FPCN39 CWLW 101500 SMOKE CONTROL FORECAST FOR BC AND YUKON ISSUED BY THE MOUNTAIN WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE OF ENVIRONMENT CANADA AT 7:00 AM PST FRIDAY 10 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 13/POOR 276 8 100/GOOD 1060 13 100/GOOD 1320 16 KAMLOOPS 18/POOR 442 11 90/GOOD 1297 17 100/GOOD 1580 23 OKANAGAN 42/FAIR 885 9 90/GOOD 1386 19 100/GOOD 1937 22 CASTLEGAR 17/POOR 661 9 96/GOOD 1402 10 100/GOOD 1692 18 CRANBROOK 16/POOR 1015 22 100/GOOD 2092 16 100/GOOD 1627 27 REVELSTOKE 35/FAIR 1025 10 71/GOOD 1342 9 85/GOOD 1070 14 FORECAST UPPER WINDS FOR FRIDAY AFTERNOON (WINDS IN KM/H) : 900m 1800m 2700m PENTICTON SE 9. SE 17 S 22 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 14/POOR 586 11 100/GOOD 1326 20 100/GOOD 1792 17 100 MILE 16/POOR 1025 5 100/GOOD 1859 25 100/GOOD 2181 10 WILLIAMS LK 15/POOR 1001 8 100/GOOD 1857 23 100/GOOD 2157 15 PUNTZI MNT 15/POOR 961 11 100/GOOD 1964 17 100/GOOD 2390 17 PR. GEORGE 15/POOR 752 10 100/GOOD 1723 15 100/GOOD 1400 18 BURNS LAKE 14/POOR 760 6 100/GOOD 1507 20 96/GOOD 1277 20 SMITHERS 15/POOR 592 7 93/GOOD 1247 19 71/GOOD 1101 15 FORECAST UPPER WINDS FOR FRIDAY AFTERNOON (WINDS IN KM/H) : 900m 1800m 2700m PR. GEORGE 0 0 W 13 SMITHERS SW 9 W 19 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 39/FAIR 670 17 64/GOOD 1134 11 52/FAIR 1069 9 FT STJOHN 30/POOR 889 16 47/FAIR 1098 17 49/FAIR 1477 9 WHITEHORSE 15/POOR 768 16 33/POOR 1033 11 96/GOOD 1364 17 DAWSON 19/POOR 427 29 46/FAIR 627 15 57/GOOD 633 22 WATSON LAKE 61/GOOD 1101 19 92/GOOD 1411 18 100/GOOD 1392 19 FORECAST UPPER WINDS FOR FRIDAY AFTERNOON (WINDS IN KM/H) : 900m 1800m 2700m DEASE LAKE SE 13 0 0 WATSON LAKE 0 0 W 17 WHITEHORSE NW 9 NW 17 MAYO N 11 NW 35 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 28/POOR 172 17 86/GOOD 477 38 56/GOOD 395 11 FRASER VLY 22/POOR 197 15 100/GOOD 1042 21 85/GOOD 738 14 SRN VRISL 21/POOR 127 17 43/FAIR 224 34 45/FAIR 230 13 CNTRL VRISL 25/POOR 170 21 100/GOOD 559 34 68/GOOD 515 10 NRN VRISL 41/FAIR 182 37 100/GOOD 567 50 100/GOOD 793 21 TERRACE 42/FAIR 530 13 100/GOOD 1139 16 65/GOOD 599 17 STEWART 24/POOR 210 10 24/POOR 134 19 26/POOR 116 16 FORECAST UPPER WINDS FOR FRIDAY AFTERNOON (WINDS IN KM/H) : 900m 1800m 2700m VANCOUVER 0 0 SW 13 SW 15 SANDSPIT S 9. SW 9 SW 17 PORT HARDY W 12 0 0 0 0 VENTILATION GUIDELINES: 0-33.....POOR 34-54.....FAIR 55-100.....GOOD. VENTILATION INDICES NORMALLY DROP TO POOR AFTER SUNSET END/ $$$$^^