FPCN39 CWLW 071400 SMOKE CONTROL FORECAST FOR BC AND YUKON ISSUED BY THE MOUNTAIN WEATHER CENTRE OF ENVIRONMENT CANADA AT 7:00 AM PDT MONDAY 7 AUGUST 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 22/POOR 446 8 100/GOOD 1880 13 52/FAIR 1777 4 KAMLOOPS 27/POOR 540 14 100/GOOD 2307 12 68/GOOD 1817 4 OKANAGAN 47/FAIR 826 14 100/GOOD 2239 12 77/GOOD 1949 6 CASTLEGAR 39/FAIR 812 14 100/GOOD 2625 11 100/GOOD 2403 7 CRANBROOK 23/POOR 1422 2 100/GOOD 3350 18 100/GOOD 3078 14 REVELSTOKE 18/POOR 608 7 100/GOOD 2309 13 100/GOOD 1960 8 FORECAST UPPER WINDS FOR MONDAY AFTERNOON (WINDS IN KM/H) : 900m 1800m 2700m PENTICTON 0 0 W 17 W 15 CRANBROOK W 9 W 26 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 47/FAIR 803 24 100/GOOD 2546 18 100/GOOD 2391 6 100 MILE 24/POOR 1105 14 100/GOOD 2954 18 87/GOOD 2478 5 WILLIAMS LK 28/POOR 1113 18 100/GOOD 3028 16 100/GOOD 2679 4 PUNTZI MNT 62/GOOD 1321 21 100/GOOD 2895 21 100/GOOD 3061 8 PR. GEORGE 46/FAIR 946 24 100/GOOD 2432 21 100/GOOD 2458 11 BURNS LAKE 100/GOOD 1402 20 100/GOOD 2277 22 100/GOOD 2558 20 SMITHERS 100/GOOD 1274 17 100/GOOD 1926 19 100/GOOD 1992 18 FORECAST UPPER WINDS FOR MONDAY AFTERNOON (WINDS IN KM/H) : 900m 1800m 2700m PR. GEORGE NW 31 NW 30 SMITHERS NW 30 NW 39 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 24/POOR 583 13 53/FAIR 807 15 100/GOOD 1622 26 FT STJOHN 71/GOOD 1183 19 100/GOOD 2476 24 100/GOOD 2554 10 WHITEHORSE 100/GOOD 1734 23 100/GOOD 2436 14 100/GOOD 2220 27 DAWSON 62/GOOD 825 21 100/GOOD 2450 8 100/GOOD 2689 15 WATSON LAKE 100/GOOD 1361 13 100/GOOD 1670 11 100/GOOD 1914 17 FORECAST UPPER WINDS FOR MONDAY AFTERNOON (WINDS IN KM/H) : 900m 1800m 2700m DEASE LAKE NW 28 NW 30 WATSON LAKE NW 43 NW 44 WHITEHORSE W 17 W 19 MAYO W 26 W 26 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 18/POOR 193 8 27/POOR 275 6 24/POOR 276 15 FRASER VLY 27/POOR 405 11 48/FAIR 724 10 43/FAIR 780 9 SRN VRISL 19/POOR 143 12 24/POOR 272 4 21/POOR 296 3 CNTRL VRISL 27/POOR 250 14 48/FAIR 761 3 41/FAIR 600 10 NRN VRISL 58/GOOD 386 22 91/GOOD 594 31 59/GOOD 437 24 TERRACE 64/GOOD 837 10 100/GOOD 1572 11 100/GOOD 1273 15 STEWART 65/GOOD 670 10 87/GOOD 845 10 46/FAIR 415 15 FORECAST UPPER WINDS FOR MONDAY AFTERNOON (WINDS IN KM/H) : 900m 1800m 2700m VANCOUVER 0 0 W 22 NW 30 SANDSPIT N 53 N 50 NW 50 PORT HARDY N 37 NW 43 NW 41 VENTILATION GUIDELINES: 0-33.....POOR 34-54.....FAIR 55-100.....GOOD. VENTILATION INDICES NORMALLY DROP TO POOR AFTER SUNSET END/ $$$$^^