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FPCN15 CWVR 162214 AAA
UPDATED FORECASTS FOR THE KOOTENAY DISTRICTS OF BRITISH COLUMBIA
ISSUED BY ENVIRONMENT CANADA AT 4:13 P.M. MDT MONDAY 16 MARCH 2026
FOR TONIGHT TUESDAY AND TUESDAY NIGHT.
THE NEXT SCHEDULED FORECAST WILL BE ISSUED AT 5:00 A.M. MDT TUESDAY.
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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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WEST KOOTENAY.
TONIGHT..PERIODS OF RAIN ENDING THIS EVENING THEN CLOUDY WITH
40 PERCENT CHANCE OF SHOWERS. SNOW LEVEL 1500 METRES RISING TO 2000
METRES THIS EVENING. FOG PATCHES DEVELOPING THIS EVENING. WIND
SOUTHEAST 20 KM/H BECOMING LIGHT THIS EVENING. TEMPERATURE RISING
TO 6 BY MORNING.
TUESDAY..CLOUDY WITH 40 PERCENT CHANCE OF SHOWERS IN THE MORNING AND
EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON. PERIODS OF RAIN BEGINNING IN THE AFTERNOON.
FOG PATCHES DISSIPATING IN THE MORNING. WIND BECOMING SOUTH 20 KM/H
NEAR NOON. HIGH 12. UV INDEX 4 OR MODERATE.
TUESDAY NIGHT..PERIODS OF RAIN. AMOUNT 10 MM EXCEPT 15 MM OVER
EASTERN SECTIONS. WIND SOUTH 20 KM/H BECOMING LIGHT IN THE EVENING.
LOW 7.
KOOTENAY LAKE.
TONIGHT..SHOWERS. SNOW LEVEL 1500 METRES RISING TO 2000 METRES THIS
EVENING. WIND SOUTHEAST 20 KM/H BECOMING LIGHT THIS EVENING.
TEMPERATURE RISING TO PLUS 5 BY MORNING.
TUESDAY..SHOWERS. AMOUNT 10 MM OVER NORTHERN SECTIONS. WIND BECOMING
SOUTHEAST 20 KM/H NEAR NOON. HIGH 13. UV INDEX 2 OR LOW.
TUESDAY NIGHT..SHOWERS. AMOUNT 15 MM OVER NORTHERN SECTIONS. WIND
SOUTHEAST 20 KM/H BECOMING LIGHT IN THE EVENING. LOW 8.
EAST KOOTENAY.
TONIGHT..MAINLY CLOUDY WITH 30 PERCENT CHANCE OF SHOWERS. WIND
SOUTHEAST 20 KM/H GUSTING TO 40. TEMPERATURE RISING TO 9 BY MORNING.
TUESDAY..MAINLY CLOUDY WITH 30 PERCENT CHANCE OF SHOWERS. WIND SOUTH
20 KM/H GUSTING TO 40. HIGH 13. UV INDEX 3 OR MODERATE.
TUESDAY NIGHT..MAINLY CLOUDY. 30 PERCENT CHANCE OF SHOWERS CHANGING
TO 70 PERCENT CHANCE OF SHOWERS NEAR MIDNIGHT. LOW 7.
ELK VALLEY.
TONIGHT..CLOUDY WITH 30 PERCENT CHANCE OF SHOWERS. WIND SOUTH 30 KM/H
GUSTING TO 50 INCREASING TO 50 GUSTING TO 70 EARLY THIS EVENING.
TEMPERATURE RISING TO 8 BY MORNING.
TUESDAY..CLOUDY WITH 40 PERCENT CHANCE OF SHOWERS. WIND SOUTH 30 KM/H
GUSTING TO 50. HIGH 11. UV INDEX 1 OR LOW.
TUESDAY NIGHT..SHOWERS. AMOUNT 10 MM NEAR FERNIE. WIND SOUTH 30 KM/H
GUSTING TO 50. LOW 8.
REMAINDER UNCHANGED.
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