FPCN39 CWLW 151500 SMOKE CONTROL FORECAST FOR BC AND YUKON ISSUED BY THE MOUNTAIN WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE OF ENVIRONMENT CANADA AT 7:00 AM PST TUESDAY 15 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 78/GOOD 616 22 100/GOOD 1406 16 100/GOOD 1498 6 KAMLOOPS 42/FAIR 641 13 100/GOOD 1765 18 100/GOOD 1657 17 OKANAGAN 42/FAIR 675 16 100/GOOD 1496 17 100/GOOD 1877 12 CASTLEGAR 70/GOOD 979 17 61/GOOD 937 15 100/GOOD 2163 12 CRANBROOK 35/FAIR 1308 10 100/GOOD 2221 22 100/GOOD 2893 15 REVELSTOKE 61/GOOD 927 12 27/POOR 717 9 100/GOOD 1651 11 FORECAST UPPER WINDS FOR TUESDAY AFTERNOON (WINDS IN KM/H) : 900m 1800m 2700m PENTICTON W 9. W 28 W 59 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 19/POOR 648 13 32/POOR 1025 2 26/POOR 1044 3 100 MILE 14/POOR 985 8 100/GOOD 2056 8 100/GOOD 1778 14 WILLIAMS LK 16/POOR 1017 8 41/FAIR 1534 3 49/FAIR 1613 7 PUNTZI MNT 14/POOR 945 16 100/GOOD 2062 12 54/FAIR 1772 3 PR. GEORGE 18/POOR 772 13 30/POOR 1157 5 29/POOR 1167 4 BURNS LAKE 41/FAIR 988 20 32/POOR 1250 6 28/POOR 1155 5 SMITHERS 64/GOOD 934 19 38/FAIR 1114 7 23/POOR 931 2 FORECAST UPPER WINDS FOR TUESDAY AFTERNOON (WINDS IN KM/H) : 900m 1800m 2700m PR. GEORGE SE 19 0 0 SMITHERS E 30 E 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 47/FAIR 687 19 37/FAIR 764 10 18/POOR 511 9 FT STJOHN 22/POOR 819 20 37/FAIR 1057 15 14/POOR 751 10 WHITEHORSE 13/POOR 732 11 21/POOR 823 14 44/FAIR 934 21 DAWSON 15/POOR 409 27 20/POOR 485 17 39/FAIR 533 12 WATSON LAKE 15/POOR 756 9 19/POOR 962 6 22/POOR 839 8 FORECAST UPPER WINDS FOR TUESDAY AFTERNOON (WINDS IN KM/H) : 900m 1800m 2700m DEASE LAKE E 19 N 17 WATSON LAKE 0 0 N 19 WHITEHORSE N 9 N 30 MAYO 0 0 N 17 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 56/GOOD 419 17 25/POOR 268 5 33/POOR 509 16 FRASER VLY 46/FAIR 346 19 30/POOR 391 10 51/FAIR 1090 7 SRN VRISL 81/GOOD 487 21 77/GOOD 705 9 23/POOR 271 8 CNTRL VRISL 37/FAIR 273 13 59/GOOD 724 4 39/FAIR 719 8 NRN VRISL 22/POOR 158 14 62/GOOD 476 24 34/FAIR 591 8 TERRACE 39/FAIR 464 18 45/FAIR 881 6 20/POOR 658 2 STEWART 35/FAIR 231 21 16/POOR 91 17 12/POOR 61 7 FORECAST UPPER WINDS FOR TUESDAY AFTERNOON (WINDS IN KM/H) : 900m 1800m 2700m VANCOUVER SW 35 W 41 W 33 SANDSPIT NE 11 NE 13 N 20 PORT HARDY SW 20 SW 22 W 20 VENTILATION GUIDELINES: 0-33.....POOR 34-54.....FAIR 55-100.....GOOD. VENTILATION INDICES NORMALLY DROP TO POOR AFTER SUNSET END/ $$$$^^