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FPCN15 CWVR 202248
FORECASTS FOR THE KOOTENAY DISTRICTS OF BRITISH COLUMBIA ISSUED BY
ENVIRONMENT CANADA AT 4:00 P.M. MST FRIDAY 20 DECEMBER 2024 FOR
TONIGHT SATURDAY AND SATURDAY NIGHT.
THE NEXT SCHEDULED FORECAST WILL BE ISSUED AT 5:00 A.M. MST SATURDAY.
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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..MAINLY CLOUDY. 70 PERCENT CHANCE OF SHOWERS THIS EVENING.
SNOW LEVEL 1500 METRES LOWERING TO 1000 METRES THIS EVENING. FOG
PATCHES DEVELOPING AFTER MIDNIGHT. TEMPERATURE STEADY NEAR PLUS 2.
SATURDAY..CLOUDY. PERIODS OF RAIN BEGINNING IN THE AFTERNOON. SNOW
LEVEL NEAR VALLEY BOTTOM. FOG PATCHES DISSIPATING IN THE MORNING.
TEMPERATURE STEADY NEAR PLUS 5.
SATURDAY NIGHT..PERIODS OF RAIN ENDING NEAR MIDNIGHT THEN CLOUDY.
AMOUNT 5 TO 10 MM. SNOW LEVEL NEAR VALLEY BOTTOM. TEMPERATURE STEADY
NEAR PLUS 3.
ARROW LAKES - SLOCAN LAKE.
TONIGHT..A FEW SHOWERS ENDING AFTER MIDNIGHT THEN PARTLY CLOUDY. SNOW
LEVEL 1300 METRES LOWERING TO VALLEY BOTTOM THIS EVENING. FOG
PATCHES DEVELOPING BEFORE MORNING. LOW ZERO.
SATURDAY..MAINLY CLOUDY. RAIN BEGINNING IN THE AFTERNOON. SNOW LEVEL
AT VALLEY BOTTOM. FOG PATCHES DISSIPATING IN THE MORNING.
TEMPERATURE STEADY NEAR PLUS 1. UV INDEX 1 OR LOW.
SATURDAY NIGHT..RAIN AT TIMES MIXED WITH SNOW ENDING OVERNIGHT THEN
PARTLY CLOUDY. TEMPERATURE STEADY NEAR PLUS 1.
WEST KOOTENAY.
TONIGHT..CLOUDY WITH 40 PERCENT CHANCE OF RAIN THIS EVENING THEN
PARTLY CLOUDY. FOG PATCHES. LOW ZERO.
SATURDAY..BECOMING CLOUDY IN THE MORNING. RAIN BEGINNING IN THE
AFTERNOON. SNOW LEVEL 1500 METRES. FOG PATCHES DISSIPATING IN THE
MORNING. TEMPERATURE STEADY NEAR PLUS 4. UV INDEX 1 OR LOW.
SATURDAY NIGHT..RAIN ENDING AFTER MIDNIGHT THEN CLOUDY. AMOUNT 5 TO
10 MM. SNOW LEVEL 1500 METRES LOWERING TO NEAR VALLEY BOTTOM IN THE
EVENING. TEMPERATURE STEADY NEAR PLUS 3.
KOOTENAY LAKE.
TONIGHT..MAINLY CLOUDY. 40 PERCENT CHANCE OF SHOWERS THIS EVENING AND
AFTER MIDNIGHT. SNOW LEVEL 1600 METRES LOWERING TO NEAR VALLEY
BOTTOM THIS EVENING. FOG PATCHES. TEMPERATURE STEADY NEAR PLUS 2.
SATURDAY..MAINLY CLOUDY. 40 PERCENT CHANCE OF SHOWERS IN THE
AFTERNOON. SNOW LEVEL AT VALLEY BOTTOM. FOG PATCHES DISSIPATING IN
THE MORNING. TEMPERATURE STEADY NEAR PLUS 3. UV INDEX 1 OR LOW.
SATURDAY NIGHT..PERIODS OF RAIN MIXED WITH SNOW ENDING BEFORE MORNING
THEN CLOUDY. TEMPERATURE STEADY NEAR PLUS 2.
EAST KOOTENAY.
TONIGHT..INCREASING CLOUDINESS EARLY THIS EVENING. 30 PERCENT CHANCE
OF FLURRIES LATE THIS EVENING AND AFTER MIDNIGHT. FOG PATCHES
DEVELOPING BEFORE MORNING. WIND UP TO 15 KM/H. LOW MINUS 2. WIND
CHILL MINUS 4 OVERNIGHT.
SATURDAY..MAINLY CLOUDY. 40 PERCENT CHANCE OF FLURRIES LATE IN THE
AFTERNOON. FOG PATCHES DISSIPATING IN THE MORNING. WIND UP TO 15
KM/H. TEMPERATURE STEADY NEAR ZERO. WIND CHILL MINUS 4 IN THE
MORNING. UV INDEX 1 OR LOW.
SATURDAY NIGHT..CLOUDY WITH 40 PERCENT CHANCE OF FLURRIES IN THE
EVENING AND AFTER MIDNIGHT THEN PARTLY CLOUDY. TEMPERATURE STEADY
NEAR MINUS 1.
ELK VALLEY.
TONIGHT..INCREASING CLOUDINESS EARLY THIS EVENING. WIND SOUTHEAST
20 KM/H GUSTING TO 40 BECOMING LIGHT EARLY THIS EVENING. LOW
MINUS 1.
SATURDAY..MAINLY SUNNY. INCREASING CLOUDINESS NEAR NOON. TEMPERATURE
STEADY NEAR PLUS 1. UV INDEX 1 OR LOW.
SATURDAY NIGHT..PERIODS OF LIGHT WET SNOW CHANGING TO PERIODS OF SNOW
NEAR MIDNIGHT AND ENDING BEFORE MORNING THEN MAINLY CLOUDY. LOCAL
AMOUNT 2 TO 4 CM. TEMPERATURE STEADY NEAR ZERO.
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