975
FPCN15 CWVR 012148
FORECASTS FOR THE KOOTENAY DISTRICTS OF BRITISH COLUMBIA ISSUED BY
ENVIRONMENT CANADA AT 4:00 P.M. MDT WEDNESDAY 1 APRIL 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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BOUNDARY.
TONIGHT..CLOUDY WITH 70 PERCENT CHANCE OF SHOWERS. SNOW LEVEL 1300
METRES. LOW PLUS 1.
THURSDAY..CLOUDY WITH 70 PERCENT CHANCE OF SHOWERS IN THE MORNING
THEN A MIX OF SUN AND CLOUD. SNOW LEVEL NEAR VALLEY BOTTOM. WIND
BECOMING NORTHWEST 20 KM/H GUSTING TO 40 NEAR NOON. HIGH 11. UV
INDEX 4 OR MODERATE.
THURSDAY NIGHT..PARTLY CLOUDY. BECOMING CLEAR IN THE EVENING. LOW
MINUS 4.
ARROW LAKES - SLOCAN LAKE.
TONIGHT..CLOUDY WITH 40 PERCENT CHANCE OF SHOWERS THIS EVENING THEN
PARTLY CLOUDY. SNOW LEVEL 1200 METRES. LOW PLUS 1.
THURSDAY..MAINLY CLOUDY. 30 PERCENT CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS OR
FLURRIES IN THE MORNING. HIGH 12. UV INDEX 3 OR MODERATE.
THURSDAY NIGHT..CLEARING IN THE EVENING. LOW PLUS 2.
WEST KOOTENAY.
TONIGHT..CLOUDY WITH 30 PERCENT CHANCE OF SHOWERS. SNOW LEVEL 1300
METRES. LOW PLUS 3.
THURSDAY..CLOUDY. A FEW SHOWERS BEGINNING IN THE MORNING AND ENDING
IN THE AFTERNOON. SNOW LEVEL 1500 METRES. WIND BECOMING SOUTHWEST
20 KM/H NEAR NOON. HIGH 12. UV INDEX 2 OR LOW.
THURSDAY NIGHT..PARTLY CLOUDY. BECOMING CLOUDY NEAR MIDNIGHT.
30 PERCENT CHANCE OF DRIZZLE OVERNIGHT. LOW PLUS 2.
KOOTENAY LAKE.
TONIGHT..CLOUDY WITH 30 PERCENT CHANCE OF SHOWERS. SNOW LEVEL 1400
METRES LOWERING TO 1000 METRES OVERNIGHT. LOW PLUS 4.
THURSDAY..RAIN SHOWERS. WET FLURRIES EARLY IN THE MORNING. SNOW LEVEL
RISING TO 1700 METRES IN THE AFTERNOON. HIGH 9. UV INDEX 1 OR LOW.
THURSDAY NIGHT..A FEW SHOWERS ENDING IN THE EVENING THEN PARTLY
CLOUDY. SNOW LEVEL 1700 METRES. LOW PLUS 4.
EAST KOOTENAY - NORTH INCLUDING INVERMERE.
TONIGHT..CLOUDY. 40 PERCENT CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS CHANGING TO
70 PERCENT CHANCE OF FLURRIES NEAR MIDNIGHT. LOW MINUS 3.
THURSDAY..PERIODS OF LIGHT SNOW ENDING NEAR NOON THEN MAINLY CLOUDY.
WIND BECOMING NORTH 20 KM/H NEAR NOON. HIGH 7. WIND CHILL MINUS 4 IN
THE MORNING. UV INDEX 3 OR MODERATE.
THURSDAY NIGHT..PARTLY CLOUDY. WIND UP TO 15 KM/H. LOW MINUS 5. WIND
CHILL MINUS 7 OVERNIGHT.
EAST KOOTENAY - SOUTH INCLUDING CRANBROOK.
TONIGHT..A FEW FLURRIES OR RAIN SHOWERS CHANGING TO A FEW RAIN
SHOWERS AND ENDING LATE THIS EVENING THEN CLOUDY WITH 30 PERCENT
CHANCE OF WET FLURRIES. LOW PLUS 1.
THURSDAY..CLOUDY. PERIODS OF SNOW MIXED WITH RAIN BEGINNING EARLY IN
THE MORNING THEN CHANGING TO RAIN IN THE MORNING AND ENDING IN THE
AFTERNOON THEN 30 PERCENT CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS LATE IN THE
AFTERNOON. HIGH 9. UV INDEX 1 OR LOW.
THURSDAY NIGHT..CLOUDY WITH 30 PERCENT CHANCE OF SHOWERS. LOW PLUS 1.
ELK VALLEY.
TONIGHT..CLOUDY. 40 PERCENT CHANCE OF FLURRIES OR RAIN SHOWERS EARLY
THIS EVENING. PERIODS OF RAIN BEGINNING EARLY THIS EVENING THEN
CHANGING TO PERIODS OF SNOW LATE THIS EVENING. SNOWFALL AMOUNT 2 CM.
WIND SOUTH 20 KM/H BECOMING LIGHT THIS EVENING. LOW ZERO.
THURSDAY..SNOW CHANGING TO PERIODS OF RAIN NEAR NOON. SNOWFALL AMOUNT
2 CM. WIND BECOMING NORTH 20 KM/H GUSTING TO 40 NEAR NOON. HIGH
PLUS 5. UV INDEX 1 OR LOW.
THURSDAY NIGHT..PERIODS OF RAIN ENDING NEAR MIDNIGHT THEN PARTLY
CLOUDY WITH 60 PERCENT CHANCE OF LIGHT SNOW. WIND NORTH 20 KM/H
GUSTING TO 40 BECOMING LIGHT EARLY IN THE EVENING. LOW PLUS 1.
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