FPCN39 CWLW 221430 SMOKE CONTROL FORECAST FOR BC AND YUKON ISSUED BY THE MOUNTAIN WEATHER CENTRE OF ENVIRONMENT CANADA AT 7:00 AM PST WEDNESDAY 22 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 12/POOR 252 6 27/POOR 444 20 32/POOR 469 13 KAMLOOPS 15/POOR 429 8 21/POOR 547 15 13/POOR 392 12 OKANAGAN 17/POOR 508 16 30/POOR 645 23 21/POOR 518 25 CASTLEGAR 14/POOR 561 10 14/POOR 598 7 24/POOR 696 13 CRANBROOK 14/POOR 983 20 14/POOR 1053 5 32/POOR 1246 14 REVELSTOKE 13/POOR 490 11 17/POOR 584 16 13/POOR 487 15 FORECAST UPPER WINDS FOR WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON (WINDS IN KM/H) : 900m 1800m 2700m PENTICTON 0 0 S 22 SW 30 CRANBROOK 0 0 W 13 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 33/POOR 698 29 42/FAIR 756 32 18/POOR 625 17 100 MILE 29/POOR 1074 27 34/FAIR 1121 31 13/POOR 961 18 WILLIAMS LK 26/POOR 1059 22 32/POOR 1111 31 14/POOR 1002 14 PUNTZI MNT 14/POOR 957 14 37/FAIR 1079 24 31/POOR 1135 19 PR. GEORGE 24/POOR 790 30 18/POOR 763 35 12/POOR 697 19 BURNS LAKE 22/POOR 807 30 14/POOR 750 31 36/FAIR 942 19 SMITHERS 19/POOR 604 27 12/POOR 536 32 14/POOR 557 17 FORECAST UPPER WINDS FOR WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON (WINDS IN KM/H) : 900m 1800m 2700m PR. GEORGE S 57 SW 54 SMITHERS S 69 SW106 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 415 27 15/POOR 419 29 12/POOR 389 34 FT STJOHN 14/POOR 730 26 14/POOR 729 27 14/POOR 715 32 WHITEHORSE 13/POOR 734 21 15/POOR 767 18 15/POOR 762 22 DAWSON 13/POOR 387 5 12/POOR 389 16 12/POOR 382 7 WATSON LAKE 13/POOR 727 18 12/POOR 704 25 13/POOR 704 29 FORECAST UPPER WINDS FOR WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON (WINDS IN KM/H) : 900m 1800m 2700m DEASE LAKE S 43 SW 93 WATSON LAKE S 39 SW 41 WHITEHORSE S 26 S 43 MAYO SE 22 S 28 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 171 19 29/POOR 233 20 15/POOR 44 16 FRASER VLY 16/POOR 132 8 28/POOR 333 8 12/POOR 67 19 SRN VRISL 19/POOR 122 12 19/POOR 178 12 13/POOR 40 13 CNTRL VRISL 21/POOR 124 16 30/POOR 320 16 15/POOR 130 4 NRN VRISL 27/POOR 112 37 15/POOR 44 47 24/POOR 286 5 TERRACE 21/POOR 289 26 14/POOR 245 27 15/POOR 267 17 STEWART 20/POOR 109 22 14/POOR 57 26 19/POOR 81 22 FORECAST UPPER WINDS FOR WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON (WINDS IN KM/H) : 900m 1800m 2700m VANCOUVER S 18 S 33 SW 48 SANDSPIT S 11 S 128 S 128 PORT HARDY S 77 S 93 SW 89 VENTILATION GUIDELINES: 0-33.....POOR 34-54.....FAIR 55-100.....GOOD. VENTILATION INDICES NORMALLY DROP TO POOR AFTER SUNSET END/LEC