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FPCN15 CWVR 172245
FORECASTS FOR THE KOOTENAY DISTRICTS OF BRITISH COLUMBIA ISSUED BY
ENVIRONMENT CANADA AT 4:00 P.M. MST WEDNESDAY 17 DECEMBER 2025 FOR
TONIGHT THURSDAY AND THURSDAY NIGHT.
THE NEXT SCHEDULED FORECAST WILL BE ISSUED AT 5:00 A.M. MST THURSDAY.
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MAJOR REFERENCE ELEVATIONS:
CASTLEGAR: 430 METRES.
CRANBROOK: 920 METRES.
BLUEBERRY-PAULSON: 1570 METRES.
KOOTENAY PASS: 1774 METRES.
CROWSNEST PASS: 1300 METRES.
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BOUNDARY.
TONIGHT..PARTLY CLOUDY. BECOMING CLOUDY NEAR MIDNIGHT. 60 PERCENT
CHANCE OF FLURRIES BEFORE MORNING. WIND WEST 30 KM/H GUSTING TO 50
BECOMING LIGHT EARLY THIS EVENING. LOW MINUS 2.
THURSDAY..SNOW. AMOUNT 5 TO 10 CM. WIND BECOMING SOUTHEAST 30 KM/H
GUSTING TO 50 LATE IN THE MORNING. HIGH PLUS 1.
THURSDAY NIGHT..SNOW CHANGING TO RAIN AND ENDING NEAR MIDNIGHT THEN
CLEARING. SNOW LEVEL RISING TO 1300 METRES IN THE EVENING. WIND
SOUTHEAST 30 KM/H GUSTING TO 50 BECOMING SOUTHWEST 40 GUSTING TO 60
NEAR MIDNIGHT. TEMPERATURE RISING TO 6 IN THE EVENING THEN FALLING.
ARROW LAKES - SLOCAN LAKE.
TONIGHT..MAINLY CLOUDY. 30 PERCENT CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS OR FLURRIES
EARLY THIS EVENING. 30 PERCENT CHANCE OF FLURRIES BEFORE MORNING.
TEMPERATURE STEADY NEAR ZERO.
THURSDAY..CLOUDY. 30 PERCENT CHANCE OF FLURRIES IN THE MORNING.
PERIODS OF SNOW BEGINNING LATE IN THE MORNING. AMOUNT 2 TO 4 CM.
WIND BECOMING SOUTH 20 KM/H LATE IN THE MORNING. HIGH PLUS 2.
THURSDAY NIGHT..PERIODS OF SNOW MIXED WITH RAIN ENDING AFTER MIDNIGHT
THEN CLOUDY. WIND SOUTHWEST 30 KM/H GUSTING TO 50. TEMPERATURE
RISING TO PLUS 4 IN THE EVENING THEN FALLING.
WEST KOOTENAY.
TONIGHT..PARTLY CLOUDY. BECOMING CLOUDY NEAR MIDNIGHT. 60 PERCENT
CHANCE OF FLURRIES OVERNIGHT. WIND SOUTHWEST 20 KM/H GUSTING TO 40
BECOMING LIGHT EARLY THIS EVENING. LOW ZERO.
THURSDAY..PERIODS OF SNOW CHANGING TO PERIODS OF WET SNOW IN THE
AFTERNOON. AMOUNT 2 TO 4 CM EXCEPT 10 CM OVER HIGHER TERRAIN. WIND
BECOMING SOUTH 20 KM/H GUSTING TO 40 LATE IN THE MORNING. HIGH
PLUS 2.
THURSDAY NIGHT..PERIODS OF WET SNOW CHANGING TO PERIODS OF RAIN IN
THE EVENING AND ENDING OVERNIGHT THEN CLEARING. RAINFALL AMOUNT 5 TO
10 MM EXCEPT SNOWFALL AMOUNT 5 CM OVER HIGHER TERRAIN. SNOW LEVEL
RISING TO 1200 METRES IN THE EVENING. WIND SOUTH 20 KM/H GUSTING TO
40 BECOMING SOUTHWEST 40 GUSTING TO 60 LATE IN THE EVENING.
TEMPERATURE RISING TO PLUS 5 IN THE EVENING THEN FALLING.
KOOTENAY LAKE.
TONIGHT..PARTLY CLOUDY. WIND SOUTHWEST 20 KM/H GUSTING TO 40 BECOMING
LIGHT THIS EVENING. LOW ZERO.
THURSDAY..PERIODS OF SNOW. AMOUNT 2 TO 4 CM. WIND BECOMING SOUTHEAST
20 KM/H GUSTING TO 40 LATE IN THE MORNING. HIGH PLUS 2.
THURSDAY NIGHT..SNOW CHANGING TO RAIN IN THE EVENING AND ENDING
OVERNIGHT THEN CLOUDY. SNOW LEVEL RISING TO 1200 METRES IN THE
EVENING. WIND SOUTHEAST 20 KM/H GUSTING TO 40 BECOMING SOUTHWEST 30
GUSTING TO 50 LATE IN THE EVENING. TEMPERATURE RISING TO PLUS 5 IN
THE EVENING THEN FALLING.
EAST KOOTENAY.
TONIGHT..PARTLY CLOUDY. WIND SOUTHWEST 30 KM/H GUSTING TO 50 BECOMING
LIGHT EARLY THIS EVENING. LOW MINUS 3.
THURSDAY..CLOUDY. SNOW BEGINNING EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON. AMOUNT 2 CM
EXCEPT 5 CM NEAR KIMBERLEY. WIND BECOMING SOUTHEAST 20 KM/H GUSTING
TO 40 EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON. HIGH ZERO. WIND CHILL MINUS 9 IN THE
AFTERNOON.
THURSDAY NIGHT..SNOW CHANGING TO A FEW RAIN SHOWERS IN THE EVENING
THEN TO A FEW FLURRIES BEFORE MORNING. SNOWFALL AMOUNT 2 CM EXCEPT 5
CM NEAR KIMBERLEY. WIND SOUTHEAST 20 KM/H GUSTING TO 40 BECOMING
SOUTHWEST 30 GUSTING TO 50 LATE IN THE EVENING. TEMPERATURE RISING
TO PLUS 3 BY MORNING.
ELK VALLEY.
TONIGHT..PARTLY CLOUDY. 60 PERCENT CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS OR FLURRIES
EARLY THIS EVENING. WIND SOUTHWEST 30 KM/H GUSTING TO 50 BECOMING
LIGHT THIS EVENING. LOW MINUS 5. WIND CHILL MINUS 11 OVERNIGHT.
THURSDAY..CLOUDY. SNOW BEGINNING IN THE MORNING. AMOUNT 2 CM. WIND
BECOMING SOUTH 20 KM/H GUSTING TO 40 NEAR NOON. HIGH ZERO. WIND
CHILL MINUS 11 IN THE MORNING.
THURSDAY NIGHT..SNOW CHANGING TO WET SNOW LATE IN THE EVENING THEN TO
SNOW BEFORE MORNING. SNOWFALL AMOUNT 5 TO 10 CM EXCEPT RAINFALL
AMOUNT 15 MM OVER SOUTHWESTERN SECTIONS. WIND SOUTH 20 KM/H GUSTING
TO 40 BECOMING SOUTHWEST 50 GUSTING TO 70 NEAR MIDNIGHT THEN
DIMINISHING TO 30 GUSTING TO 50 BEFORE MORNING. TEMPERATURE RISING
TO PLUS 4 BY MORNING.
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