FPCN39 CWLW 031500 SMOKE CONTROL FORECAST FOR BC AND YUKON ISSUED BY THE MOUNTAIN WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE OF ENVIRONMENT CANADA AT 7:00 AM PST FRIDAY 3 MARCH 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 55/GOOD 520 43 100/GOOD 826 19 100/GOOD 1358 15 KAMLOOPS 35/FAIR 550 17 100/GOOD 1021 21 100/GOOD 1478 20 OKANAGAN 38/FAIR 653 22 88/GOOD 969 19 59/GOOD 983 15 CASTLEGAR 28/POOR 870 5 38/FAIR 825 11 14/POOR 681 5 CRANBROOK 28/POOR 1144 13 52/FAIR 1829 18 20/POOR 1175 8 REVELSTOKE 48/FAIR 790 12 51/FAIR 937 13 34/FAIR 1122 7 FORECAST UPPER WINDS FOR FRIDAY AFTERNOON (WINDS IN KM/H) : 900m 1800m 2700m PENTICTON SE 9. S 19 S 41 CRANBROOK SW 9 SW 35 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 92/GOOD 922 31 34/FAIR 710 20 100/GOOD 2040 11 100 MILE 62/GOOD 1226 28 100/GOOD 1549 26 100/GOOD 2225 20 WILLIAMS LK 68/GOOD 1243 30 43/FAIR 1040 22 100/GOOD 2376 15 PUNTZI MNT 25/POOR 1010 25 100/GOOD 2023 25 100/GOOD 2536 10 PR. GEORGE 83/GOOD 1028 31 34/FAIR 841 22 70/GOOD 1862 4 BURNS LAKE 35/FAIR 860 30 100/GOOD 1617 23 100/GOOD 2182 8 SMITHERS 100/GOOD 1305 25 100/GOOD 1504 19 100/GOOD 2144 9 FORECAST UPPER WINDS FOR FRIDAY AFTERNOON (WINDS IN KM/H) : 900m 1800m 2700m PR. GEORGE S 50 SW 39 SMITHERS S 44 S 69 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 16/POOR 434 28 59/GOOD 796 14 30/POOR 557 20 FT STJOHN 22/POOR 784 31 100/GOOD 1698 33 100/GOOD 2053 22 WHITEHORSE 15/POOR 740 30 100/GOOD 1246 24 83/GOOD 1269 19 DAWSON 16/POOR 412 36 17/POOR 431 21 26/POOR 521 9 WATSON LAKE 22/POOR 788 27 100/GOOD 2050 25 100/GOOD 2350 18 FORECAST UPPER WINDS FOR FRIDAY AFTERNOON (WINDS IN KM/H) : 900m 1800m 2700m DEASE LAKE S 24 SW 44 WATSON LAKE S 24 S 19 WHITEHORSE S 19 S 26 MAYO E 37 E 28 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 33/POOR 120 25 36/FAIR 76 33 41/FAIR 94 19 FRASER VLY 13/POOR 88 23 35/FAIR 183 23 80/GOOD 682 13 SRN VRISL 20/POOR 101 16 39/FAIR 75 24 43/FAIR 355 17 CNTRL VRISL 47/FAIR 293 20 34/FAIR 150 22 59/GOOD 656 17 NRN VRISL 100/GOOD 455 39 100/GOOD 933 21 100/GOOD 1308 30 TERRACE 79/GOOD 805 26 78/GOOD 731 14 89/GOOD 930 14 STEWART 54/FAIR 371 22 55/GOOD 53 16 35/FAIR 210 15 FORECAST UPPER WINDS FOR FRIDAY AFTERNOON (WINDS IN KM/H) : 900m 1800m 2700m VANCOUVER S 29 S 37 S 31 SANDSPIT S 57 S 57 S 54 PORT HARDY S 31 S 44 S 54 VENTILATION GUIDELINES: 0-33.....POOR 34-54.....FAIR 55-100.....GOOD. VENTILATION INDICES NORMALLY DROP TO POOR AFTER SUNSET END/ $$$$^^