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FPCN18 CWVR 172256
FORECASTS FOR NORTHEASTERN BRITISH COLUMBIA ISSUED BY ENVIRONMENT
CANADA AT 4:00 P.M. MST TUESDAY 17 MARCH 2026 FOR TONIGHT WEDNESDAY
AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT.
THE NEXT SCHEDULED FORECAST WILL BE ISSUED AT 5:00 A.M. MST
WEDNESDAY.
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MAJOR REFERENCE ELEVATIONS:
FORT NELSON: 420 METRES.
FORT ST. JOHN: 700 METRES.
PINE PASS: 915 METRES.
STEAMBOAT HILL: 1080 METRES.
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B.C. NORTH PEACE RIVER.
TONIGHT..A FEW FLURRIES ENDING EARLY THIS EVENING THEN MAINLY CLOUDY.
WIND NORTH 20 KM/H GUSTING TO 40 BECOMING LIGHT EARLY THIS EVENING.
LOW MINUS 9. WIND CHILL NEAR MINUS 14.
WEDNESDAY..CLOUDY WITH 30 PERCENT CHANCE OF FLURRIES AND RISK OF
FREEZING RAIN. WIND UP TO 15 KM/H. HIGH PLUS 1. WIND CHILL MINUS 13
IN THE MORNING. UV INDEX 1 OR LOW.
WEDNESDAY NIGHT..CLOUDY WITH 30 PERCENT CHANCE OF FLURRIES EARLY IN
THE EVENING THEN PARTLY CLOUDY. RISK OF FREEZING RAIN EARLY IN THE
EVENING. WIND BECOMING SOUTHWEST 20 KM/H GUSTING TO 40 LATE IN THE
EVENING. LOW MINUS 7. WIND CHILL MINUS 14 OVERNIGHT.
B.C. SOUTH PEACE RIVER.
TONIGHT..CLOUDY. 60 PERCENT CHANCE OF FLURRIES EARLY THIS EVENING AND
BEFORE MORNING. RISK OF FREEZING RAIN BEFORE MORNING. WIND NORTHWEST
20 KM/H GUSTING TO 40 EXCEPT SOUTHWEST 40 GUSTING TO 60 NEAR THE
ROCKIES EARLY THIS EVENING. WIND BECOMING LIGHT THIS EVENING. LOW
MINUS 6 EXCEPT TEMPERATURE STEADY NEAR ZERO NEAR TUMBLER RIDGE. WIND
CHILL NEAR MINUS 9.
WEDNESDAY..CLOUDY WITH 60 PERCENT CHANCE OF FLURRIES EXCEPT A FEW
SHOWERS NEAR THE ROCKIES. RISK OF FREEZING RAIN IN THE MORNING. WIND
UP TO 15 KM/H. HIGH MINUS 1 EXCEPT PLUS 5 NEAR THE ROCKIES. WIND
CHILL MINUS 8 IN THE MORNING AND MINUS 3 IN THE AFTERNOON. UV
INDEX 2 OR LOW.
WEDNESDAY NIGHT..CLOUDY WITH 60 PERCENT CHANCE OF FLURRIES. WIND
BECOMING SOUTHWEST 20 KM/H IN THE EVENING. LOW MINUS 2. WIND CHILL
MINUS 8 OVERNIGHT.
FORT NELSON.
TONIGHT..PARTLY CLOUDY WITH 30 PERCENT CHANCE OF FLURRIES. WIND UP TO
15 KM/H. LOW MINUS 19. WIND CHILL MINUS 17 THIS EVENING AND MINUS 23
OVERNIGHT.
WEDNESDAY..MAINLY CLOUDY. WIND UP TO 15 KM/H. HIGH MINUS 6. WIND
CHILL MINUS 23 IN THE MORNING AND MINUS 9 IN THE AFTERNOON. UV
INDEX 1 OR LOW.
WEDNESDAY NIGHT..PARTLY CLOUDY. WIND UP TO 15 KM/H. LOW MINUS 17.
WIND CHILL MINUS 9 IN THE EVENING AND MINUS 21 OVERNIGHT.
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