FPCN39 CWLW 131330 SMOKE CONTROL FORECAST FOR BC AND YUKON ISSUED BY THE MOUNTAIN WEATHER CENTRE OF ENVIRONMENT CANADA AT 7:00 AM PDT SATURDAY 13 APRIL 2002 FOR TODAY. MIXING HEIGHTS IN METRES ABOVE SEA LEVEL. AVERAGE WINDS IN KM/H. 13-April-2002 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 43/FAIR 26 505 68/GOOD 32 693 63/GOOD 23 796 KAMLOOPS 73/GOOD 26 997 99/GOOD 31 1495 88/GOOD 37 1008 OKANAGAN 67/GOOD 31 922 65/GOOD 22 1086 80/GOOD 31 1108 CASTLEGAR 62/GOOD 19 1163 57/GOOD 23 982 64/GOOD 24 1052 CRANBROOK 57/GOOD 22 1441 62/GOOD 35 1304 71/GOOD 35 1397 REVELSTOKE 37/FAIR 17 777 33/POOR 20 687 62/GOOD 23 1005 GOLDEN 42/FAIR 16 1212 62/GOOD 21 1395 64/GOOD 26 1306 FORECAST UPPER WINDS FOR THIS AFTERNOON 900m 1800m 2700m PENTICTON S 9 S 63 SW 89 CRANBROOK S 44 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 67/GOOD 25 1132 94/GOOD 19 2010 65/GOOD 15 1459 100 MILE 94/GOOD 31 1848 99/GOOD 35 3222 99/GOOD 33 2661 WILLIAMS LAKE 80/GOOD 28 1666 99/GOOD 27 2819 99/GOOD 24 3621 PUNTZI MTN 25/POOR 8 1295 99/GOOD 27 2492 99/GOOD 28 3381 PRINCE GEORGE 73/GOOD 30 1263 56/GOOD 11 1692 57/GOOD 21 1219 BURNS LAKE 39/FAIR 19 1041 92/GOOD 24 1841 61/GOOD 23 1217 SMITHERS 30/POOR 14 823 71/GOOD 20 1328 76/GOOD 19 1475 MCBRIDE 36/FAIR 21 989 59/GOOD 15 1514 56/GOOD 20 1401 CLEARWATER 64/GOOD 22 1003 93/GOOD 26 1442 65/GOOD 24 977 FORECAST UPPER WINDS FOR THIS AFTERNOON 900m 1800m 2700m PR. GEORGE S 31 SW 17 SMITHERS S 31 S 28 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 20/POOR 13 538 56/GOOD 13 1229 66/GOOD 14 1411 FT ST JOHN 10/POOR 5 723 43/FAIR 26 974 16/POOR 17 766 WHITEHORSE 31/POOR 19 933 72/GOOD 15 1821 28/POOR 5 1459 DAWSON 10/POOR 8 400 59/GOOD 9 1679 69/GOOD 8 2280 WATSON LAKE 36/FAIR 17 1007 91/GOOD 23 1840 89/GOOD 21 1875 FORECAST UPPER WINDS FOR THIS AFTERNOON 900m 1800m 2700m DEASE LAKE S 30 S 26 WATSON LAKE E 19 SW 13 WHITEHORSE E 37 E 26 MAYO W 11 NW 15 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 36 15 44/FAIR 28 269 63/GOOD 43 309 FRASER VALLEY 17/POOR 34 99 37/FAIR 24 299 57/GOOD 35 365 SQUAMISH 13/POOR 23 81 45/FAIR 22 404 58/GOOD 26 480 SRN VAN ISLD 18/POOR 36 63 41/FAIR 29 254 89/GOOD 44 582 CNTRL VAN ISLD 40/FAIR 30 236 57/GOOD 28 418 92/GOOD 36 775 NRN VAN ISLD 14/POOR 28 57 47/FAIR 31 287 66/GOOD 22 674 TERRACE 20/POOR 13 371 41/FAIR 19 575 55/GOOD 17 833 STEWART 18/POOR 16 106 36/FAIR 16 349 55/GOOD 15 710 FORECAST UPPER WINDS FOR THIS AFTERNOON 900m 1800m 2700m VANCOUVER SW 59 SW 74 W 96 SANDSPIT SW 30 W 31 W 59 PORT HARDY SW 41 SW 43 SW 46 VENTILATION GUIDELINES: POOR: 0-33 FAIR: 34-54 GOOD: 55-100 VENTILATION INDICES NORMALLY DROP TO POOR AFTER SUNSET. END/GF