FPCN39 CWLW 081430 SMOKE CONTROL FORECAST FOR BC AND YUKON ISSUED BY THE MOUNTAIN WEATHER CENTRE OF ENVIRONMENT CANADA AT 7:00 AM PST THURSDAY 8 NOVEMBER 2001 FOR TODAY. MIXING HEIGHTS IN METRES ABOVE SEA LEVEL. AVERAGE WINDS IN KM/H. SUBTRACT 20 FROM THE VENTILATION INDEX IN VALLEYS IF THE MIXING HEIGHT IS BELOW THE HEIGHT OF LOCAL MOUNTAINS OR HILLS. 08-November-2001 SOUTHERN INTERIOR TODAY TOMORROW 7:00 AM 4:00 PM 4:00 PM VI WND MXG HT VI WND MXG HT VI WND MXG HT KM/H M KM/H M KM/H M FRASER CANYON 29/POOR 24 393 60/GOOD 30 636 52/FAIR 21 686 KAMLOOPS 41/FAIR 23 637 68/GOOD 23 997 58/GOOD 22 866 OKANAGAN 49/FAIR 27 787 61/GOOD 27 915 46/FAIR 24 785 CASTLEGAR 14/POOR 13 572 68/GOOD 25 1095 49/FAIR 16 1053 CRANBROOK 11/POOR 7 997 60/GOOD 20 1539 53/FAIR 19 1458 REVELSTOKE 39/FAIR 17 815 47/FAIR 19 884 25/POOR 17 623 GOLDEN 18/POOR 16 889 46/FAIR 20 1190 19/POOR 17 894 FORECAST UPPER WINDS FOR THIS AFTERNOON 900m 1800m 2700m PENTICTON 0 0 0 S 61 SW 61 CRANBROOK 0 SW 31 SW 70 CENTRAL INTERIOR TODAY TOMORROW 7:00 AM 4:00 PM 4:00 PM VI WND MXG HT VI WND MXG HT VI WND MXG HT KM/H M KM/H M KM/H M QUESNEL 48/FAIR 35 790 44/FAIR 33 774 23/POOR 22 665 100 MILE 53/FAIR 36 1216 38/FAIR 30 1138 30/POOR 30 1075 WILLIAMS LAKE 43/FAIR 36 1139 27/POOR 30 1053 28/POOR 27 1075 PUNTZI MTN 31/POOR 37 1027 99/GOOD 41 1792 68/GOOD 37 1312 PRINCE GEORGE 16/POOR 39 722 35/FAIR 35 841 23/POOR 18 841 BURNS LAKE 23/POOR 32 800 13/POOR 20 753 16/POOR 10 851 SMITHERS 13/POOR 12 581 18/POOR 14 643 22/POOR 10 770 MCBRIDE 43/FAIR 27 997 48/FAIR 28 1030 42/FAIR 25 1010 CLEARWATER 45/FAIR 24 723 48/FAIR 24 746 43/FAIR 24 696 FORECAST UPPER WINDS FOR THIS AFTERNOON 900m 1800m 2700m PR. GEORGE 0 SW 87 W 98 SMITHERS 0 SW 59 SW 78 NORTHERN BC/YUKON TODAY TOMORROW 7:00 AM 4:00 PM 4:00 PM VI WND MXG HT VI WND MXG HT VI WND MXG HT KM/H M KM/H M KM/H M FORT NELSON 10/POOR 5 424 20/POOR 8 631 12/POOR 12 423 FT ST JOHN 16/POOR 15 778 76/GOOD 24 1449 19/POOR 6 992 WHITEHORSE 15/POOR 11 807 31/POOR 22 903 14/POOR 16 763 DAWSON 9/POOR 5 385 11/POOR 10 406 15/POOR 22 418 WATSON LAKE 10/POOR 4 714 15/POOR 11 786 16/POOR 20 750 FORECAST UPPER WINDS FOR THIS AFTERNOON 900m 1800m 2700m DEASE LAKE 0 S 44 SW 41 WATSON LAKE 0 S 26 S 28 WHITEHORSE 0 S 50 S 48 MAYO 0 SE 30 S 35 COAST TODAY TOMORROW 7:00 AM 4:00 PM 4:00 PM VI WND MXG HT VI WND MXG HT VI WND MXG HT KM/H M KM/H M KM/H M VANCOUVER 12/POOR 8 66 25/POOR 13 238 27/POOR 17 204 FRASER VALLEY 11/POOR 5 112 29/POOR 11 418 34/FAIR 12 477 SRN VAN ISLD 10/POOR 5 49 23/POOR 15 192 11/POOR 6 84 CNTRL VAN ISLD 15/POOR 19 79 36/FAIR 20 300 20/POOR 14 175 NRN VAN ISLD 12/POOR 30 41 14/POOR 37 47 14/POOR 34 47 TERRACE 15/POOR 5 452 28/POOR 15 467 17/POOR 7 436 STEWART 14/POOR 6 145 19/POOR 12 157 14/POOR 8 115 FORECAST UPPER WINDS FOR THIS AFTERNOON 900m 1800m 2700m VANCOUVER S 35 S 43 SW 69 SANDSPIT S 81 S 78 SW 85 PORT HARDY SW 48 SW 63 SW 83 VENTILATION GUIDELINES: POOR: 0-33 FAIR: 34-54 GOOD: 55-100 VENTILATION INDICES NORMALLY DROP TO POOR AFTER SUNSET. END/WJW