FPCN39 CWLW 091400 SMOKE CONTROL FORECAST FOR BC AND YUKON ISSUED BY THE MOUNTAIN WEATHER CENTRE OF ENVIRONMENT CANADA AT 7:00 AM PDT MONDAY 9 OCTOBER 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 53/FAIR 653 9 22/POOR 415 11 100/GOOD 1298 17 KAMLOOPS 19/POOR 496 6 29/POOR 637 11 100/GOOD 1226 21 OKANAGAN 16/POOR 507 10 39/FAIR 1052 5 99/GOOD 1260 17 CASTLEGAR 22/POOR 620 18 80/GOOD 1102 17 87/GOOD 1430 14 CRANBROOK 17/POOR 1029 10 60/GOOD 1461 16 52/FAIR 1469 18 REVELSTOKE 20/POOR 570 15 24/POOR 700 13 39/FAIR 1111 9 FORECAST UPPER WINDS FOR MONDAY AFTERNOON (WINDS IN KM/H) : 900m 1800m 2700m PENTICTON S 9. S 30 SW 46 CRANBROOK 0 0 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) QUESNEL 37/FAIR 794 17 100/GOOD 1324 22 100/GOOD 1597 23 100 MILE 26/POOR 1088 8 41/FAIR 1255 20 100/GOOD 1634 27 WILLIAMS LK 34/FAIR 1180 20 67/GOOD 1460 23 100/GOOD 1948 27 PUNTZI MNT 28/POOR 1120 17 100/GOOD 1967 16 100/GOOD 2167 21 PR. GEORGE 19/POOR 834 11 89/GOOD 1516 18 100/GOOD 1738 20 BURNS LAKE 14/POOR 798 7 42/FAIR 1744 5 86/GOOD 1635 12 SMITHERS 17/POOR 630 13 44/FAIR 1300 1 50/FAIR 1200 6 FORECAST UPPER WINDS FOR MONDAY AFTERNOON (WINDS IN KM/H) : 900m 1800m 2700m PR. GEORGE S 57 SW 63 SMITHERS SW 26 SW 33 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 444 23 50/FAIR 1399 11 100/GOOD 1811 12 FT STJOHN 35/FAIR 897 26 37/FAIR 1674 3 100/GOOD 2218 15 WHITEHORSE 93/GOOD 1187 24 100/GOOD 1603 9 100/GOOD 1630 20 DAWSON 21/POOR 465 20 47/FAIR 762 12 100/GOOD 1097 19 WATSON LAKE 20/POOR 790 20 100/GOOD 1604 17 100/GOOD 2225 15 FORECAST UPPER WINDS FOR MONDAY AFTERNOON (WINDS IN KM/H) : 900m 1800m 2700m DEASE LAKE S 35 SW 67 WATSON LAKE SW 48 SW 69 WHITEHORSE S 43 S 72 MAYO S 56 SW 63 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 21/POOR 87 6 14/POOR 40 28 65/GOOD 603 34 FRASER VLY 13/POOR 98 9 15/POOR 175 3 100/GOOD 1352 12 SRN VRISL 21/POOR 136 18 58/GOOD 374 25 45/FAIR 324 25 CNTRL VRISL 29/POOR 219 19 74/GOOD 467 26 83/GOOD 532 29 NRN VRISL 16/POOR 87 7 100/GOOD 531 38 100/GOOD 496 39 TERRACE 26/POOR 463 13 36/FAIR 1130 4 36/FAIR 1057 4 STEWART 44/FAIR 397 11 42/FAIR 466 8 41/FAIR 650 9 FORECAST UPPER WINDS FOR MONDAY AFTERNOON (WINDS IN KM/H) : 900m 1800m 2700m VANCOUVER S 33 S 44 S 61 SANDSPIT SW 31 SW 37 SW 52 PORT HARDY W 20 W 24 SW 41 VENTILATION GUIDELINES: 0-33.....POOR 34-54.....FAIR 55-100.....GOOD. VENTILATION INDICES NORMALLY DROP TO POOR AFTER SUNSET END/MTNWC $$$$^^