FPCN39 CWLW 101400
SMOKE CONTROL FORECAST FOR BC AND YUKON ISSUED BY THE MOUNTAIN
WEATHER CENTRE OF ENVIRONMENT CANADA AT 7:00 AM PDT MONDAY 10 JULY
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
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VI MXG HT Wnd VI MXG HT Wnd VI MXG HT Wnd
(m) (km/h) (m) (km/h) (m) (km/h)
FRSR CANYON 58/GOOD 681 15 100/GOOD 1138 13 100/GOOD 1504 14
KAMLOOPS 29/POOR 549 16 100/GOOD 1575 10 100/GOOD 1986 16
OKANAGAN 60/GOOD 856 16 100/GOOD 2088 16 100/GOOD 2307 13
CASTLEGAR 83/GOOD 1267 11 100/GOOD 2378 13 100/GOOD 2377 13
CRANBROOK 15/POOR 1034 4 100/GOOD 2670 19 100/GOOD 2825 20
REVELSTOKE 56/GOOD 1109 7 100/GOOD 1761 11 100/GOOD 1679 11
FORECAST UPPER WINDS FOR MONDAY AFTERNOON (WINDS IN KM/H) :
900m 1800m 2700m
PENTICTON 0 0 W 11 SW 17
CRANBROOK SW 9 W 30
CENTRAL INTERIOR
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VI MXG HT Wnd VI MXG HT Wnd VI MXG HT Wnd
(m) (km/h) (m) (km/h) (m) (km/h)
QUESNEL 23/POOR 733 11 65/GOOD 1110 11 100/GOOD 2331 9
100 MILE 19/POOR 1092 9 97/GOOD 2074 13 100/GOOD 2714 13
WILLIAMS LK 17/POOR 1050 9 94/GOOD 1956 12 100/GOOD 2470 9
PUNTZI MNT 72/GOOD 1405 14 100/GOOD 2245 10 100/GOOD 2778 17
PR. GEORGE 17/POOR 794 10 26/POOR 985 6 100/GOOD 2352 13
BURNS LAKE 61/GOOD 1059 23 100/GOOD 2331 17 100/GOOD 2290 18
SMITHERS 53/FAIR 943 14 100/GOOD 1933 16 100/GOOD 2163 14
FORECAST UPPER WINDS FOR MONDAY AFTERNOON (WINDS IN KM/H) :
900m 1800m 2700m
PR. GEORGE NE 31 NE 30
SMITHERS 0 0 N 9
NORTHERN BC/YUKON
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VI MXG HT Wnd VI MXG HT Wnd VI MXG HT Wnd
(m) (km/h) (m) (km/h) (m) (km/h)
FT NLSN 17/POOR 470 12 33/POOR 1467 5 100/GOOD 1858 11
FT STJOHN 34/FAIR 899 21 62/GOOD 1523 6 100/GOOD 2376 27
WHITEHORSE 100/GOOD 1481 16 100/GOOD 2628 11 100/GOOD 2008 14
DAWSON 20/POOR 600 13 55/GOOD 1213 8 100/GOOD 1644 8
WATSON LAKE 37/FAIR 907 22 100/GOOD 2548 8 98/GOOD 1819 18
FORECAST UPPER WINDS FOR MONDAY AFTERNOON (WINDS IN KM/H) :
900m 1800m 2700m
DEASE LAKE 0 0 S 11
WATSON LAKE SW 11 SW 9
WHITEHORSE SW 22 S 26
MAYO S 20 S 20
COAST
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VI MXG HT Wnd VI MXG HT Wnd VI MXG HT Wnd
(m) (km/h) (m) (km/h) (m) (km/h)
VANCOUVER 33/POOR 340 7 47/FAIR 476 11 35/FAIR 506 9
FRASER VLY 37/FAIR 507 10 85/GOOD 975 13 69/GOOD 1043 10
SRN VRISL 44/FAIR 317 21 44/FAIR 377 16 39/FAIR 419 10
CNTRL VRISL 37/FAIR 311 18 72/GOOD 971 5 47/FAIR 816 5
NRN VRISL 57/GOOD 492 16 100/GOOD 806 28 67/GOOD 977 12
TERRACE 50/FAIR 933 9 89/GOOD 1339 11 100/GOOD 1377 9
STEWART 32/POOR 417 7 64/GOOD 754 9 89/GOOD 984 9
FORECAST UPPER WINDS FOR MONDAY AFTERNOON (WINDS IN KM/H) :
900m 1800m 2700m
VANCOUVER 0 0 0 0 NW 15
SANDSPIT N 9. NW 11 NW 17
PORT HARDY N 20 N 17 N 19
VENTILATION GUIDELINES:
0-33.....POOR
34-54.....FAIR
55-100.....GOOD.
VENTILATION INDICES NORMALLY DROP TO POOR AFTER SUNSET
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