FPCN39 CWLW 081430 SMOKE CONTROL FORECAST FOR BC AND YUKON ISSUED BY THE MOUNTAIN WEATHER CENTRE OF ENVIRONMENT CANADA AT 7:00 AM PST WEDNESDAY 8 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 30/POOR 467 16 30/POOR 467 16 30/POOR 467 16 KAMLOOPS 22/POOR 524 12 50/FAIR 787 16 50/FAIR 787 16 OKANAGAN 38/FAIR 775 13 48/FAIR 935 12 48/FAIR 935 12 CASTLEGAR 34/FAIR 894 6 34/FAIR 894 6 34/FAIR 894 6 CRANBROOK 14/POOR 1055 4 14/POOR 1055 4 14/POOR 1055 4 REVELSTOKE 25/POOR 634 5 25/POOR 634 5 25/POOR 634 5 FORECAST UPPER WINDS FOR WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON (WINDS IN KM/H) : 900m 1800m 2700m PENTICTON 0 0 0 0 E 9 CRANBROOK E 15 E 39 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 40/FAIR 1163 23 51/FAIR 1346 22 93/GOOD 1375 19 100 MILE 51/FAIR 1346 22 51/FAIR 1346 22 51/FAIR 1346 22 WILLIAMS LK 40/FAIR 1163 23 40/FAIR 1163 23 40/FAIR 1163 23 PUNTZI MNT 40/FAIR 1163 23 40/FAIR 1163 23 40/FAIR 1163 23 PR. GEORGE 13/POOR 733 24 13/POOR 733 24 13/POOR 733 24 BURNS LAKE 38/FAIR 940 12 38/FAIR 940 12 38/FAIR 940 12 SMITHERS 39/FAIR 830 9 39/FAIR 830 9 39/FAIR 830 9 FORECAST UPPER WINDS FOR WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON (WINDS IN KM/H) : 900m 1800m 2700m PR. GEORGE NE 30 NE 31 SMITHERS N 31 N 54 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 33/POOR 674 12 23/POOR 664 9 14/POOR 468 12 FT STJOHN 63/GOOD 1190 16 66/GOOD 1232 17 24/POOR 1268 4 WHITEHORSE 15/POOR 772 14 12/POOR 722 15 14/POOR 747 13 DAWSON 12/POOR 386 16 13/POOR 394 14 12/POOR 388 18 WATSON LAKE 16/POOR 862 5 20/POOR 888 13 25/POOR 905 13 FORECAST UPPER WINDS FOR WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON (WINDS IN KM/H) : 900m 1800m 2700m DEASE LAKE N 24 N 43 WATSON LAKE N 26 N 39 WHITEHORSE NW 24 NW 35 MAYO W 30 W 39 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 68/GOOD 457 22 42/FAIR 354 13 100/GOOD 826 32 FRASER VLY 24/POOR 228 18 26/POOR 281 8 100/GOOD 1446 26 SRN VRISL 98/GOOD 506 14 15/POOR 63 25 98/GOOD 478 28 CNTRL VRISL 96/GOOD 523 9 21/POOR 163 28 100/GOOD 1204 26 NRN VRISL 29/POOR 179 24 100/GOOD 631 30 90/GOOD 689 18 TERRACE 52/FAIR 616 5 43/FAIR 575 14 86/GOOD 834 14 STEWART 15/POOR 73 16 16/POOR 94 20 16/POOR 77 21 FORECAST UPPER WINDS FOR WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON (WINDS IN KM/H) : 900m 1800m 2700m VANCOUVER N 20 NE 28 NE 28 SANDSPIT N 40 N 39 N 31 PORT HARDY N 35 N 44 N 57 VENTILATION GUIDELINES: 0-33.....POOR 34-54.....FAIR 55-100.....GOOD. VENTILATION INDICES NORMALLY DROP TO POOR AFTER SUNSET END