696  
FPCN15 CWVR 091046  
FORECASTS FOR THE KOOTENAY DISTRICTS OF BRITISH COLUMBIA ISSUED BY  
ENVIRONMENT CANADA AT 5:00 A.M. MDT SUNDAY 9 MARCH 2025 FOR TODAY AND  
MONDAY.  
THE NEXT SCHEDULED FORECAST WILL BE ISSUED AT 11:00 A.M. MDT.  
 
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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..MAINLY CLOUDY. 30 PERCENT CHANCE OF SHOWERS LATE THIS  
AFTERNOON. SNOW LEVEL 1400 METRES. WIND BECOMING SOUTH 20 KM/H  
GUSTING TO 40 THIS AFTERNOON. HIGH 9. UV INDEX 2 OR LOW.  
TONIGHT..CLOUDY. 30 PERCENT CHANCE OF SHOWERS THIS EVENING. SHOWERS  
BEGINNING LATE THIS EVENING AND ENDING BEFORE MORNING. SNOW LEVEL  
1400 METRES LOWERING TO 1000 METRES LATE THIS EVENING. WIND SOUTH  
20 KM/H GUSTING TO 40 BECOMING LIGHT OVERNIGHT. LOW ZERO.  
MONDAY..CLEARING EARLY IN THE MORNING. HIGH 8. UV INDEX 2 OR LOW.  
 
ARROW LAKES - SLOCAN LAKE.  
TODAY..MAINLY CLOUDY WITH 60 PERCENT CHANCE OF SHOWERS. HIGH 9. UV  
INDEX 2 OR LOW.  
TONIGHT..A FEW RAIN SHOWERS ENDING OVERNIGHT THEN CLOUDY WITH  
30 PERCENT CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS OR WET SNOW. SNOW LEVEL 1500  
METRES LOWERING TO VALLEY BOTTOM OVERNIGHT. LOW ZERO.  
MONDAY..MAINLY CLOUDY. 30 PERCENT CHANCE OF LIGHT WET SNOW IN THE  
MORNING. HIGH 7. UV INDEX 2 OR LOW.  
 
WEST KOOTENAY.  
TODAY..CLOUDY. 30 PERCENT CHANCE OF SHOWERS THIS AFTERNOON. SNOW  
LEVEL 1400 METRES. WIND BECOMING SOUTH 20 KM/H GUSTING TO 40 THIS  
AFTERNOON. HIGH 9. UV INDEX 2 OR LOW.  
TONIGHT..RAIN SHOWERS CHANGING TO WET SNOW OVERNIGHT. WET SNOW OVER  
HIGHER TERRAIN LATE THIS EVENING AND AFTER MIDNIGHT. SNOWFALL AMOUNT  
2 CM OVER HIGHER TERRAIN. SNOW LEVEL 1400 METRES LOWERING TO VALLEY  
BOTTOM OVERNIGHT. WIND SOUTH 20 KM/H GUSTING TO 40 BECOMING LIGHT  
NEAR MIDNIGHT. LOW PLUS 1.  
MONDAY..CLEARING IN THE MORNING. HIGH 7. UV INDEX 2 OR LOW.  
 
KOOTENAY LAKE.  
TODAY..MAINLY CLOUDY. 30 PERCENT CHANCE OF WET SNOW OVER NORTHERN  
SECTIONS EARLY THIS MORNING. HIGH 11. UV INDEX 1 OR LOW.  
TONIGHT..A FEW RAIN SHOWERS CHANGING TO A FEW WET FLURRIES AFTER  
MIDNIGHT. SNOW LEVEL 1400 METRES LOWERING TO VALLEY BOTTOM AFTER  
MIDNIGHT. LOW PLUS 2.  
MONDAY..CLEARING IN THE MORNING. HIGH 8. UV INDEX 2 OR LOW.  
 
EAST KOOTENAY - NORTH INCLUDING INVERMERE.  
TODAY..MAINLY CLOUDY. 40 PERCENT CHANCE OF SHOWERS THIS AFTERNOON.  
WIND BECOMING SOUTH 30 KM/H GUSTING TO 60 THIS MORNING. HIGH 10. UV  
INDEX 2 OR LOW.  
TONIGHT..CLOUDY. 40 PERCENT CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS THIS EVENING. A  
FEW RAIN SHOWERS BEGINNING NEAR MIDNIGHT CHANGING TO A FEW WET  
FLURRIES OVERNIGHT. WIND SOUTH 30 KM/H GUSTING TO 60. LOW PLUS 1.  
MONDAY..A MIX OF SUN AND CLOUD. 30 PERCENT CHANCE OF WET FLURRIES  
EARLY IN THE MORNING. WIND SOUTH 20 KM/H GUSTING TO 50 BECOMING  
LIGHT EARLY IN THE MORNING. WIND BECOMING SOUTHWEST 20 GUSTING TO 40  
EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON. HIGH 8. UV INDEX 2 OR LOW.  
 
EAST KOOTENAY - SOUTH INCLUDING CRANBROOK.  
TODAY..MAINLY CLOUDY. 40 PERCENT CHANCE OF SHOWERS LATE THIS  
AFTERNOON. WIND SOUTH 20 KM/H GUSTING TO 40 BECOMING LIGHT EARLY  
THIS MORNING. WIND BECOMING SOUTH 30 GUSTING TO 60 THIS MORNING.  
HIGH 10. UV INDEX 2 OR LOW.  
TONIGHT..CLOUDY. 60 PERCENT CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS CHANGING TO  
60 PERCENT CHANCE OF WET FLURRIES OVERNIGHT. WIND SOUTH 30 KM/H  
GUSTING TO 60. LOW PLUS 2.  
MONDAY..CLOUDY WITH 30 PERCENT CHANCE OF WET FLURRIES EARLY IN THE  
MORNING THEN A MIX OF SUN AND CLOUD. WIND SOUTH 20 KM/H GUSTING TO  
50 BECOMING LIGHT EARLY IN THE MORNING. WIND BECOMING SOUTHWEST 20  
GUSTING TO 40 EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON. HIGH 7. UV INDEX 2 OR LOW.  
 
ELK VALLEY.  
TODAY..MAINLY CLOUDY. 70 PERCENT CHANCE OF SHOWERS LATE THIS  
AFTERNOON. WIND SOUTHEAST 20 KM/H GUSTING TO 50. HIGH 8. UV INDEX 2  
OR LOW.  
TONIGHT..A FEW RAIN SHOWERS CHANGING TO FLURRIES NEAR MIDNIGHT.  
RAINFALL AMOUNT 5 TO 10 MM. SNOWFALL AMOUNT 2 TO 4 CM. WIND SOUTH  
20 KM/H. LOW ZERO.  
MONDAY..FLURRIES ENDING IN THE MORNING THEN A MIX OF SUN AND CLOUD.  
AMOUNT 2 CM. WIND SOUTH 20 KM/H BECOMING LIGHT EARLY IN THE MORNING.  
HIGH PLUS 4. UV INDEX 2 OR LOW.  
 
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