FPCN39 CWLW 171500 SMOKE CONTROL FORECAST FOR BC AND YUKON ISSUED BY THE MOUNTAIN WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE OF ENVIRONMENT CANADA AT 7:00 AM PST MONDAY 17 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 54/FAIR 471 28 93/GOOD 652 18 18/POOR 414 8 KAMLOOPS 13/POOR 368 34 60/GOOD 685 22 25/POOR 544 12 OKANAGAN 22/POOR 528 26 58/GOOD 826 19 21/POOR 616 5 CASTLEGAR 15/POOR 551 17 15/POOR 551 17 29/POOR 798 9 CRANBROOK 54/FAIR 1189 31 100/GOOD 1583 24 57/GOOD 1290 18 REVELSTOKE 18/POOR 529 22 49/FAIR 743 18 18/POOR 580 11 FORECAST UPPER WINDS FOR MONDAY AFTERNOON (WINDS IN KM/H) : 900m 1800m 2700m PENTICTON SW 16 W 44 W 93 CRANBROOK W 31 W 87 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 18/POOR 710 8 12/POOR 622 1 23/POOR 843 7 100 MILE 14/POOR 1019 17 49/FAIR 1243 20 20/POOR 1038 11 WILLIAMS LK 18/POOR 1095 9 13/POOR 1004 4 30/POOR 1224 10 PUNTZI MNT 16/POOR 1030 6 16/POOR 1030 6 20/POOR 1169 7 PR. GEORGE 21/POOR 895 8 17/POOR 908 4 17/POOR 929 2 BURNS LAKE 26/POOR 911 16 17/POOR 921 4 14/POOR 878 2 SMITHERS 18/POOR 598 22 13/POOR 565 9 14/POOR 638 7 FORECAST UPPER WINDS FOR MONDAY AFTERNOON (WINDS IN KM/H) : 900m 1800m 2700m PR. GEORGE E 9 W 17 SMITHERS E 41 E 28 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 397 22 13/POOR 425 15 14/POOR 433 17 FT STJOHN 14/POOR 735 16 15/POOR 778 13 12/POOR 720 23 WHITEHORSE 15/POOR 752 24 12/POOR 720 11 21/POOR 774 38 DAWSON 13/POOR 405 15 13/POOR 399 17 13/POOR 389 16 WATSON LAKE 12/POOR 704 16 12/POOR 712 2 12/POOR 716 4 FORECAST UPPER WINDS FOR MONDAY AFTERNOON (WINDS IN KM/H) : 900m 1800m 2700m DEASE LAKE NE 11 NW 26 WATSON LAKE NW 20 NW 26 WHITEHORSE W 26 W 37 MAYO W 43 W 69 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 17/POOR 70 30 18/POOR 112 17 14/POOR 24 25 FRASER VLY 32/POOR 222 26 14/POOR 101 22 13/POOR 98 12 SRN VRISL 19/POOR 100 26 12/POOR 34 19 14/POOR 60 17 CNTRL VRISL 16/POOR 77 25 15/POOR 85 14 14/POOR 67 18 NRN VRISL 34/FAIR 274 17 53/FAIR 504 4 43/FAIR 331 23 TERRACE 44/FAIR 481 19 17/POOR 365 6 14/POOR 279 13 STEWART 18/POOR 96 24 13/POOR 42 13 13/POOR 69 6 FORECAST UPPER WINDS FOR MONDAY AFTERNOON (WINDS IN KM/H) : 900m 1800m 2700m VANCOUVER SW 42 SW 59 SW 67 SANDSPIT N 42 N 46 N 41 PORT HARDY SW 31 SW 37 SW 39 VENTILATION GUIDELINES: 0-33.....POOR 34-54.....FAIR 55-100.....GOOD. VENTILATION INDICES NORMALLY DROP TO POOR AFTER SUNSET END/MTN WC $$$$^^