FPCN39 CWLW 141500 SMOKE CONTROL FORECAST FOR BC AND YUKON ISSUED BY THE MOUNTAIN WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE OF ENVIRONMENT CANADA AT 7:00 AM PST TUESDAY 14 MARCH 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 100/GOOD 830 25 100/GOOD 1764 16 100/GOOD 1334 13 KAMLOOPS 31/POOR 501 23 100/GOOD 2029 22 100/GOOD 1379 14 OKANAGAN 32/POOR 590 23 100/GOOD 1798 25 100/GOOD 1661 9 CASTLEGAR 40/FAIR 768 16 100/GOOD 1999 22 100/GOOD 1939 11 CRANBROOK 33/POOR 1199 12 100/GOOD 1853 29 100/GOOD 2302 14 REVELSTOKE 34/FAIR 579 16 54/FAIR 746 21 100/GOOD 1625 7 FORECAST UPPER WINDS FOR TUESDAY AFTERNOON (WINDS IN KM/H) : 900m 1800m 2700m PENTICTON 0 0 W 19 W 39 CRANBROOK W 9 W 30 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 47/FAIR 837 23 100/GOOD 1078 19 100/GOOD 1440 17 100 MILE 50/FAIR 1142 23 100/GOOD 2351 29 100/GOOD 1895 19 WILLIAMS LK 33/POOR 1083 21 100/GOOD 2212 25 100/GOOD 1810 15 PUNTZI MNT 100/GOOD 1338 34 100/GOOD 2624 24 100/GOOD 2001 17 PR. GEORGE 81/GOOD 1356 15 80/GOOD 1362 13 100/GOOD 1693 11 BURNS LAKE 34/FAIR 1071 17 71/GOOD 1262 6 100/GOOD 1638 18 SMITHERS 43/FAIR 911 17 69/GOOD 1234 2 100/GOOD 1316 21 FORECAST UPPER WINDS FOR TUESDAY AFTERNOON (WINDS IN KM/H) : 900m 1800m 2700m PR. GEORGE SW 31 SW 20 SMITHERS SW 31 S 30 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 414 12 81/GOOD 1495 10 79/GOOD 980 17 FT STJOHN 30/POOR 849 27 31/POOR 1446 1 33/POOR 1207 24 WHITEHORSE 91/GOOD 1141 25 58/GOOD 1083 20 67/GOOD 971 32 DAWSON 30/POOR 492 33 41/FAIR 576 22 74/GOOD 629 38 WATSON LAKE 85/GOOD 1061 30 100/GOOD 1555 14 82/GOOD 1172 23 FORECAST UPPER WINDS FOR TUESDAY AFTERNOON (WINDS IN KM/H) : 900m 1800m 2700m DEASE LAKE S 11 SW 17 WATSON LAKE SE 9 W 33 WHITEHORSE E 11 W 9 MAYO E 30 E 19 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 100/GOOD 684 46 73/GOOD 531 12 43/FAIR 372 15 FRASER VLY 99/GOOD 509 34 100/GOOD 1046 14 96/GOOD 1146 9 SRN VRISL 95/GOOD 411 39 86/GOOD 744 12 35/FAIR 334 13 CNTRL VRISL 100/GOOD 696 35 90/GOOD 782 9 80/GOOD 715 17 NRN VRISL 86/GOOD 578 28 100/GOOD 887 14 100/GOOD 639 39 TERRACE 35/FAIR 489 12 82/GOOD 853 13 100/GOOD 1021 19 STEWART 53/FAIR 389 20 40/FAIR 285 18 26/POOR 128 24 FORECAST UPPER WINDS FOR TUESDAY AFTERNOON (WINDS IN KM/H) : 900m 1800m 2700m VANCOUVER S 20 SW 28 SW 46 SANDSPIT S 29 S 30 SW 33 PORT HARDY S 42 S 46 SW 48 VENTILATION GUIDELINES: 0-33.....POOR 34-54.....FAIR 55-100.....GOOD. VENTILATION INDICES NORMALLY DROP TO POOR AFTER SUNSET END/GF $$$$^^