FPCN39 CWLW 141400 SMOKE CONTROL FORECAST FOR BC AND YUKON ISSUED BY THE MOUNTAIN WEATHER CENTRE OF ENVIRONMENT CANADA AT 7:00 AM PDT SATURDAY 14 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 60/GOOD 860 14 93/GOOD 1668 5 100/GOOD 1160 15 KAMLOOPS 50/FAIR 681 18 100/GOOD 1449 11 100/GOOD 1344 17 OKANAGAN 62/GOOD 935 10 48/FAIR 739 10 100/GOOD 1616 20 CASTLEGAR 29/POOR 746 14 85/GOOD 1548 9 86/GOOD 1446 10 CRANBROOK 28/POOR 1176 11 87/GOOD 1705 14 93/GOOD 2028 13 REVELSTOKE 29/POOR 768 8 65/GOOD 730 8 79/GOOD 1317 9 FORECAST UPPER WINDS FOR SATURDAY AFTERNOON (WINDS IN KM/H) : 900m 1800m 2700m PENTICTON 0 0 NW 15 NW 17 CRANBROOK 0 0 N 30 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 26/POOR 717 17 60/GOOD 1741 3 80/GOOD 932 27 100 MILE 29/POOR 1084 10 78/GOOD 1755 10 100/GOOD 1630 27 WILLIAMS LK 30/POOR 1010 11 100/GOOD 2185 5 100/GOOD 1638 25 PUNTZI MNT 28/POOR 1138 10 75/GOOD 2147 4 100/GOOD 1959 24 PR. GEORGE 17/POOR 786 16 67/GOOD 1823 8 100/GOOD 1479 25 BURNS LAKE 26/POOR 886 16 100/GOOD 1870 15 68/GOOD 985 35 SMITHERS 15/POOR 591 7 100/GOOD 1692 13 63/GOOD 1413 21 FORECAST UPPER WINDS FOR SATURDAY AFTERNOON (WINDS IN KM/H) : 900m 1800m 2700m PR. GEORGE W 26 SW 30 SMITHERS SW 41 SW 65 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 17/POOR 445 24 100/GOOD 1535 13 63/GOOD 816 26 FT STJOHN 22/POOR 933 3 100/GOOD 1871 16 100/GOOD 1590 26 WHITEHORSE 16/POOR 751 26 99/GOOD 1087 35 80/GOOD 1593 14 DAWSON 24/POOR 469 26 62/GOOD 973 41 44/FAIR 618 14 WATSON LAKE 15/POOR 744 19 100/GOOD 1918 18 79/GOOD 1132 18 FORECAST UPPER WINDS FOR SATURDAY AFTERNOON (WINDS IN KM/H) : 900m 1800m 2700m DEASE LAKE SW 30 SW 43 WATSON LAKE S 44 SW 43 WHITEHORSE SW 35 SW 52 MAYO S 41 S 43 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 30/POOR 261 9 49/FAIR 553 8 49/FAIR 498 15 FRASER VLY 29/POOR 369 10 75/GOOD 861 11 55/GOOD 694 7 SRN VRISL 47/FAIR 305 22 51/FAIR 674 8 48/FAIR 696 10 CNTRL VRISL 52/FAIR 412 19 64/GOOD 891 5 76/GOOD 720 15 NRN VRISL 20/POOR 205 13 58/GOOD 888 9 66/GOOD 754 54 TERRACE 30/POOR 600 11 79/GOOD 867 14 44/FAIR 894 13 STEWART 49/FAIR 401 9 50/FAIR 433 17 55/GOOD 426 14 FORECAST UPPER WINDS FOR SATURDAY AFTERNOON (WINDS IN KM/H) : 900m 1800m 2700m VANCOUVER SW 9. SW 13 W 19 SANDSPIT W 33 W 33 W 33 PORT HARDY W 20 W 20 SW 31 VENTILATION GUIDELINES: 0-33.....POOR 34-54.....FAIR 55-100.....GOOD. VENTILATION INDICES NORMALLY DROP TO POOR AFTER SUNSET END/ $$$$^^