FPCN39 CWLW 141430 SMOKE CONTROL FORECAST FOR BC AND YUKON ISSUED BY THE MOUNTAIN WEATHER CENTRE OF ENVIRONMENT CANADA AT 7:00 AM PST WEDNESDAY 14 FEBRUARY 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 86/GOOD 683 24 40/FAIR 598 18 100/GOOD 1179 18 KAMLOOPS 19/POOR 439 22 40/FAIR 700 22 100/GOOD 1530 21 OKANAGAN 24/POOR 578 16 40/FAIR 827 30 100/GOOD 1591 18 CASTLEGAR 21/POOR 662 10 40/FAIR 905 21 12/POOR 514 11 CRANBROOK 22/POOR 1079 11 40/FAIR 800 28 100/GOOD 2292 15 REVELSTOKE 32/POOR 726 10 40/FAIR 800 19 100/GOOD 1788 14 FORECAST UPPER WINDS FOR WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON (WINDS IN KM/H) : 900m 1800m 2700m PENTICTON W 18 W 44 W 93 CRANBROOK W 31 W 85 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 100/GOOD 1795 26 18/POOR 606 32 100/GOOD 1844 20 100 MILE 100/GOOD 2301 30 13/POOR 958 33 100/GOOD 2241 18 WILLIAMS LK 100/GOOD 2381 30 13/POOR 959 34 100/GOOD 2263 18 PUNTZI MNT 100/GOOD 2902 39 14/POOR 934 26 100/GOOD 2197 21 PR. GEORGE 100/GOOD 2077 29 22/POOR 786 29 100/GOOD 2223 22 BURNS LAKE 100/GOOD 2095 29 47/FAIR 919 25 100/GOOD 2015 20 SMITHERS 100/GOOD 1817 26 34/FAIR 693 20 100/GOOD 1726 17 FORECAST UPPER WINDS FOR WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON (WINDS IN KM/H) : 900m 1800m 2700m PR. GEORGE NE 41 NE 43 SMITHERS NE 41 NE 57 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 100/GOOD 1217 26 100/GOOD 953 29 100/GOOD 974 21 FT STJOHN 100/GOOD 1516 30 100/GOOD 1181 26 100/GOOD 1917 25 WHITEHORSE 23/POOR 814 25 26/POOR 869 10 22/POOR 816 23 DAWSON 12/POOR 386 11 12/POOR 412 3 15/POOR 422 18 WATSON LAKE 30/POOR 825 27 26/POOR 820 24 18/POOR 904 5 FORECAST UPPER WINDS FOR WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON (WINDS IN KM/H) : 900m 1800m 2700m DEASE LAKE N 33 NE 59 WATSON LAKE N 46 N 56 WHITEHORSE N 28 N 37 MAYO NW 54 NW 56 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 20/POOR 135 5 25/POOR 226 18 100/GOOD 584 37 FRASER VLY 17/POOR 141 7 25/POOR 580 22 100/GOOD 587 35 SRN VRISL 22/POOR 165 6 25/POOR 485 29 100/GOOD 641 35 CNTRL VRISL 20/POOR 141 12 30/POOR 440 21 70/GOOD 266 23 NRN VRISL 20/POOR 120 25 25/POOR 383 19 100/GOOD 1067 15 TERRACE 100/GOOD 1504 17 31/POOR 396 22 100/GOOD 1074 16 STEWART 100/GOOD 707 17 53/FAIR 347 27 23/POOR 98 25 FORECAST UPPER WINDS FOR WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON (WINDS IN KM/H) : 900m 1800m 2700m VANCOUVER W 37 W 67 W 94 SANDSPIT N 35 N 37 N 43 PORT HARDY NW 25 NW 44 NW 63 VENTILATION GUIDELINES: 0-33.....POOR 34-54.....FAIR 55-100.....GOOD. VENTILATION INDICES NORMALLY DROP TO POOR AFTER SUNSET END/CC/MTNWC