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FPCN15 CWVR 252149
FORECASTS FOR THE KOOTENAY DISTRICTS OF BRITISH COLUMBIA ISSUED BY
ENVIRONMENT CANADA AT 4:00 P.M. MDT FRIDAY 25 SEPTEMBER 2026 FOR
TONIGHT SATURDAY AND SATURDAY NIGHT.
THE NEXT SCHEDULED FORECAST WILL BE ISSUED AT 5:00 A.M. MDT SATURDAY.
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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..SHOWERS ENDING NEAR MIDNIGHT THEN PARTLY CLOUDY. RISK OF A
THUNDERSTORM EARLY THIS EVENING. FOG PATCHES DEVELOPING BEFORE
MORNING. WIND SOUTHEAST 30 KM/H GUSTING TO 50 BECOMING NORTHWEST 30
GUSTING TO 50 EARLY THIS EVENING THEN LIGHT OVERNIGHT. LOW PLUS 4.
SATURDAY..MAINLY SUNNY. FOG PATCHES DISSIPATING IN THE MORNING. WIND
BECOMING SOUTHWEST 20 KM/H GUSTING TO 40 NEAR NOON. HIGH 17. UV
INDEX 4 OR MODERATE.
SATURDAY NIGHT..CLEAR. FOG PATCHES DEVELOPING AFTER MIDNIGHT.
LOW ZERO WITH PATCHY FROST.
ARROW LAKES - SLOCAN LAKE.
TONIGHT..SHOWERS. RISK OF A THUNDERSTORM EARLY THIS EVENING. WIND
SOUTH 20 KM/H GUSTING TO 50 BECOMING LIGHT THIS EVENING. LOW 9.
SATURDAY..MAINLY CLOUDY WITH 60 PERCENT CHANCE OF SHOWERS. WIND
BECOMING SOUTHWEST 20 KM/H GUSTING TO 40 NEAR NOON THEN BECOMING
NORTHWEST 20 GUSTING TO 40. HIGH 14. UV INDEX 3 OR MODERATE.
SATURDAY NIGHT..CLEARING IN THE EVENING. FOG PATCHES DEVELOPING
OVERNIGHT. LOW PLUS 3 WITH RISK OF FROST.
WEST KOOTENAY.
TONIGHT..RAIN ENDING NEAR MIDNIGHT THEN CLOUDY WITH 60 PERCENT CHANCE
OF SHOWERS. RISK OF A THUNDERSTORM EARLY THIS EVENING. AMOUNT 5 TO
10 MM. WIND SOUTHWEST 30 KM/H GUSTING TO 50 BECOMING LIGHT THIS
EVENING. LOW 8.
SATURDAY..MAINLY CLOUDY. 30 PERCENT CHANCE OF SHOWERS IN THE
AFTERNOON. WIND BECOMING SOUTH 30 KM/H GUSTING TO 50 IN THE MORNING.
HIGH 15. UV INDEX 3 OR MODERATE.
SATURDAY NIGHT..CLEARING IN THE EVENING. FOG PATCHES DEVELOPING AFTER
MIDNIGHT. WIND SOUTHWEST 20 KM/H GUSTING TO 40 BECOMING LIGHT NEAR
MIDNIGHT. LOW PLUS 4.
KOOTENAY LAKE.
TONIGHT..SHOWERS. RISK OF THUNDERSTORMS OVER NORTHERN SECTIONS EARLY
THIS EVENING. LOCAL AMOUNT 5 TO 10 MM. WIND SOUTHWEST 30 KM/H
GUSTING TO 50 BECOMING LIGHT THIS EVENING. LOW 9.
SATURDAY..MAINLY CLOUDY WITH 60 PERCENT CHANCE OF SHOWERS. WIND
BECOMING SOUTHWEST 20 KM/H NEAR NOON. HIGH 15. UV INDEX 4 OR
MODERATE.
SATURDAY NIGHT..PARTLY CLOUDY. 30 PERCENT CHANCE OF SHOWERS EARLY IN
THE EVENING. FOG PATCHES DEVELOPING OVERNIGHT. WIND SOUTHWEST
20 KM/H BECOMING LIGHT NEAR MIDNIGHT. LOW PLUS 4.
EAST KOOTENAY.
TONIGHT..CLOUDY WITH 60 PERCENT CHANCE OF SHOWERS. RISK OF
THUNDERSTORMS OVER NORTHERN SECTIONS EARLY THIS EVENING. WIND SOUTH
30 KM/H GUSTING TO 60. LOW 7.
SATURDAY..A MIX OF SUN AND CLOUD WITH 30 PERCENT CHANCE OF SHOWERS.
WIND SOUTH 30 KM/H GUSTING TO 60. HIGH 14. UV INDEX 3 OR MODERATE.
SATURDAY NIGHT..PARTLY CLOUDY. BECOMING CLEAR IN THE EVENING. FOG
PATCHES DEVELOPING OVERNIGHT. WIND SOUTHWEST 20 KM/H GUSTING TO 50
BECOMING LIGHT NEAR MIDNIGHT. LOW ZERO WITH PATCHY FROST.
ELK VALLEY.
TONIGHT..CLOUDY WITH 30 PERCENT CHANCE OF SHOWERS THIS EVENING. A FEW
SHOWERS BEGINNING NEAR MIDNIGHT. WIND SOUTH 40 KM/H GUSTING TO 60
DIMINISHING TO 20 NEAR MIDNIGHT. LOW 6.
SATURDAY..A FEW SHOWERS ENDING NEAR NOON THEN CLOUDY. WIND SOUTH
20 KM/H GUSTING TO 40. HIGH 11. UV INDEX 2 OR LOW.
SATURDAY NIGHT..CLEARING NEAR MIDNIGHT. FOG PATCHES DEVELOPING AFTER
MIDNIGHT. WIND SOUTH 20 KM/H BECOMING LIGHT NEAR MIDNIGHT. LOW
MINUS 1.
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