FPCN39 CWLW 051500 SMOKE CONTROL FORECAST FOR BC AND YUKON ISSUED BY THE MOUNTAIN WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE OF ENVIRONMENT CANADA AT 7:00 AM PST SATURDAY 5 FEBRUARY 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 12/POOR 254 4 32/POOR 564 7 19/POOR 338 12 KAMLOOPS 14/POOR 398 12 30/POOR 601 13 29/POOR 543 19 OKANAGAN 15/POOR 544 10 22/POOR 807 10 29/POOR 778 10 CASTLEGAR 17/POOR 584 12 30/POOR 812 6 22/POOR 739 9 CRANBROOK 13/POOR 978 9 30/POOR 1362 9 30/POOR 1396 10 REVELSTOKE 15/POOR 511 13 30/POOR 744 10 30/POOR 801 10 FORECAST UPPER WINDS FOR SATURDAY AFTERNOON (WINDS IN KM/H) : 900m 1800m 2700m PENTICTON SE 9. SE 20 S 24 CRANBROOK 0 0 SW 13 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 16/POOR 603 20 30/POOR 771 11 30/POOR 747 10 100 MILE 21/POOR 1027 26 30/POOR 1191 12 30/POOR 1256 10 WILLIAMS LK 18/POOR 1019 22 31/POOR 1136 11 25/POOR 1053 10 PUNTZI MNT 13/POOR 940 2 22/POOR 1117 9 26/POOR 1063 18 PR. GEORGE 16/POOR 758 16 26/POOR 927 8 23/POOR 807 10 BURNS LAKE 15/POOR 765 18 29/POOR 977 11 29/POOR 914 16 SMITHERS 19/POOR 617 22 28/POOR 759 12 33/POOR 763 16 FORECAST UPPER WINDS FOR SATURDAY AFTERNOON (WINDS IN KM/H) : 900m 1800m 2700m PR. GEORGE S 33 S 33 SMITHERS SE 41 SE 31 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 421 8 30/POOR 611 18 26/POOR 701 6 FT STJOHN 13/POOR 735 9 15/POOR 844 3 15/POOR 754 12 WHITEHORSE 13/POOR 736 12 13/POOR 744 17 14/POOR 760 15 DAWSON 13/POOR 399 12 16/POOR 421 26 14/POOR 410 19 WATSON LAKE 12/POOR 713 9 13/POOR 782 7 14/POOR 808 2 FORECAST UPPER WINDS FOR SATURDAY AFTERNOON (WINDS IN KM/H) : 900m 1800m 2700m DEASE LAKE S 24 S 20 WATSON LAKE W 17 W 24 WHITEHORSE W 9 W 28 MAYO N 15 NW 19 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 21/POOR 184 12 28/POOR 162 18 12/POOR 8 33 FRASER VLY 27/POOR 193 12 25/POOR 378 13 12/POOR 74 20 SRN VRISL 20/POOR 270 19 15/POOR 60 22 12/POOR 27 30 CNTRL VRISL 27/POOR 232 10 22/POOR 148 21 13/POOR 48 27 NRN VRISL 23/POOR 198 16 26/POOR 381 17 12/POOR 29 39 TERRACE 22/POOR 345 18 17/POOR 332 11 30/POOR 430 17 STEWART 22/POOR 121 23 13/POOR 42 21 21/POOR 140 19 FORECAST UPPER WINDS FOR SATURDAY AFTERNOON (WINDS IN KM/H) : 900m 1800m 2700m VANCOUVER E 24 SE 22 S 30 SANDSPIT SE 31 SE 26 SE 28 PORT HARDY SE 37 SE 28 SE 30 VENTILATION GUIDELINES: 0-33.....POOR 34-54.....FAIR 55-100.....GOOD. VENTILATION INDICES NORMALLY DROP TO POOR AFTER SUNSET END/JDG $$$$^^