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FPCN15 CWWG 221346 AAA
UPDATED FORECASTS FOR SOUTHERN ALBERTA AND THE MOUNTAIN PARKS ISSUED
BY ENVIRONMENT CANADA AT 7:45 A.M. MDT WEDNESDAY 22 APRIL 2026 FOR
TODAY AND THURSDAY.
THE NEXT SCHEDULED FORECAST WILL BE ISSUED AT 11:00 A.M. MDT.
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MAJOR REFERENCE ELEVATIONS:
BANFF: 1384 METRES.
LAKE LOUISE: 1750 METRES.
HIGHWAY 93 - BOW SUMMIT: 2068 METRES.
HIGHWAY 93 - SUNWAPTA PASS: 2034 METRES.
COLUMBIA ICEFIELDS VISITORS CENTRE: 2006 METRES.
JASPER: 1061 METRES.
CANMORE: 1350 METRES.
HWY 40 - HIGHWOOD PASS: 2206 METRES.
PINCHER CREEK: 1030 METRES.
WATERTON: 1280 METRES.
CROWSNEST PASS: 1300 METRES.
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OKOTOKS - HIGH RIVER - CLARESHOLM.
TODAY..MAINLY CLOUDY. 30 PERCENT CHANCE OF SHOWERS THIS MORNING. RAIN
BEGINNING LATE THIS MORNING. AMOUNT 5 MM. WIND NORTH 40 KM/H GUSTING
TO 60. TEMPERATURE FALLING TO PLUS 5 THIS AFTERNOON. UV INDEX 3 OR
MODERATE.
TONIGHT..RAIN ENDING NEAR MIDNIGHT THEN CLEARING. WIND NORTH 40 KM/H
GUSTING TO 60. LOW MINUS 1.
THURSDAY..A MIX OF SUN AND CLOUD. 30 PERCENT CHANCE OF FLURRIES IN
THE AFTERNOON. WIND NORTHWEST 40 KM/H GUSTING TO 70. HIGH 6. UV
INDEX 4 OR MODERATE.
DRUMHELLER - THREE HILLS.
TODAY..MAINLY CLOUDY. 30 PERCENT CHANCE OF SHOWERS THIS MORNING. RAIN
BEGINNING LATE THIS MORNING. AMOUNT 5 MM. WIND BECOMING NORTH
20 KM/H GUSTING TO 40 THIS MORNING THEN INCREASING TO 40 GUSTING TO
60 EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. TEMPERATURE FALLING TO PLUS 5 THIS
AFTERNOON. UV INDEX 3 OR MODERATE.
TONIGHT..RAIN ENDING NEAR MIDNIGHT THEN CLEARING. WIND NORTHWEST
40 KM/H GUSTING TO 70. LOW MINUS 1.
THURSDAY..A MIX OF SUN AND CLOUD. 30 PERCENT CHANCE OF FLURRIES IN
THE AFTERNOON. WIND NORTHWEST 40 KM/H GUSTING TO 70. HIGH PLUS 5. UV
INDEX 4 OR MODERATE.
BROOKS - STRATHMORE - VULCAN.
TODAY..MAINLY CLOUDY WITH 30 PERCENT CHANCE OF SHOWERS THIS MORNING.
RAIN BEGINNING NEAR NOON. AMOUNT 5 MM. WIND BECOMING NORTH 30 KM/H
GUSTING TO 50 THIS MORNING THEN INCREASING TO 50 GUSTING TO 80 EARLY
THIS AFTERNOON. HIGH 17 WITH TEMPERATURE FALLING TO 7 THIS
AFTERNOON. UV INDEX 5 OR MODERATE.
TONIGHT..RAIN ENDING NEAR MIDNIGHT THEN CLEARING. AMOUNT 5 MM. WIND
NORTH 40 KM/H GUSTING TO 70. LOW ZERO.
THURSDAY..MAINLY SUNNY. WIND NORTHWEST 40 KM/H GUSTING TO 70. HIGH 6.
UV INDEX 4 OR MODERATE.
BANFF NATIONAL PARK
HIGHWAY 93 - LAKE LOUISE TO SASKATCHEWAN RIVER CROSSING.
TODAY..CLOUDY. PERIODS OF RAIN BEGINNING THIS MORNING THEN CHANGING
TO PERIODS OF SNOW MIXED WITH RAIN THIS AFTERNOON. SNOW LEVEL 1800
METRES LOWERING TO VALLEY BOTTOM THIS AFTERNOON. WIND BECOMING
NORTHEAST 20 KM/H GUSTING TO 40 THIS MORNING. TEMPERATURE FALLING TO
PLUS 1 THIS AFTERNOON. UV INDEX 2 OR LOW.
TONIGHT..PERIODS OF SNOW ENDING OVERNIGHT THEN CLOUDY. LOCAL AMOUNT
5 CM. WIND NORTHEAST 20 KM/H GUSTING TO 40 BECOMING LIGHT THIS
EVENING. LOW MINUS 3. WIND CHILL MINUS 5 OVERNIGHT.
THURSDAY..CLOUDY. PERIODS OF SNOW BEGINNING IN THE MORNING. RISK OF A
THUNDERSTORM IN THE AFTERNOON. LOCAL AMOUNT 2 CM. WIND BECOMING
NORTHWEST 20 KM/H GUSTING TO 40 IN THE MORNING. HIGH PLUS 2. WIND
CHILL MINUS 5 IN THE MORNING. UV INDEX 1 OR LOW.
REMAINDER UNCHANGED.
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