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FPCN15 CWVR 222245
FORECASTS FOR THE KOOTENAY DISTRICTS OF BRITISH COLUMBIA ISSUED BY
ENVIRONMENT CANADA AT 4:00 P.M. MST SUNDAY 22 FEBRUARY 2026 FOR
TONIGHT MONDAY AND MONDAY NIGHT.
THE NEXT SCHEDULED FORECAST WILL BE ISSUED AT 5:00 A.M. MST MONDAY.
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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..A FEW RAIN SHOWERS ENDING THIS EVENING THEN CLOUDY WITH
30 PERCENT CHANCE OF FLURRIES OR RAIN SHOWERS THIS EVENING AND AFTER
MIDNIGHT. A FEW FLURRIES AND RAIN SHOWERS BEGINNING AFTER MIDNIGHT.
LOCAL SNOWFALL AMOUNT 2 CM. SNOW LEVEL 800 METRES LOWERING TO VALLEY
BOTTOM THIS EVENING. LOW PLUS 1.
MONDAY..A FEW FLURRIES AND RAIN SHOWERS ENDING IN THE MORNING THEN
CLOUDY WITH 60 PERCENT CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS. SNOW LEVEL RISING TO
1100 METRES IN THE MORNING. WIND BECOMING WEST 20 KM/H GUSTING TO 40
NEAR NOON. HIGH 7. UV INDEX 1 OR LOW.
MONDAY NIGHT..A FEW CLOUDS. LOW MINUS 6.
ARROW LAKES - SLOCAN LAKE.
TONIGHT..PERIODS OF SNOW. SNOW OR PERIODS OF RAIN EARLY THIS EVENING.
SNOWFALL AMOUNT 2 TO 4 CM. WIND UP TO 15 KM/H. LOW MINUS 1. WIND
CHILL MINUS 5 OVERNIGHT.
MONDAY..PERIODS OF SNOW CHANGING TO PERIODS OF RAIN NEAR NOON AND
ENDING LATE IN THE AFTERNOON THEN CLOUDY WITH 30 PERCENT CHANCE OF
RAIN SHOWERS. SNOWFALL AMOUNT 2 CM. SNOW LEVEL RISING TO 1000 METRES
NEAR NOON. WIND BECOMING SOUTH 20 KM/H LATE IN THE MORNING. HIGH
PLUS 4. WIND CHILL MINUS 5 IN THE MORNING.
MONDAY NIGHT..MAINLY CLOUDY. 30 PERCENT CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS EARLY
IN THE EVENING THEN 30 PERCENT CHANCE OF FLURRIES IN THE EVENING.
SNOW LEVEL 1000 METRES LOWERING TO VALLEY BOTTOM IN THE EVENING. LOW
MINUS 2.
WEST KOOTENAY.
TONIGHT..PERIODS OF RAIN CHANGING TO PERIODS OF SNOW THIS EVENING.
SNOWFALL AMOUNT 2 TO 4 CM EXCEPT 10 CM OVER HIGHER TERRAIN. SNOW
LEVEL 1000 METRES LOWERING TO VALLEY BOTTOM THIS EVENING. LOW ZERO.
MONDAY..PERIODS OF LIGHT SNOW CHANGING TO PERIODS OF RAIN IN THE
MORNING. SNOW LEVEL RISING TO 1100 METRES IN THE AFTERNOON. WIND
BECOMING SOUTHWEST 20 KM/H GUSTING TO 40 EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON.
HIGH 6.
MONDAY NIGHT..PERIODS OF RAIN ENDING IN THE EVENING THEN PARTLY
CLOUDY. SNOW LEVEL 1100 METRES. LOW MINUS 5.
KOOTENAY LAKE.
TONIGHT..CLOUDY. 30 PERCENT CHANCE OF FLURRIES OR RAIN SHOWERS EARLY
THIS EVENING. PERIODS OF SNOW BEGINNING EARLY THIS EVENING. SNOWFALL
AMOUNT 2 TO 4 CM EXCEPT 5 CM OVER NORTHERN SECTIONS. LOW ZERO.
MONDAY..PERIODS OF SNOW CHANGING TO PERIODS OF RAIN IN THE MORNING.
SNOW LEVEL RISING TO 1100 METRES IN THE MORNING. WIND BECOMING
SOUTHWEST 20 KM/H EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON. HIGH 6 EXCEPT PLUS 2 OVER
NORTHERN SECTIONS.
MONDAY NIGHT..PERIODS OF RAIN ENDING IN THE EVENING THEN PARTLY
CLOUDY. 40 PERCENT CHANCE OF FLURRIES OVER NORTHERN SECTIONS IN THE
EVENING AND AFTER MIDNIGHT. SNOW LEVEL 1100 METRES. WIND SOUTHWEST
20 KM/H BECOMING LIGHT IN THE EVENING. LOW MINUS 3.
EAST KOOTENAY.
TONIGHT..CLOUDY. 60 PERCENT CHANCE OF FLURRIES LATE THIS EVENING AND
OVERNIGHT. WIND UP TO 15 KM/H. LOW MINUS 3. WIND CHILL MINUS 8
OVERNIGHT.
MONDAY..A FEW FLURRIES ENDING NEAR NOON THEN CLOUDY WITH 60 PERCENT
CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS. SNOWFALL AMOUNT 2 CM. WIND BECOMING SOUTH
20 KM/H GUSTING TO 40 EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON. HIGH PLUS 5. WIND
CHILL MINUS 5 IN THE MORNING. UV INDEX 1 OR LOW.
MONDAY NIGHT..CLOUDY WITH 60 PERCENT CHANCE OF SHOWERS EARLY IN THE
EVENING THEN PARTLY CLOUDY. WIND SOUTH 20 KM/H GUSTING TO 40
BECOMING LIGHT IN THE EVENING. LOW MINUS 6.
ELK VALLEY.
TONIGHT..PARTLY CLOUDY. BECOMING CLOUDY LATE THIS EVENING THEN SNOW.
AMOUNT 5 TO 10 CM. WIND SOUTH 20 KM/H BECOMING LIGHT THIS EVENING.
LOW MINUS 5. WIND CHILL MINUS 9 OVERNIGHT.
MONDAY..SNOW CHANGING TO RAIN MIXED WITH SNOW NEAR NOON. SNOWFALL
AMOUNT 2 CM EXCEPT 5 CM NEAR FERNIE. WIND BECOMING SOUTHWEST 30 KM/H
GUSTING TO 60 NEAR NOON. HIGH PLUS 2. WIND CHILL MINUS 9 IN THE
MORNING.
MONDAY NIGHT..RAIN MIXED WITH SNOW ENDING IN THE EVENING THEN PARTLY
CLOUDY. WIND SOUTHWEST 30 KM/H GUSTING TO 60. LOW MINUS 7. WIND
CHILL MINUS 13 OVERNIGHT.
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