225  
FPCN15 CWVR 121045  
FORECASTS FOR THE KOOTENAY DISTRICTS OF BRITISH COLUMBIA ISSUED BY  
ENVIRONMENT CANADA AT 5:00 A.M. MDT FRIDAY 12 JUNE 2026 FOR TODAY AND  
SATURDAY.  
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..SUNNY. INCREASING CLOUDINESS THIS MORNING THEN 30 PERCENT  
CHANCE OF SHOWERS THIS AFTERNOON. WIND BECOMING NORTHWEST 20 KM/H  
GUSTING TO 40 THIS MORNING. HIGH 23. UV INDEX 5 OR MODERATE.  
TONIGHT..PARTLY CLOUDY WITH 30 PERCENT CHANCE OF SHOWERS EARLY THIS  
EVENING. CLEARING LATE THIS EVENING. WIND NORTH 20 KM/H GUSTING TO  
40 BECOMING LIGHT THIS EVENING. LOW 8.  
SATURDAY..SUNNY. BECOMING A MIX OF SUN AND CLOUD IN THE AFTERNOON.  
HIGH 27. UV INDEX 7 OR HIGH.  
 
ARROW LAKES - SLOCAN LAKE.  
TODAY..MAINLY CLOUDY. 30 PERCENT CHANCE OF SHOWERS CHANGING TO  
70 PERCENT CHANCE OF SHOWERS THIS MORNING. RISK OF A THUNDERSTORM  
LATE THIS MORNING AND THIS AFTERNOON. WIND BECOMING NORTHWEST  
20 KM/H LATE THIS MORNING. HIGH 20. UV INDEX 5 OR MODERATE.  
TONIGHT..MAINLY CLOUDY WITH 30 PERCENT CHANCE OF SHOWERS THIS  
EVENING. CLEARING NEAR MIDNIGHT. RISK OF A THUNDERSTORM EARLY THIS  
EVENING. WIND NORTHWEST 20 KM/H BECOMING LIGHT THIS EVENING. LOW 7.  
SATURDAY..SUNNY. BECOMING A MIX OF SUN AND CLOUD IN THE AFTERNOON.  
HIGH 23. UV INDEX 6 OR HIGH.  
 
WEST KOOTENAY.  
TODAY..MAINLY SUNNY. INCREASING CLOUDINESS THIS MORNING THEN  
60 PERCENT CHANCE OF SHOWERS THIS AFTERNOON. RISK OF THUNDERSTORMS  
THIS AFTERNOON. WIND BECOMING NORTHWEST 20 KM/H GUSTING TO 40 LATE  
THIS MORNING. HIGH 21. UV INDEX 5 OR MODERATE.  
TONIGHT..MAINLY CLOUDY WITH 40 PERCENT CHANCE OF SHOWERS EARLY THIS  
EVENING AND RISK OF THUNDERSTORMS. CLEARING LATE THIS EVENING. WIND  
NORTHWEST 20 KM/H GUSTING TO 40 BECOMING LIGHT THIS EVENING. LOW 8.  
SATURDAY..SUNNY. BECOMING A MIX OF SUN AND CLOUD IN THE AFTERNOON.  
HIGH 27. UV INDEX 7 OR HIGH.  
 
KOOTENAY LAKE.  
TODAY..MAINLY CLOUDY. 60 PERCENT CHANCE OF SHOWERS LATE THIS MORNING  
AND THIS AFTERNOON. RISK OF THUNDERSTORMS AND HAIL LATE THIS MORNING  
AND THIS AFTERNOON. WIND BECOMING NORTHWEST 20 KM/H NEAR NOON.  
HIGH 20. UV INDEX 5 OR MODERATE.  
TONIGHT..PARTLY CLOUDY. 40 PERCENT CHANCE OF SHOWERS EARLY THIS  
EVENING WITH RISK OF THUNDERSTORMS. WIND NORTHWEST 20 KM/H BECOMING  
LIGHT THIS EVENING. LOW 10.  
SATURDAY..SUNNY IN THE MORNING THEN A MIX OF SUN AND CLOUD WITH  
30 PERCENT CHANCE OF SHOWERS IN THE AFTERNOON. HIGH 25. UV INDEX 7  
OR HIGH.  
 
EAST KOOTENAY.  
TODAY..BECOMING CLOUDY THIS MORNING WITH 70 PERCENT CHANCE OF SHOWERS  
LATE THIS MORNING AND THIS AFTERNOON. RISK OF A THUNDERSTORM AND  
HAIL LATE THIS MORNING AND THIS AFTERNOON. WIND BECOMING NORTHWEST  
20 KM/H GUSTING TO 40 LATE THIS MORNING. HIGH 18. UV INDEX 4 OR  
MODERATE.  
TONIGHT..MAINLY CLOUDY. 70 PERCENT CHANCE OF SHOWERS CHANGING TO  
30 PERCENT CHANCE OF SHOWERS OVERNIGHT. RISK OF A THUNDERSTORM AND  
HAIL THIS EVENING. WIND NORTHWEST 20 KM/H GUSTING TO 40 BECOMING  
LIGHT THIS EVENING. LOW 7.  
SATURDAY..A MIX OF SUN AND CLOUD. 30 PERCENT CHANCE OF SHOWERS EARLY  
IN THE MORNING. HIGH 23. UV INDEX 6 OR HIGH.  
 
ELK VALLEY.  
TODAY..BECOMING CLOUDY THIS MORNING WITH 60 PERCENT CHANCE OF SHOWERS  
LATE THIS MORNING. A FEW SHOWERS BEGINNING NEAR NOON. RISK OF A  
THUNDERSTORM LATE THIS MORNING AND THIS AFTERNOON. AMOUNT 10 TO  
15 MM. WIND BECOMING NORTH 20 KM/H THIS AFTERNOON. HIGH 14. UV  
INDEX 4 OR MODERATE.  
TONIGHT..CLOUDY WITH 60 PERCENT CHANCE OF SHOWERS THIS EVENING AND  
AFTER MIDNIGHT THEN PARTLY CLOUDY. RISK OF A THUNDERSTORM THIS  
EVENING. WIND NORTH 20 KM/H BECOMING LIGHT THIS EVENING. LOW PLUS 4.  
SATURDAY..MAINLY SUNNY. HIGH 20. UV INDEX 6 OR HIGH.  
 
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