736
FPCN11 CWNT 170244 AAA
UPDATED FORECASTS FOR THE GREAT SLAVE LAKE AND MACKENZIE RIVER AREAS
OF THE NORTHWEST TERRITORIES ISSUED BY ENVIRONMENT CANADA AT
7:43 P.M. MST FRIDAY 16 JANUARY 2026 FOR TONIGHT SATURDAY AND
SATURDAY NIGHT.
THE NEXT SCHEDULED FORECAST WILL BE ISSUED AT 5:00 A.M. MST SATURDAY.
THEBACHA REGION INCLUDING FT. SMITH - SALT RIVER RESERVE.
TONIGHT..CLOUDY. PERIODS OF LIGHT SNOW BEGINNING THIS EVENING. WIND
SOUTHEAST 20 KM/H GUSTING TO 40 BECOMING LIGHT NEAR MIDNIGHT.
TEMPERATURE RISING TO MINUS 17 BY MORNING. WIND CHILL MINUS 36 THIS
EVENING AND MINUS 24 OVERNIGHT. RISK OF FROSTBITE.
SATURDAY..PERIODS OF SNOW. AMOUNT 2 CM. WIND BECOMING NORTHWEST
30 KM/H GUSTING TO 50 IN THE AFTERNOON. TEMPERATURE FALLING TO
MINUS 23 IN THE AFTERNOON. WIND CHILL MINUS 24 IN THE MORNING AND
MINUS 36 IN THE AFTERNOON. RISK OF FROSTBITE.
SATURDAY NIGHT..CLEARING IN THE EVENING. WIND NORTHWEST 30 KM/H
GUSTING TO 50 BECOMING LIGHT IN THE EVENING. LOW MINUS 26. WIND
CHILL NEAR MINUS 36. RISK OF FROSTBITE.
YELLOWKNIFE REGION.
TONIGHT..SNOW. AMOUNT 2 CM. WIND SOUTHEAST 20 KM/H. TEMPERATURE
RISING TO MINUS 18 BY MORNING. WIND CHILL MINUS 39 THIS EVENING AND
MINUS 27 OVERNIGHT. RISK OF FROSTBITE.
SATURDAY..SNOW ENDING IN THE AFTERNOON THEN CLEARING. AMOUNT 2 CM.
LOCAL BLOWING SNOW IN THE AFTERNOON. WIND BECOMING NORTH 30 KM/H
GUSTING TO 50 LATE IN THE MORNING. TEMPERATURE FALLING TO MINUS 25
IN THE AFTERNOON. WIND CHILL MINUS 27 IN THE MORNING AND MINUS 33 IN
THE AFTERNOON. RISK OF FROSTBITE.
SATURDAY NIGHT..CLEAR. WIND UP TO 15 KM/H. LOW MINUS 31. WIND CHILL
NEAR MINUS 41. FROSTBITE IN MINUTES.
REMAINDER UNCHANGED.
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