FPCN39 CWLW 131430 SMOKE CONTROL FORECAST FOR BC AND YUKON ISSUED BY THE MOUNTAIN WEATHER CENTRE OF ENVIRONMENT CANADA AT 7:00 AM PST SATURDAY 13 JANUARY 2001 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 18/POOR 461 5 17/POOR 583 2 40/FAIR 932 13 KAMLOOPS 13/POOR 400 4 26/POOR 791 4 42/FAIR 937 18 OKANAGAN 15/POOR 557 6 32/POOR 1150 2 37/FAIR 1102 14 CASTLEGAR 22/POOR 639 13 33/POOR 1109 5 42/FAIR 1301 8 CRANBROOK 24/POOR 1160 10 32/POOR 1578 6 47/FAIR 1781 4 REVELSTOKE 15/POOR 523 13 33/POOR 1081 2 47/FAIR 1046 12 FORECAST UPPER WINDS FOR SATURDAY AFTERNOON (WINDS IN KM/H) : 900m 1800m 2700m PENTICTON 0 0 0 0 0 0 CRANBROOK 0 0 S 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 30/POOR 793 16 31/POOR 933 11 43/FAIR 977 10 100 MILE 16/POOR 1030 13 32/POOR 1379 9 53/FAIR 1384 16 WILLIAMS LK 20/POOR 1076 11 26/POOR 1297 7 35/FAIR 1239 13 PUNTZI MNT 12/POOR 938 4 17/POOR 1079 4 42/FAIR 1474 3 PR. GEORGE 18/POOR 793 18 31/POOR 995 7 24/POOR 986 9 BURNS LAKE 13/POOR 804 6 18/POOR 844 10 13/POOR 803 5 SMITHERS 17/POOR 636 12 12/POOR 569 11 18/POOR 690 11 FORECAST UPPER WINDS FOR SATURDAY AFTERNOON (WINDS IN KM/H) : 900m 1800m 2700m PR. GEORGE SW 19 SW 30 SMITHERS W 28 SW 22 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 12/POOR 402 2 13/POOR 416 17 13/POOR 400 22 FT STJOHN 18/POOR 784 12 31/POOR 859 30 18/POOR 801 19 WHITEHORSE 13/POOR 730 26 12/POOR 712 24 13/POOR 717 37 DAWSON 14/POOR 404 26 13/POOR 385 24 13/POOR 384 28 WATSON LAKE 12/POOR 701 7 12/POOR 700 9 12/POOR 703 16 FORECAST UPPER WINDS FOR SATURDAY AFTERNOON (WINDS IN KM/H) : 900m 1800m 2700m DEASE LAKE SW 28 W 33 WATSON LAKE W 48 W 41 WHITEHORSE SW 48 W 61 MAYO SW 31 W 33 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 37/FAIR 253 23 31/POOR 253 14 36/FAIR 267 13 FRASER VLY 21/POOR 206 10 23/POOR 277 2 46/FAIR 499 16 SRN VRISL 21/POOR 270 7 36/FAIR 491 9 38/FAIR 343 15 CNTRL VRISL 31/POOR 433 9 34/FAIR 534 7 39/FAIR 465 9 NRN VRISL 16/POOR 68 20 14/POOR 78 11 22/POOR 268 3 TERRACE 17/POOR 315 17 12/POOR 249 11 17/POOR 364 8 STEWART 24/POOR 181 15 13/POOR 83 3 13/POOR 68 13 FORECAST UPPER WINDS FOR SATURDAY AFTERNOON (WINDS IN KM/H) : 900m 1800m 2700m VANCOUVER 0 0 0 0 0 0 SANDSPIT NW 22 NW 19 NW 28 PORT HARDY SW 16 W 22 W 13 VENTILATION GUIDELINES: 0-33.....POOR 34-54.....FAIR 55-100.....GOOD. VENTILATION INDICES NORMALLY DROP TO POOR AFTER SUNSET END/