FPCN39 CWLW 041431 SMOKE CONTROL FORECAST FOR BC AND YUKON ISSUED BY THE MOUNTAIN WEATHER CENTRE OF ENVIRONMENT CANADA AT 7:00 AM PST SATURDAY 4 NOVEMBER 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 80/GOOD 974 16 80/GOOD 900 16 25/POOR 1019 1 KAMLOOPS 80/GOOD 1400 20 60/GOOD 1208 32 37/FAIR 1287 6 OKANAGAN 100/GOOD 1364 27 60/GOOD 1100 30 61/GOOD 1347 11 CASTLEGAR 44/FAIR 769 18 53/FAIR 850 20 59/GOOD 1687 4 CRANBROOK 42/FAIR 1178 22 59/GOOD 1317 20 49/FAIR 2219 0 REVELSTOKE 45/FAIR 642 12 58/GOOD 857 19 32/POOR 1103 7 FORECAST UPPER WINDS FOR SATURDAY AFTERNOON (WINDS IN KM/H) : 900m 1800m 2700m PENTICTON NW 16 NW 35 NW 63 CRANBROOK NW 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 83/GOOD 1063 23 100/GOOD 1443 18 42/FAIR 1158 9 100 MILE 100/GOOD 1662 27 14/POOR 971 29 25/POOR 1730 3 WILLIAMS LK 49/FAIR 1171 28 86/GOOD 1370 21 23/POOR 1611 8 PUNTZI MNT 27/POOR 1025 32 100/GOOD 2105 21 24/POOR 1232 6 PR. GEORGE 60/GOOD 1111 24 100/GOOD 1440 16 27/POOR 1169 7 BURNS LAKE 100/GOOD 1332 23 52/FAIR 997 18 25/POOR 1063 6 SMITHERS 69/GOOD 935 19 85/GOOD 1066 12 24/POOR 816 6 FORECAST UPPER WINDS FOR SATURDAY AFTERNOON (WINDS IN KM/H) : 900m 1800m 2700m PR. GEORGE NW 30 NW 37 SMITHERS NW 20 N 37 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 51/FAIR 654 24 100/GOOD 950 22 17/POOR 531 13 FT STJOHN 100/GOOD 1625 25 76/GOOD 1106 27 17/POOR 747 19 WHITEHORSE 49/FAIR 1077 25 32/POOR 1022 10 16/POOR 780 15 DAWSON 12/POOR 395 22 14/POOR 409 22 12/POOR 391 14 WATSON LAKE 12/POOR 713 26 42/FAIR 1325 5 14/POOR 835 6 FORECAST UPPER WINDS FOR SATURDAY AFTERNOON (WINDS IN KM/H) : 900m 1800m 2700m DEASE LAKE E 17 N 17 WATSON LAKE 0 0 0 0 WHITEHORSE 0 0 N 19 MAYO 0 0 NW 15 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 100/GOOD 524 46 82/GOOD 397 46 45/FAIR 445 4 FRASER VLY 71/GOOD 445 31 72/GOOD 535 18 46/FAIR 873 2 SRN VRISL 51/FAIR 238 31 67/GOOD 325 27 21/POOR 347 4 CNTRL VRISL 97/GOOD 376 33 100/GOOD 685 34 40/FAIR 468 2 NRN VRISL 82/GOOD 356 36 95/GOOD 479 23 39/FAIR 422 12 TERRACE 29/POOR 440 16 53/FAIR 636 5 39/FAIR 584 10 STEWART 21/POOR 159 18 42/FAIR 481 12 20/POOR 159 13 FORECAST UPPER WINDS FOR SATURDAY AFTERNOON (WINDS IN KM/H) : 900m 1800m 2700m VANCOUVER NW 35 NW 37 N 52 SANDSPIT W 11 NW 31 NW 67 PORT HARDY NW 27 NW 41 NW 54 VENTILATION GUIDELINES: 0-33.....POOR 34-54.....FAIR 55-100.....GOOD. VENTILATION INDICES NORMALLY DROP TO POOR AFTER SUNSET END/WJW