FPCN39 CWLW 081500 SMOKE CONTROL FORECAST FOR BC AND YUKON ISSUED BY THE MOUNTAIN WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE OF ENVIRONMENT CANADA AT 7:00 AM PST WEDNESDAY 8 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 45/FAIR 540 10 50/FAIR 1038 4 51/FAIR 950 10 KAMLOOPS 47/FAIR 536 17 52/FAIR 1195 13 52/FAIR 1055 9 OKANAGAN 43/FAIR 591 20 45/FAIR 1483 13 47/FAIR 1006 8 CASTLEGAR 35/FAIR 1049 20 45/FAIR 1435 12 35/FAIR 1300 7 CRANBROOK 40/FAIR 1493 16 43/FAIR 1800 14 35/FAIR 1878 8 REVELSTOKE 43/FAIR 759 17 47/FAIR 1209 8 41/FAIR 1415 6 FORECAST UPPER WINDS FOR WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON (WINDS IN KM/H) : 900m 1800m 2700m PENTICTON 0 0 W 11 W 19 CRANBROOK SW 13 SW 33 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) 100 MILE 25/POOR 1094 23 29/POOR 1641 17 21/POOR 1472 5 WILLIAMS LK 22/POOR 1055 21 23/POOR 1793 13 25/POOR 1450 3 PUNTZI MNT 18/POOR 1014 12 22/POOR 1564 9 25/POOR 1675 3 PR. GEORGE 18/POOR 779 19 20/POOR 1340 8 20/POOR 1104 2 BURNS LAKE 20/POOR 1100 20 21/POOR 1518 10 23/POOR 1213 7 SMITHERS 20/POOR 1027 18 23/POOR 1350 9 20/POOR 1004 6 FORECAST UPPER WINDS FOR WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON (WINDS IN KM/H) : 900m 1800m 2700m PR. GEORGE E 11 0 0 SMITHERS E 37 E 26 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 21/POOR 540 24 25/POOR 1424 14 35/FAIR 1544 10 FT STJOHN 23/POOR 1041 26 27/POOR 1404 19 40/FAIR 1488 5 WHITEHORSE 19/POOR 815 10 29/POOR 1037 8 22/POOR 1076 8 DAWSON 18/POOR 392 13 21/POOR 522 7 25/POOR 1162 9 WATSON LAKE 20/POOR 824 14 31/POOR 1405 4 20/POOR 1671 13 FORECAST UPPER WINDS FOR WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON (WINDS IN KM/H) : 900m 1800m 2700m DEASE LAKE SE 26 SE 15 WATSON LAKE S 17 SW 13 WHITEHORSE SE 15 S 17 MAYO 0 0 W 11 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 35/FAIR 130 26 37/FAIR 347 11 37/FAIR 248 10 FRASER VLY 32/FAIR 153 18 39/FAIR 719 6 32/FAIR 652 6 SRN VRISL 36/FAIR 250 18 40/FAIR 345 11 35/FAIR 302 7 CNTRL VRISL 46/FAIR 375 20 49/FAIR 504 9 45/FAIR 807 9 NRN VRISL 65/GOOD 217 28 70/GOOD 672 16 80/GOOD 896 12 TERRACE 64/GOOD 653 17 66/GOOD 1302 3 64/GOOD 898 9 STEWART 60/GOOD 266 15 65/GOOD 135 9 60/GOOD 108 11 FORECAST UPPER WINDS FOR WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON (WINDS IN KM/H) : 900m 1800m 2700m VANCOUVER E 12 0 0 W 13 SANDSPIT SE 22 SE 20 SE 17 PORT HARDY SE 27 S 24 S 19 VENTILATION GUIDELINES: 0-33.....POOR 34-54.....FAIR 55-100.....GOOD. VENTILATION INDICES NORMALLY DROP TO POOR AFTER SUNSET END/ $$$$^^