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FORECASTS FOR THE KOOTENAY DISTRICTS OF BRITISH COLUMBIA ISSUED BY
ENVIRONMENT CANADA AT 4:00 P.M. MDT THURSDAY 16 APRIL 2026 FOR
TONIGHT FRIDAY AND FRIDAY NIGHT.
THE NEXT SCHEDULED FORECAST WILL BE ISSUED AT 5:00 A.M. MDT FRIDAY.
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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..A FEW CLOUDS. WIND NORTHWEST 20 KM/H GUSTING TO 40 BECOMING
LIGHT EARLY THIS EVENING. LOW MINUS 1 WITH FROST.
FRIDAY..SUNNY. BECOMING A MIX OF SUN AND CLOUD LATE IN THE MORNING.
HIGH 16. UV INDEX 5 OR MODERATE.
FRIDAY NIGHT..CLEAR. LOW ZERO WITH PATCHY FROST.
ARROW LAKES - SLOCAN LAKE.
TONIGHT..PARTLY CLOUDY. 30 PERCENT CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS EARLY THIS
EVENING. 40 PERCENT CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS OR WET FLURRIES
OVERNIGHT. SNOW LEVEL 1000 METRES LOWERING TO VALLEY BOTTOM
OVERNIGHT. WIND NORTHWEST 20 KM/H BECOMING LIGHT EARLY THIS EVENING.
LOW PLUS 2.
FRIDAY..A MIX OF SUN AND CLOUD. 40 PERCENT CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS OR
WET FLURRIES IN THE MORNING. HIGH 13. UV INDEX 5 OR MODERATE.
FRIDAY NIGHT..CLEAR. LOW ZERO WITH RISK OF FROST.
WEST KOOTENAY.
TONIGHT..CLEARING THIS EVENING. WIND NORTHWEST 20 KM/H GUSTING TO 40
BECOMING LIGHT EARLY THIS EVENING. LOW ZERO WITH PATCHY FROST.
FRIDAY..A MIX OF SUN AND CLOUD. WIND BECOMING NORTH 20 KM/H NEAR
NOON. HIGH 14. UV INDEX 5 OR MODERATE.
FRIDAY NIGHT..CLEAR. LOW PLUS 1 WITH RISK OF FROST.
KOOTENAY LAKE.
TONIGHT..CLOUDY. 60 PERCENT CHANCE OF SHOWERS EARLY THIS EVENING.
BECOMING PARTLY CLOUDY THIS EVENING. SNOW LEVEL 1100 METRES. WIND
NORTHWEST 20 KM/H BECOMING LIGHT EARLY THIS EVENING. LOW ZERO WITH
RISK OF FROST.
FRIDAY..A MIX OF SUN AND CLOUD. HIGH 12. UV INDEX 4 OR MODERATE.
FRIDAY NIGHT..CLEAR. LOW PLUS 1 WITH RISK OF FROST.
EAST KOOTENAY.
TONIGHT..PARTLY CLOUDY. 60 PERCENT CHANCE OF FLURRIES OR RAIN SHOWERS
THIS EVENING. LOW MINUS 3.
FRIDAY..A MIX OF SUN AND CLOUD. WIND BECOMING WEST 20 KM/H NEAR NOON.
HIGH 11. UV INDEX 4 OR MODERATE.
FRIDAY NIGHT..CLEARING IN THE EVENING. LOW MINUS 2.
ELK VALLEY.
TONIGHT..A FEW FLURRIES ENDING AFTER MIDNIGHT THEN MAINLY CLOUDY.
LOCAL AMOUNT 2 CM. WIND NORTHWEST 20 KM/H BECOMING LIGHT EARLY THIS
EVENING. LOW MINUS 5. WIND CHILL MINUS 4 THIS EVENING.
FRIDAY..MAINLY CLOUDY. WIND BECOMING SOUTH 20 KM/H GUSTING TO 40
EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON. HIGH 8. UV INDEX 4 OR MODERATE.
FRIDAY NIGHT..CLEARING IN THE EVENING. LOW MINUS 6.
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