) (km/h) QUESNEL 13/POOR 583 9 30/POOR 931 12 21/POOR 745 15 100 MILE 27/POOR 1098 18 67/GOOD 1404 23 59/GOOD 1299 27 WILLIAMS LK 15/POOR 1003 14 26/POOR 1215 21 28/POOR 1222 10 PUNTZI MNT 13/POOR 952 6 22/POOR 1074 22 22/POOR 1143 10 PR. GEORGE 22/POOR 846 11 20/POOR 914 8 23/POOR 793 19 BURNS LAKE 50/FAIR 1047 17 55/GOOD 1129 19 68/GOOD 1074 21 SMITHERS 58/GOOD 894 17 47/FAIR 827 19 64/GOOD 852 22 FORECAST UPPER WINDS FOR WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON (WINDS IN KM/H) : 900m 1800m 2700m PR. GEORGE SW 11 SW 22 SMITHERS SE 28 S 19 NORTHERN BC/YUKON *** TODAY *** *** TOMORROW *** ****** 7:00 AM **** **** 4:00 PM ***** ***** 4:00 PM ***** VI MXG HT Wnd VI MXG HT Wnd VI MXG HT Wnd (m) (km/h) (m) (km/h) (m) (km/h) FT NLSN 26/POOR 632 11 25/POOR 676 10 28/POOR 687 12 FT STJOHN 37/FAIR 1096 11 38/FAIR 1109 12 40/FAIR 972 17 WHITEHORSE 39/FAIR 971 16 36/FAIR 913 18 34/FAIR 904 17 DAWSON 12/POOR 377 22 12/POOR 371 10 12/POOR 372 10 WATSON LAKE 21/POOR 802 18 54/FAIR 1013 22 43/FAIR 928 20 FORECAST UPPER WINDS FOR WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON (WINDS IN KM/H) : 900m 1800m 2700m DEASE LAKE SE 9 S 17 WATSON LAKE E 24 S 22 WHITEHORSE NE 15 E 19 MAYO E 35 E 24 COAST *** TODAY *** *** TOMORROW *** ****** 7:00 AM **** **** 4:00 PM ***** ***** 4:00 PM ***** VI MXG HT Wnd VI MXG HT Wnd VI MXG HT Wnd (m) (km/h) (m) (km/h) (m) (km/h) VANCOUVER 88/GOOD 545 20 59/GOOD 274 32 34/FAIR 202 16 FRASER VLY 75/GOOD 451 26 55/GOOD 183 28 53/FAIR 414 8 SRN VRISL 100/GOOD 657 27 82/GOOD 441 23 47/FAIR 305 16 CNTRL VRISL 55/GOOD 360 24 65/GOOD 285 21 34/FAIR 302 15 NRN VRISL 29/POOR 176 22 55/GOOD 219 19 77/GOOD 489 19 TERRACE 47/FAIR 512 15 48/FAIR 561 18 66/GOOD 574 21 STEWART 33/POOR 206 20 13/POOR 34 21 13/POOR 33 25 FORECAST UPPER WINDS FOR WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON (WINDS IN KM/H) : 900m 1800m 2700m VANCOUVER SW 31 SW 46 SW 54 SANDSPIT SE 11 SE 17 SE 24 PORT HARDY S 31 S 30 SW 30 VENTILATION GUIDELINES: 0-33.....POOR 34-54.....FAIR 55-100.....GOOD. VENTILATION INDICES NORMALLY DROP TO POOR AFTER SUNSET END/ $$$$^^