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FPCN15 CWVR 281756
FORECASTS FOR THE KOOTENAY DISTRICTS OF BRITISH COLUMBIA ISSUED BY
ENVIRONMENT CANADA AT 11:00 A.M. MST WEDNESDAY 28 JANUARY 2026 FOR
TODAY AND THURSDAY.
THE NEXT SCHEDULED FORECAST WILL BE ISSUED AT 4:00 P.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..MAINLY CLOUDY. HIGH PLUS 2. UV INDEX 1 OR LOW.
TONIGHT..CLOUDY. 60 PERCENT CHANCE OF FLURRIES LATE THIS EVENING AND
OVERNIGHT. LOW MINUS 1.
THURSDAY..PERIODS OF SNOW ENDING EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON THEN CLOUDY
WITH 40 PERCENT CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS. SNOWFALL AMOUNT 2 CM. SNOW
LEVEL RISING TO 800 METRES IN THE AFTERNOON. HIGH PLUS 2.
ARROW LAKES - SLOCAN LAKE.
TODAY..MAINLY CLOUDY. 40 PERCENT CHANCE OF FLURRIES NEAR NOON THEN
40 PERCENT CHANCE OF WET FLURRIES. HIGH PLUS 1. UV INDEX 1 OR LOW.
TONIGHT..CLOUDY. 40 PERCENT CHANCE OF WET FLURRIES THIS EVENING.
PERIODS OF SNOW BEGINNING NEAR MIDNIGHT. LOCAL AMOUNT 2 CM.
TEMPERATURE STEADY NEAR ZERO.
THURSDAY..PERIODS OF SNOW CHANGING TO PERIODS OF RAIN IN THE
AFTERNOON. LOCAL SNOWFALL AMOUNT 2 CM. SNOW LEVEL NEAR VALLEY
BOTTOM. HIGH PLUS 2.
WEST KOOTENAY.
TODAY..MAINLY CLOUDY. 30 PERCENT CHANCE OF FLURRIES EARLY THIS
AFTERNOON. HIGH PLUS 3. UV INDEX 1 OR LOW.
TONIGHT..CLOUDY. 40 PERCENT CHANCE OF WET FLURRIES OVERNIGHT.
LOW ZERO.
THURSDAY..CLOUDY. 40 PERCENT CHANCE OF WET FLURRIES EARLY IN THE
MORNING. PERIODS OF WET SNOW BEGINNING IN THE MORNING THEN CHANGING
TO PERIODS OF RAIN IN THE AFTERNOON. LOCAL SNOWFALL AMOUNT 2 CM.
SNOW LEVEL RISING TO 800 METRES IN THE AFTERNOON. HIGH PLUS 4.
KOOTENAY LAKE.
TODAY..MAINLY CLOUDY. 40 PERCENT CHANCE OF FLURRIES NEAR NOON THEN
40 PERCENT CHANCE OF WET FLURRIES. HIGH PLUS 2. UV INDEX 1 OR LOW.
TONIGHT..CLOUDY. 40 PERCENT CHANCE OF WET FLURRIES CHANGING TO
40 PERCENT CHANCE OF FLURRIES THIS EVENING. LOW ZERO.
THURSDAY..CLOUDY WITH 40 PERCENT CHANCE OF FLURRIES IN THE MORNING
AND EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON. A FEW RAIN SHOWERS BEGINNING EARLY IN
THE AFTERNOON. SNOW LEVEL NEAR VALLEY BOTTOM. HIGH PLUS 3. UV
INDEX 1 OR LOW.
EAST KOOTENAY.
TODAY..MAINLY CLOUDY. WIND UP TO 15 KM/H. HIGH MINUS 1. WIND CHILL
MINUS 7 THIS AFTERNOON. UV INDEX 1 OR LOW.
TONIGHT..PARTLY CLOUDY. BECOMING CLOUDY AFTER MIDNIGHT. WIND UP TO 15
KM/H. LOW MINUS 6. WIND CHILL MINUS 6 THIS EVENING.
THURSDAY..MAINLY CLOUDY. 30 PERCENT CHANCE OF FLURRIES IN THE
AFTERNOON. WIND UP TO 15 KM/H. HIGH ZERO. WIND CHILL MINUS 4 IN THE
AFTERNOON. UV INDEX 1 OR LOW.
ELK VALLEY.
TODAY..CLOUDY. 30 PERCENT CHANCE OF FLURRIES EARLY THIS AFTERNOON.
WIND UP TO 15 KM/H. HIGH MINUS 1. WIND CHILL NEAR MINUS 10. UV
INDEX 1 OR LOW.
TONIGHT..MAINLY CLOUDY. WIND UP TO 15 KM/H. LOW MINUS 5. WIND CHILL
NEAR MINUS 9.
THURSDAY..MAINLY CLOUDY. 30 PERCENT CHANCE OF FLURRIES IN THE MORNING
THEN 30 PERCENT CHANCE OF WET FLURRIES IN THE AFTERNOON. WIND
BECOMING SOUTHEAST 20 KM/H NEAR NOON. HIGH PLUS 1. WIND CHILL
MINUS 9 IN THE MORNING. UV INDEX 1 OR LOW.
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