FPCN39 CWLW 091430 SMOKE CONTROL FORECAST FOR BC AND YUKON ISSUED BY THE MOUNTAIN WEATHER CENTRE OF ENVIRONMENT CANADA AT 7:00 AM PST THURSDAY 9 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 100/GOOD 1090 19 100/GOOD 974 17 100/GOOD 1225 15 KAMLOOPS 77/GOOD 755 23 100/GOOD 1635 18 100/GOOD 1461 15 OKANAGAN 100/GOOD 1501 18 100/GOOD 1809 18 100/GOOD 1749 15 CASTLEGAR 100/GOOD 1405 22 100/GOOD 1740 20 100/GOOD 1847 13 CRANBROOK 100/GOOD 1692 19 100/GOOD 2067 17 100/GOOD 2129 14 REVELSTOKE 100/GOOD 1160 19 100/GOOD 1595 14 98/GOOD 1482 11 FORECAST UPPER WINDS FOR THURSDAY AFTERNOON (WINDS IN KM/H) : 900m 1800m 2700m PENTICTON NE 11 E 22 E 39 CRANBROOK E 20 E 48 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 76/GOOD 972 24 84/GOOD 1361 20 34/FAIR 1267 9 100 MILE 79/GOOD 1440 18 100/GOOD 1954 16 84/GOOD 1902 13 WILLIAMS LK 58/GOOD 1314 22 81/GOOD 1815 18 53/FAIR 1831 10 PUNTZI MNT 100/GOOD 1562 24 86/GOOD 1595 16 37/FAIR 1614 5 PR. GEORGE 65/GOOD 1057 23 100/GOOD 1471 19 32/POOR 1348 5 BURNS LAKE 97/GOOD 1409 19 71/GOOD 1383 13 20/POOR 1144 3 SMITHERS 79/GOOD 1159 15 78/GOOD 1139 10 26/POOR 923 6 FORECAST UPPER WINDS FOR THURSDAY AFTERNOON (WINDS IN KM/H) : 900m 1800m 2700m PR. GEORGE NE 24 NE 20 SMITHERS NE 20 NE 31 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 14/POOR 439 8 16/POOR 552 4 15/POOR 464 17 FT STJOHN 33/POOR 1089 12 18/POOR 1077 3 34/FAIR 1056 17 WHITEHORSE 12/POOR 721 13 13/POOR 748 15 18/POOR 767 28 DAWSON 13/POOR 395 16 16/POOR 425 22 12/POOR 379 24 WATSON LAKE 14/POOR 735 11 22/POOR 859 16 13/POOR 739 5 FORECAST UPPER WINDS FOR THURSDAY AFTERNOON (WINDS IN KM/H) : 900m 1800m 2700m DEASE LAKE N 13 N 30 WATSON LAKE N 30 N 39 WHITEHORSE SW 13 NW 20 MAYO W 19 W 31 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 666 30 100/GOOD 882 26 100/GOOD 1300 18 FRASER VLY 14/POOR 94 28 100/GOOD 1530 25 100/GOOD 1418 22 SRN VRISL 100/GOOD 778 31 97/GOOD 439 28 100/GOOD 1338 24 CNTRL VRISL 89/GOOD 398 26 100/GOOD 1162 20 100/GOOD 1328 14 NRN VRISL 24/POOR 131 27 88/GOOD 779 16 53/FAIR 622 8 TERRACE 27/POOR 392 17 77/GOOD 845 14 50/FAIR 371 7 STEWART 15/POOR 273 20 75/GOOD 700 19 48/FAIR 367 10 FORECAST UPPER WINDS FOR THURSDAY AFTERNOON (WINDS IN KM/H) : 900m 1800m 2700m VANCOUVER NE 29 NE 41 E 46 SANDSPIT N 33 N 41 N 50 PORT HARDY NE 20 NE 26 NE 41 VENTILATION GUIDELINES: 0-33.....POOR 34-54.....FAIR 55-100.....GOOD. VENTILATION INDICES NORMALLY DROP TO POOR AFTER SUNSET END/MWSO