FPCN39 CWLW 281500 SMOKE CONTROL FORECAST FOR BC AND YUKON ISSUED BY THE MOUNTAIN WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE OF ENVIRONMENT CANADA AT 7:00 AM PST MONDAY 28 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 20/POOR 392 10 45/FAIR 1232 13 45/FAIR 804 11 KAMLOOPS 24/POOR 518 16 45/FAIR 1292 11 45/FAIR 657 10 OKANAGAN 26/POOR 585 17 45/FAIR 1445 12 45/FAIR 1065 11 CASTLEGAR 26/POOR 920 12 45/FAIR 1384 12 45/FAIR 959 7 CRANBROOK 26/POOR 1135 19 45/FAIR 2257 18 45/FAIR 1558 9 REVELSTOKE 26/POOR 1352 15 45/FAIR 1848 10 45/FAIR 779 7 FORECAST UPPER WINDS FOR MONDAY AFTERNOON (WINDS IN KM/H) : 900m 1800m 2700m PENTICTON 0 0 S 13 SW 39 CRANBROOK 0 0 S 31 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 31/POOR 811 13 48/FAIR 1600 11 48/FAIR 965 5 100 MILE 15/POOR 1005 19 48/FAIR 1874 10 48/FAIR 1352 11 WILLIAMS LK 17/POOR 1014 19 48/FAIR 1860 10 48/FAIR 1455 7 PUNTZI MNT 16/POOR 978 17 48/FAIR 1787 13 48/FAIR 1481 2 PR. GEORGE 16/POOR 771 15 48/FAIR 1627 6 48/FAIR 1268 5 BURNS LAKE 12/POOR 739 1 48/FAIR 2051 20 48/FAIR 1266 4 SMITHERS 12/POOR 545 5 48/FAIR 1571 21 48/FAIR 1038 5 FORECAST UPPER WINDS FOR MONDAY AFTERNOON (WINDS IN KM/H) : 900m 1800m 2700m PR. GEORGE S 19 S 26 SMITHERS W 9 0 0 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 17/POOR 472 14 53/FAIR 784 4 53/FAIR 924 16 FT STJOHN 17/POOR 1040 23 53/FAIR 1311 11 53/FAIR 1329 17 WHITEHORSE 16/POOR 766 23 53/FAIR 1006 21 24/POOR 831 20 DAWSON 14/POOR 406 26 30/POOR 519 24 24/POOR 462 22 WATSON LAKE 12/POOR 717 3 47/FAIR 1178 12 24/POOR 977 6 FORECAST UPPER WINDS FOR MONDAY AFTERNOON (WINDS IN KM/H) : 900m 1800m 2700m DEASE LAKE SW 9 SW 17 WATSON LAKE NW 11 SW 17 WHITEHORSE SW 20 SW 17 MAYO W 11 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 36/FAIR 252 18 36/FAIR 160 24 45/FAIR 63 13 FRASER VLY 36/FAIR 405 16 36/FAIR 571 12 45/FAIR 334 19 SRN VRISL 55/GOOD 343 23 31/POOR 205 22 44/FAIR 213 29 CNTRL VRISL 27/POOR 193 22 55/GOOD 407 22 100/GOOD 682 19 NRN VRISL 15/POOR 80 11 90/GOOD 383 37 93/GOOD 834 16 TERRACE 29/POOR 468 10 36/FAIR 996 14 45/FAIR 732 8 STEWART 16/POOR 100 16 36/FAIR 163 21 18/POOR 148 12 FORECAST UPPER WINDS FOR MONDAY AFTERNOON (WINDS IN KM/H) : 900m 1800m 2700m VANCOUVER SE 14 S 19 S 28 SANDSPIT NW 20 W 20 W 20 PORT HARDY N 31 NW 15 W 13 VENTILATION GUIDELINES: 0-33.....POOR 34-54.....FAIR 55-100.....GOOD. VENTILATION INDICES NORMALLY DROP TO POOR AFTER SUNSET END/ $$$$^^