FPCN39 CWLW 141500 SMOKE CONTROL FORECAST FOR BC AND YUKON ISSUED BY THE MOUNTAIN WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE OF ENVIRONMENT CANADA AT 7:00 AM PST FRIDAY 14 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 29/POOR 527 11 50/FAIR 779 19 33/POOR 720 12 KAMLOOPS 27/POOR 536 16 42/FAIR 595 17 27/POOR 620 9 OKANAGAN 18/POOR 549 15 39/FAIR 771 13 30/POOR 812 8 CASTLEGAR 29/P00R 834 8 27/POOR 636 15 31/POOR 821 7 CRANBROOK 30/POOR 1079 7 26/POOR 1237 10 27/POOR 1271 8 REVELSTOKE 22/POOR 583 18 27/POOR 806 11 22/P00R 834 10 FORECAST UPPER WINDS FOR FRIDAY AFTERNOON (WINDS IN KM/H) : 900m 1800m 2700m PENTICTON SE 9. S 19 S 43 CRANBROOK 0 0 W 28 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 24/POOR 696 12 22/POOR 696 18 13/POOR 638 2 100 MILE 22/POOR 1078 13 18/POOR 1025 18 100/POOR 1133 6 WILLIAMS LK 19/POOR 1067 11 14/POOR 1049 9 14/POOR 1116 4 PUNTZI MNT 26/POOR 1141 14 23/POOR 1129 9 100/POOR 1041 5 PR. GEORGE 29/POOR 905 10 27/POOR 937 17 18/POOR 971 4 BURNS LAKE 24/POOR 1075 7 29/POOR 1117 18 16/POOR 956 3 SMITHERS 25/POOR 901 8 31/POOR 920 16 13/POOR 562 7 FORECAST UPPER WINDS FOR FRIDAY AFTERNOON (WINDS IN KM/H) : 900m 1800m 2700m PR. GEORGE E 13 SW 11 SMITHERS E 15 SE 11 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 12/POOR 402 8 19/POOR 523 12 14/POOR 479 9 FT STJOHN 17/POOR 554 9 42/POOR 753 10 18/POOR 934 7 WHITEHORSE 13/POOR 724 11 13/POOR 732 12 13/POOR 762 3 DAWSON 16/POOR 415 10 14/POOR 410 14 13/POOR 396 3 WATSON LAKE 12/POOR 712 3 12/POOR 763 5 12/POOR 732 2 FORECAST UPPER WINDS FOR FRIDAY AFTERNOON (WINDS IN KM/H) : 900m 1800m 2700m DEASE LAKE E 31 E 15 WATSON LAKE E 13 0 0 WHITEHORSE E 13 NE 19 MAYO SW 17 W 20 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 23/POOR 389 12 36/FAIR 126 26 47/FAIR 337 12 FRASER VLY 24/POOR 222 13 37/FAIR 287 22 48/FAIR 508 10 SRN VRISL 20/POOR 391 11 45/FAIR 397 27 45/FAIR 230 8 CNTRL VRISL 23/POOR 383 17 52/FAIR 404 22 53/FAIR 628 8 NRN VRISL 29/POOR 366 11 62/GOOD 667 24 55/GOOD 504 9 TERRACE 55/GOOD 518 40 65/GOOD 587 77 71/GOOD 440 32 STEWART 23/POOR 170 9 19/POOR 90 29 13/POOR 53 16 FORECAST UPPER WINDS FOR FRIDAY AFTERNOON (WINDS IN KM/H) : 900m 1800m 2700m VANCOUVER SE 33 S 43 S 54 SANDSPIT E 35 E 17 E 20 PORT HARDY E 53 SE 61 S 57 VENTILATION GUIDELINES: 0-33.....POOR 34-54.....FAIR 55-100.....GOOD. VENTILATION INDICES NORMALLY DROP TO POOR AFTER SUNSET END/MTNWC $$$$^^