FPCN39 CWLW 071430 SMOKE CONTROL FORECAST FOR BC AND YUKON ISSUED BY THE MOUNTAIN WEATHER CENTRE OF ENVIRONMENT CANADA AT 7:00 AM PST MONDAY 7 JANUARY 2002 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. 07-January-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 20/POOR 24 313 11/POOR 29 242 22/POOR 16 383 KAMLOOPS 12/POOR 32 362 10/POOR 38 353 35/FAIR 19 617 OKANAGAN 27/POOR 31 570 40/FAIR 35 641 52/FAIR 18 999 CASTLEGAR 19/POOR 23 580 11/POOR 28 509 11/POOR 15 513 CRANBROOK 21/POOR 28 1021 12/POOR 32 955 27/POOR 23 1092 REVELSTOKE 16/POOR 22 502 11/POOR 25 457 12/POOR 16 474 GOLDEN 13/POOR 23 814 10/POOR 25 794 29/POOR 18 1000 FORECAST UPPER WINDS FOR THIS AFTERNOON 900m 1800m 2700m PENTICTON 0 0 SW 50 W 98 CRANBROOK SW 59 W 93 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 16/POOR 39 576 10/POOR 24 549 10/POOR 9 560 100 MILE 18/POOR 38 986 15/POOR 41 967 30/POOR 16 1203 WILLIAMS LAKE 15/POOR 35 970 11/POOR 29 953 21/POOR 20 1055 PUNTZI MTN 15/POOR 38 939 10/POOR 32 915 37/FAIR 22 1173 PRINCE GEORGE 14/POOR 43 713 10/POOR 21 701 13/POOR 21 722 BURNS LAKE 19/POOR 43 760 10/POOR 21 727 54/FAIR 20 1385 SMITHERS 17/POOR 34 564 10/POOR 24 533 13/POOR 16 569 MCBRIDE 18/POOR 29 790 10/POOR 24 736 11/POOR 18 747 CLEARWATER 12/POOR 25 420 10/POOR 29 403 20/POOR 19 501 FORECAST UPPER WINDS FOR THIS AFTERNOON 900m 1800m 2700m PR. GEORGE SW 104 SW 117 SMITHERS S 91 SW 109 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 12/POOR 26 403 11/POOR 24 396 11/POOR 32 395 FT ST JOHN 14/POOR 41 716 13/POOR 44 710 12/POOR 37 710 WHITEHORSE 18/POOR 27 766 11/POOR 29 713 12/POOR 29 721 DAWSON 18/POOR 34 419 11/POOR 25 385 13/POOR 28 399 WATSON LAKE 10/POOR 10 707 9/POOR 10 695 9/POOR 26 693 FORECAST UPPER WINDS FOR THIS AFTERNOON 900m 1800m 2700m DEASE LAKE S 41 SW 31 WATSON LAKE SW 24 S 22 WHITEHORSE S 74 S 76 MAYO S 72 SW 80 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 13/POOR 42 19 10/POOR 38 5 9/POOR 5 9 FRASER VALLEY 17/POOR 36 100 10/POOR 36 65 10/POOR 15 66 SQUAMISH 24/POOR 26 161 12/POOR 27 72 12/POOR 7 136 SRN VAN ISLD 16/POOR 33 57 10/POOR 39 23 13/POOR 11 85 CNTRL VAN ISLD 13/POOR 27 51 10/POOR 32 31 24/POOR 8 374 NRN VAN ISLD 12/POOR 36 37 9/POOR 33 24 9/POOR 5 29 TERRACE 12/POOR 30 238 10/POOR 18 224 10/POOR 14 236 STEWART 51/FAIR 27 466 11/POOR 19 28 12/POOR 16 44 FORECAST UPPER WINDS FOR THIS AFTERNOON 900m 1800m 2700m VANCOUVER SW 44 SW 74 SW 89 SANDSPIT SW 70 SW 65 SW 80 PORT HARDY W 61 W 65 W 70 VENTILATION GUIDELINES: POOR: 0-33 FAIR: 34-54 GOOD: 55-100 VENTILATION INDICES NORMALLY DROP TO POOR AFTER SUNSET. END/MWSO