FPCN39 CWLW 021430 SMOKE CONTROL FORECAST FOR BC AND YUKON ISSUED BY THE MOUNTAIN WEATHER CENTRE OF ENVIRONMENT CANADA AT 7:00 AM PST SATURDAY 2 DECEMBER 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 24/POOR 372 19 63/GOOD 667 14 86/GOOD 1044 10 KAMLOOPS 21/POOR 443 18 72/GOOD 801 21 100/GOOD 1229 14 OKANAGAN 20/POOR 677 27 57/GOOD 629 15 57/GOOD 1044 12 CASTLEGAR 13/POOR 540 17 18/POOR 595 11 74/GOOD 1256 13 CRANBROOK 23/POOR 1094 11 34/FAIR 1148 17 100/GOOD 1992 15 REVELSTOKE 19/POOR 570 16 12/POOR 461 15 19/POOR 591 10 FORECAST UPPER WINDS FOR SATURDAY AFTERNOON (WINDS IN KM/H) : 900m 1800m 2700m PENTICTON 0 0 W 24 W 48 CRANBROOK W 17 W 50 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 14/POOR 583 19 21/POOR 659 16 82/GOOD 1231 4 100 MILE 16/POOR 988 26 33/POOR 1175 12 100/GOOD 1759 13 WILLIAMS LK 13/POOR 967 22 16/POOR 1050 16 100/GOOD 1897 8 PUNTZI MNT 13/POOR 932 11 58/GOOD 1236 20 56/GOOD 1750 5 PR. GEORGE 13/POOR 714 26 12/POOR 704 24 51/FAIR 1143 10 BURNS LAKE 14/POOR 750 27 14/POOR 740 28 43/FAIR 1126 13 SMITHERS 16/POOR 564 25 13/POOR 539 26 42/FAIR 951 12 FORECAST UPPER WINDS FOR SATURDAY AFTERNOON (WINDS IN KM/H) : 900m 1800m 2700m PR. GEORGE W 48 W 57 SMITHERS W 44 W 50 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 24/POOR 656 17 20/POOR 483 20 19/POOR 583 10 FT STJOHN 14/POOR 714 43 13/POOR 707 41 18/POOR 832 12 WHITEHORSE 12/POOR 730 16 33/POOR 949 3 13/POOR 730 23 DAWSON 13/POOR 395 12 14/POOR 412 14 13/POOR 389 29 WATSON LAKE 17/POOR 742 15 14/POOR 733 22 13/POOR 741 12 FORECAST UPPER WINDS FOR SATURDAY AFTERNOON (WINDS IN KM/H) : 900m 1800m 2700m DEASE LAKE W 35 W 59 WATSON LAKE W 44 W 59 WHITEHORSE W 19 W 43 MAYO W 19 W 52 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 40/FAIR 178 36 59/GOOD 110 9 28/POOR 261 6 FRASER VLY 41/FAIR 295 24 67/GOOD 259 12 36/FAIR 534 12 SRN VRISL 28/POOR 153 21 68/GOOD 191 14 35/FAIR 355 11 CNTRL VRISL 21/POOR 98 17 66/GOOD 587 12 38/FAIR 394 9 NRN VRISL 15/POOR 68 20 58/GOOD 449 15 35/FAIR 559 1 TERRACE 30/POOR 434 21 53/FAIR 250 16 26/POOR 521 10 STEWART 40/FAIR 565 26 54/FAIR 57 19 16/POOR 85 13 FORECAST UPPER WINDS FOR SATURDAY AFTERNOON (WINDS IN KM/H) : 900m 1800m 2700m VANCOUVER W 16 W 22 W 35 SANDSPIT W 31 W 33 NW 33 PORT HARDY W 22 W 28 W 30 VENTILATION GUIDELINES: 0-33.....POOR 34-54.....FAIR 55-100.....GOOD. VENTILATION INDICES NORMALLY DROP TO POOR AFTER SUNSET END/LEC