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FPCN15 CWVR 200132 AAA
UPDATED FORECASTS FOR THE KOOTENAY DISTRICTS OF BRITISH COLUMBIA
ISSUED BY ENVIRONMENT CANADA AT 7:31 P.M. MDT WEDNESDAY 19 AUGUST
2026 FOR TONIGHT THURSDAY AND THURSDAY NIGHT.
THE NEXT SCHEDULED FORECAST WILL BE ISSUED AT 5:00 A.M. MDT 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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EAST KOOTENAY.
TONIGHT..PARTLY CLOUDY. 30 PERCENT CHANCE OF SHOWERS EARLY THIS
EVENING. RISK OF THUNDERSTORMS OVER NORTHERN SECTIONS EARLY THIS
EVENING. CLEARING NEAR MIDNIGHT. LOCAL SMOKE. WIND SOUTHEAST 20 KM/H
BECOMING LIGHT THIS EVENING. LOW 15.
THURSDAY..SUNNY. BECOMING A MIX OF SUN AND CLOUD NEAR NOON. RISK OF
THUNDERSTORMS OVER NORTHERN SECTIONS IN THE AFTERNOON. LOCAL SMOKE.
WIND BECOMING SOUTHEAST 20 KM/H IN THE AFTERNOON. HIGH 30. HUMIDEX
33. UV INDEX 6 OR HIGH.
THURSDAY NIGHT..CLEARING. RISK OF THUNDERSTORMS OVER NORTHERN
SECTIONS EARLY IN THE EVENING. LOCAL SMOKE. WIND SOUTHEAST 20 KM/H
BECOMING LIGHT IN THE EVENING. LOW 15.
ELK VALLEY.
TONIGHT..PARTLY CLOUDY. 30 PERCENT CHANCE OF SHOWERS THIS EVENING
WITH RISK OF THUNDERSTORMS. LOCAL SMOKE. WIND SOUTH 20 KM/H GUSTING
TO 40 BECOMING LIGHT THIS EVENING. LOW 10.
THURSDAY..SUNNY IN THE MORNING AND EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON THEN A MIX
OF SUN AND CLOUD WITH 30 PERCENT CHANCE OF SHOWERS LATE IN THE
AFTERNOON. RISK OF THUNDERSTORMS OVER NORTHERN SECTIONS LATE IN THE
AFTERNOON. LOCAL SMOKE. WIND BECOMING SOUTH 20 KM/H GUSTING TO 40 IN
THE AFTERNOON. HIGH 29. UV INDEX 6 OR HIGH.
THURSDAY NIGHT..PARTLY CLOUDY WITH 30 PERCENT CHANCE OF SHOWERS EARLY
IN THE EVENING. RISK OF THUNDERSTORMS OVER NORTHERN SECTIONS EARLY
IN THE EVENING. CLEARING LATE IN THE EVENING. LOCAL SMOKE. WIND
SOUTH 20 KM/H GUSTING TO 40 BECOMING LIGHT LATE IN THE EVENING.
LOW 10.
REMAINDER UNCHANGED.
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