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FPCN15 CWVR 091653
FORECASTS FOR THE KOOTENAY DISTRICTS OF BRITISH COLUMBIA ISSUED BY
ENVIRONMENT CANADA AT 11:00 A.M. MDT MONDAY 9 MARCH 2026 FOR TODAY
AND TUESDAY.
THE NEXT SCHEDULED FORECAST WILL BE ISSUED AT 4:00 P.M. MDT.
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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.
TODAY..MAINLY SUNNY. INCREASING CLOUDINESS THIS AFTERNOON. WIND WEST
20 KM/H GUSTING TO 40. HIGH 6. UV INDEX 2 OR LOW.
TONIGHT..PARTLY CLOUDY. 30 PERCENT CHANCE OF WET FLURRIES THIS
EVENING. WIND UP TO 15 KM/H. LOW MINUS 3. WIND CHILL MINUS 5
OVERNIGHT.
TUESDAY..MAINLY SUNNY. INCREASING CLOUDINESS IN THE AFTERNOON THEN
40 PERCENT CHANCE OF WET FLURRIES LATE IN THE AFTERNOON. WIND
BECOMING SOUTHWEST 20 KM/H GUSTING TO 40 NEAR NOON. HIGH PLUS 5.
WIND CHILL MINUS 5 IN THE MORNING. UV INDEX 2 OR LOW.
ARROW LAKES - SLOCAN LAKE.
TODAY..MAINLY CLOUDY WITH 60 PERCENT CHANCE OF WET FLURRIES. WIND
SOUTH 20 KM/H. HIGH PLUS 5. UV INDEX 1 OR LOW.
TONIGHT..MAINLY CLOUDY. 60 PERCENT CHANCE OF WET FLURRIES CHANGING TO
60 PERCENT CHANCE OF FLURRIES LATE THIS EVENING. WIND SOUTH 20 KM/H
BECOMING LIGHT THIS EVENING. LOW MINUS 1. WIND CHILL MINUS 3
OVERNIGHT.
TUESDAY..A MIX OF SUN AND CLOUD. 40 PERCENT CHANCE OF FLURRIES EARLY
IN THE MORNING. 40 PERCENT CHANCE OF WET FLURRIES LATE IN THE
AFTERNOON. WIND BECOMING SOUTH 20 KM/H NEAR NOON. HIGH PLUS 5. WIND
CHILL MINUS 3 IN THE MORNING. UV INDEX 2 OR LOW.
WEST KOOTENAY.
TODAY..A MIX OF SUN AND CLOUD. 30 PERCENT CHANCE OF FLURRIES CHANGING
TO 30 PERCENT CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS OR FLURRIES THIS AFTERNOON.
WIND SOUTHWEST 20 KM/H GUSTING TO 40. HIGH 6. UV INDEX 2 OR LOW.
TONIGHT..PARTLY CLOUDY. 30 PERCENT CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS OR FLURRIES
EARLY THIS EVENING. A FEW RAIN SHOWERS OR FLURRIES BEGINNING THIS
EVENING CHANGING TO FLURRIES LATER THIS EVENING AND ENDING AFTER
MIDNIGHT. WIND SOUTHWEST 20 KM/H GUSTING TO 40 BECOMING LIGHT THIS
EVENING. LOW MINUS 4. WIND CHILL MINUS 6 OVERNIGHT.
TUESDAY..MAINLY SUNNY. WIND BECOMING SOUTHWEST 20 KM/H GUSTING TO 40
EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON. HIGH 6. WIND CHILL MINUS 6 IN THE MORNING.
UV INDEX 2 OR LOW.
KOOTENAY LAKE.
TODAY..WET FLURRIES AND RAIN SHOWERS. WIND SOUTHWEST 20 KM/H GUSTING
TO 40. HIGH PLUS 5. UV INDEX 1 OR LOW.
TONIGHT..WET FLURRIES. RAIN SHOWERS EARLY THIS EVENING. WIND
SOUTHWEST 20 KM/H GUSTING TO 40 BECOMING LIGHT THIS EVENING. LOW
MINUS 2. WIND CHILL MINUS 4 OVERNIGHT.
TUESDAY..A FEW FLURRIES ENDING IN THE MORNING THEN A MIX OF SUN AND
CLOUD. 40 PERCENT CHANCE OF FLURRIES OVER NORTHERN SECTIONS LATE IN
THE MORNING AND IN THE AFTERNOON. WIND BECOMING SOUTHWEST 20 KM/H
NEAR NOON. HIGH 6. WIND CHILL MINUS 4 IN THE MORNING. UV INDEX 2 OR
LOW.
EAST KOOTENAY - NORTH INCLUDING INVERMERE.
TODAY..A MIX OF SUN AND CLOUD. 60 PERCENT CHANCE OF FLURRIES CHANGING
TO 40 PERCENT CHANCE OF WET FLURRIES NEAR NOON. WIND SOUTHWEST
20 KM/H GUSTING TO 40. HIGH PLUS 4. UV INDEX 2 OR LOW.
TONIGHT..PARTLY CLOUDY. 40 PERCENT CHANCE OF WET FLURRIES CHANGING TO
40 PERCENT CHANCE OF FLURRIES THIS EVENING. WIND SOUTHWEST 20 KM/H
GUSTING TO 40 BECOMING LIGHT THIS EVENING. LOW MINUS 5.
TUESDAY..A MIX OF SUN AND CLOUD. 40 PERCENT CHANCE OF FLURRIES IN THE
MORNING. WIND BECOMING SOUTHWEST 20 KM/H GUSTING TO 40 NEAR NOON.
HIGH PLUS 4. UV INDEX 2 OR LOW.
EAST KOOTENAY - SOUTH INCLUDING CRANBROOK.
TODAY..WET FLURRIES. WIND SOUTHWEST 20 KM/H GUSTING TO 40. HIGH
PLUS 4. UV INDEX 1 OR LOW.
TONIGHT..A FEW WET FLURRIES CHANGING TO A FEW FLURRIES THIS EVENING
AND ENDING BEFORE MORNING THEN PARTLY CLOUDY. WIND SOUTHWEST 20 KM/H
GUSTING TO 40 BECOMING LIGHT THIS EVENING. LOW MINUS 5. WIND CHILL
MINUS 7 OVERNIGHT.
TUESDAY..A MIX OF SUN AND CLOUD. WIND BECOMING SOUTHWEST 20 KM/H
GUSTING TO 40 NEAR NOON. HIGH PLUS 3. WIND CHILL MINUS 7 IN THE
MORNING. UV INDEX 2 OR LOW.
ELK VALLEY.
TODAY..FLURRIES. AMOUNT 2 CM. WIND SOUTHWEST 20 KM/H GUSTING TO 40.
TEMPERATURE STEADY NEAR MINUS 1. WIND CHILL MINUS 7 THIS MORNING. UV
INDEX 1 OR LOW.
TONIGHT..FLURRIES. AMOUNT 2 CM. WIND SOUTHWEST 20 KM/H GUSTING TO 40
BECOMING LIGHT THIS EVENING. LOW MINUS 6. WIND CHILL MINUS 13
OVERNIGHT.
TUESDAY..MAINLY CLOUDY WITH 60 PERCENT CHANCE OF FLURRIES. WIND
SOUTHWEST 20 KM/H GUSTING TO 40. HIGH ZERO. WIND CHILL MINUS 13 IN
THE MORNING. UV INDEX 2 OR LOW.
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