FPCN39 CWLW 131500 SMOKE CONTROL FORECAST FOR BC AND YUKON ISSUED BY THE MOUNTAIN WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE OF ENVIRONMENT CANADA AT 7:00 AM PST MONDAY 13 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 29/POOR 467 13 66/GOOD 874 11 100/GOOD 1784 18 KAMLOOPS 22/POOR 478 16 82/GOOD 1019 14 100/GOOD 1947 23 OKANAGAN 23/POOR 602 12 90/GOOD 1256 15 100/GOOD 1724 29 CASTLEGAR 12/POOR 529 7 63/GOOD 1201 9 100/GOOD 1487 24 CRANBROOK 56/GOOD 1405 17 100/GOOD 2211 14 100/GOOD 1801 31 REVELSTOKE 30/POOR 848 9 72/GOOD 1427 8 100/GOOD 1100 21 FORECAST UPPER WINDS FOR MONDAY AFTERNOON (WINDS IN KM/H) : 900m 1800m 2700m PENTICTON 0 0 W 17 W 19 CRANBROOK W 13 NW 37 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 24/POOR 674 13 100/GOOD 1389 19 100/GOOD 1601 26 100 MILE 20/POOR 1039 15 100/GOOD 1731 22 100/GOOD 2304 25 WILLIAMS LK 19/POOR 1037 12 100/GOOD 1705 19 100/GOOD 2339 23 PUNTZI MNT 15/POOR 979 10 100/GOOD 1913 14 100/GOOD 2678 24 PR. GEORGE 20/POOR 805 9 100/GOOD 1801 11 100/GOOD 1339 11 BURNS LAKE 32/POOR 931 17 83/GOOD 1345 16 100/GOOD 1336 28 SMITHERS 40/FAIR 817 15 61/GOOD 983 16 100/GOOD 1165 26 FORECAST UPPER WINDS FOR MONDAY AFTERNOON (WINDS IN KM/H) : 900m 1800m 2700m PR. GEORGE W 39 W 44 SMITHERS SW 43 SW 50 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 15/POOR 452 13 77/GOOD 1274 10 63/GOOD 1246 9 FT STJOHN 16/POOR 781 11 56/GOOD 1139 18 65/GOOD 1332 11 WHITEHORSE 36/FAIR 946 18 40/FAIR 1017 15 58/GOOD 1189 13 DAWSON 27/POOR 479 32 41/FAIR 599 18 40/FAIR 606 16 WATSON LAKE 62/GOOD 1106 18 82/GOOD 1347 16 100/GOOD 1575 22 FORECAST UPPER WINDS FOR MONDAY AFTERNOON (WINDS IN KM/H) : 900m 1800m 2700m DEASE LAKE S 19 SW 22 WATSON LAKE 0 0 W 22 WHITEHORSE SE 15 0 0 MAYO E 24 E 13 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 50/FAIR 290 26 38/FAIR 245 29 92/GOOD 480 25 FRASER VLY 40/FAIR 317 17 66/GOOD 609 13 100/GOOD 952 20 SRN VRISL 34/FAIR 238 16 19/POOR 107 27 100/GOOD 747 28 CNTRL VRISL 50/FAIR 362 19 38/FAIR 272 24 100/GOOD 700 24 NRN VRISL 75/GOOD 335 35 100/GOOD 504 45 100/GOOD 924 22 TERRACE 48/FAIR 564 14 100/GOOD 1021 12 18/POOR 294 20 STEWART 23/POOR 181 14 20/POOR 132 16 23/POOR 178 15 FORECAST UPPER WINDS FOR MONDAY AFTERNOON (WINDS IN KM/H) : 900m 1800m 2700m VANCOUVER S 14 SW 11 SW 19 SANDSPIT S 64 S 56 S 57 PORT HARDY S 51 S 57 S 54 VENTILATION GUIDELINES: 0-33.....POOR 34-54.....FAIR 55-100.....GOOD. VENTILATION INDICES NORMALLY DROP TO POOR AFTER SUNSET END/ $$$$^^