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FPCN15 CWVR 071145
FORECASTS FOR THE KOOTENAY DISTRICTS OF BRITISH COLUMBIA ISSUED BY
ENVIRONMENT CANADA AT 5:00 A.M. MST WEDNESDAY 7 JANUARY 2026 FOR
TODAY AND THURSDAY.
THE NEXT SCHEDULED FORECAST WILL BE ISSUED AT 11:00 A.M. MST.
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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..A MIX OF SUN AND CLOUD. BECOMING CLOUDY THIS AFTERNOON WITH
FLURRIES OR A FEW RAIN SHOWERS. WIND BECOMING SOUTHEAST 20 KM/H THIS
AFTERNOON. HIGH PLUS 4. UV INDEX 1 OR LOW.
TONIGHT..FLURRIES OR A FEW RAIN SHOWERS ENDING NEAR MIDNIGHT THEN
CLOUDY. LOCAL SNOWFALL AMOUNT 2 CM. WIND SOUTHEAST 20 KM/H BECOMING
LIGHT THIS EVENING. LOW MINUS 1. WIND CHILL MINUS 7 OVERNIGHT.
THURSDAY..CLOUDY WITH 30 PERCENT CHANCE OF FLURRIES IN THE MORNING
THEN A MIX OF SUN AND CLOUD. WIND BECOMING SOUTHEAST 20 KM/H EARLY
IN THE AFTERNOON. HIGH PLUS 2. WIND CHILL NEAR MINUS 9. UV INDEX 1
OR LOW.
ARROW LAKES - SLOCAN LAKE.
TODAY..MAINLY CLOUDY WITH 40 PERCENT CHANCE OF FLURRIES. TEMPERATURE
STEADY NEAR PLUS 1.
TONIGHT..MAINLY CLOUDY WITH 60 PERCENT CHANCE OF FLURRIES.
TEMPERATURE STEADY NEAR ZERO.
THURSDAY..PERIODS OF SNOW ENDING NEAR NOON THEN MAINLY CLOUDY WITH
30 PERCENT CHANCE OF FLURRIES. AMOUNT 2 CM. WIND BECOMING SOUTH
20 KM/H NEAR NOON. TEMPERATURE STEADY NEAR ZERO.
WEST KOOTENAY.
TODAY..CLOUDY WITH 40 PERCENT CHANCE OF FLURRIES OR RAIN SHOWERS
EARLY THIS MORNING THEN A MIX OF SUN AND CLOUD. WIND BECOMING SOUTH
20 KM/H THIS AFTERNOON. HIGH PLUS 4. UV INDEX 1 OR LOW.
TONIGHT..BECOMING CLOUDY THIS EVENING WITH FLURRIES CHANGING TO
30 PERCENT CHANCE OF FLURRIES OVERNIGHT. AMOUNT 2 TO 4 CM. WIND
SOUTH 20 KM/H BECOMING LIGHT THIS EVENING. LOW ZERO. WIND CHILL
MINUS 6 OVERNIGHT.
THURSDAY..CLOUDY. 30 PERCENT CHANCE OF FLURRIES IN THE MORNING.
BECOMING A MIX OF SUN AND CLOUD IN THE AFTERNOON. WIND UP TO 15
KM/H. HIGH PLUS 2. WIND CHILL MINUS 6 IN THE MORNING.
KOOTENAY LAKE.
TODAY..MAINLY CLOUDY. 60 PERCENT CHANCE OF FLURRIES OR RAIN SHOWERS
THIS MORNING. TEMPERATURE STEADY NEAR PLUS 1. UV INDEX 1 OR LOW.
TONIGHT..CLOUDY. FLURRIES BEGINNING THIS EVENING. AMOUNT 2 CM. WIND
UP TO 15 KM/H. LOW MINUS 1. WIND CHILL NEAR MINUS 3.
THURSDAY..MAINLY CLOUDY WITH 60 PERCENT CHANCE OF FLURRIES. WIND UP
TO 15 KM/H. HIGH PLUS 1. WIND CHILL MINUS 3 IN THE MORNING.
EAST KOOTENAY - NORTH INCLUDING INVERMERE.
TODAY..CLOUDY WITH 30 PERCENT CHANCE OF FLURRIES THIS MORNING THEN A
MIX OF SUN AND CLOUD. WIND BECOMING SOUTH 20 KM/H NEAR NOON. HIGH
PLUS 2. WIND CHILL MINUS 7 THIS AFTERNOON. UV INDEX 1 OR LOW.
TONIGHT..PARTLY CLOUDY. WIND SOUTH 20 KM/H BECOMING LIGHT THIS
EVENING. LOW MINUS 3. WIND CHILL NEAR MINUS 9.
THURSDAY..A MIX OF SUN AND CLOUD. WIND BECOMING SOUTH 20 KM/H GUSTING
TO 40 IN THE MORNING. HIGH PLUS 1. WIND CHILL MINUS 9 IN THE
MORNING. UV INDEX 1 OR LOW.
EAST KOOTENAY - SOUTH INCLUDING CRANBROOK.
TODAY..FLURRIES ENDING THIS MORNING THEN A MIX OF SUN AND CLOUD. WIND
SOUTH 20 KM/H GUSTING TO 40. HIGH PLUS 3. UV INDEX 1 OR LOW.
TONIGHT..BECOMING CLOUDY THIS EVENING WITH 70 PERCENT CHANCE OF
FLURRIES LATE THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT. WIND SOUTH 20 KM/H GUSTING
TO 40 BECOMING LIGHT THIS EVENING. LOW MINUS 4. WIND CHILL MINUS 8
OVERNIGHT.
THURSDAY..A MIX OF SUN AND CLOUD. WIND BECOMING SOUTH 20 KM/H GUSTING
TO 40 IN THE MORNING. HIGH ZERO. WIND CHILL MINUS 8 IN THE MORNING.
UV INDEX 1 OR LOW.
ELK VALLEY.
TODAY..PERIODS OF SNOW ENDING THIS MORNING THEN CLOUDY WITH
60 PERCENT CHANCE OF FLURRIES. AMOUNT 2 TO 4 CM. LOCAL BLOWING SNOW
EARLY THIS MORNING. WIND SOUTHWEST 30 KM/H GUSTING TO 50.
TEMPERATURE STEADY NEAR MINUS 1. WIND CHILL NEAR MINUS 8.
TONIGHT..PERIODS OF SNOW. AMOUNT 2 CM EXCEPT 5 CM NEAR FERNIE. WIND
SOUTH 20 KM/H GUSTING TO 40. LOW MINUS 4. WIND CHILL NEAR MINUS 10.
THURSDAY..PERIODS OF SNOW. AMOUNT 2 CM EXCEPT 5 CM NEAR FERNIE. WIND
SOUTH 20 KM/H GUSTING TO 40. HIGH MINUS 1. WIND CHILL MINUS 10 IN
THE MORNING AND MINUS 4 IN THE AFTERNOON.
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