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FPCN15 CWVR 251045
FORECASTS FOR THE KOOTENAY DISTRICTS OF BRITISH COLUMBIA ISSUED BY
ENVIRONMENT CANADA AT 5:00 A.M. MDT SATURDAY 25 JULY 2026 FOR TODAY
AND SUNDAY.
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
WEST KOOTENAY.
TODAY..SUNNY. A MIX OF SUN AND CLOUD LATE THIS AFTERNOON WITH
30 PERCENT CHANCE OF SHOWERS. RISK OF A THUNDERSTORM LATE THIS
AFTERNOON. LOCAL SMOKE. WIND BECOMING SOUTHWEST 30 KM/H GUSTING TO
60 THIS AFTERNOON. HIGH 33. UV INDEX 8 OR VERY HIGH.
TONIGHT..PARTLY CLOUDY WITH 30 PERCENT CHANCE OF SHOWERS EARLY THIS
EVENING THEN CLEAR. RISK OF A THUNDERSTORM EARLY THIS EVENING. LOCAL
SMOKE. WIND SOUTHWEST 30 KM/H GUSTING TO 60 BECOMING LIGHT NEAR
MIDNIGHT. LOW 14.
SUNDAY..SUNNY. LOCAL SMOKE. WIND BECOMING SOUTH 20 KM/H GUSTING TO 40
NEAR NOON. HIGH 31. UV INDEX 7 OR HIGH.
ARROW LAKES - SLOCAN LAKE.
TODAY..MAINLY SUNNY. INCREASING CLOUDINESS EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. RISK
OF A THUNDERSTORM THIS AFTERNOON. LOCAL SMOKE. HIGH 27. UV INDEX 7
OR HIGH.
TONIGHT..MAINLY CLOUDY WITH 40 PERCENT CHANCE OF SHOWERS THIS EVENING
AND RISK OF A THUNDERSTORM. CLEARING OVERNIGHT. LOCAL SMOKE. LOW 15.
SUNDAY..SUNNY. LOCAL SMOKE. HIGH 26. HUMIDEX 27. UV INDEX 7 OR HIGH.
KOOTENAY LAKE.
TODAY..SUNNY. RISK OF THUNDERSTORMS OVER NORTHERN SECTIONS THIS
AFTERNOON. BECOMING A MIX OF SUN AND CLOUD THIS MORNING. LOCAL
SMOKE. WIND BECOMING SOUTHWEST 20 KM/H GUSTING TO 50 THIS AFTERNOON.
HIGH 33. UV INDEX 8 OR VERY HIGH.
TONIGHT..PARTLY CLOUDY. BECOMING CLEAR THIS EVENING. RISK OF
THUNDERSTORMS OVER NORTHERN SECTIONS EARLY THIS EVENING. LOCAL
SMOKE. WIND SOUTHWEST 20 KM/H GUSTING TO 50 BECOMING LIGHT
OVERNIGHT. LOW 17.
SUNDAY..SUNNY. LOCAL SMOKE. HIGH 29. UV INDEX 8 OR VERY HIGH.
EAST KOOTENAY - NORTH INCLUDING INVERMERE.
TODAY..SUNNY. BECOMING A MIX OF SUN AND CLOUD THIS AFTERNOON. RISK OF
THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE RIDGES THIS AFTERNOON. LOCAL SMOKE. WIND
BECOMING SOUTH 30 KM/H GUSTING TO 50 THIS AFTERNOON. HIGH 31. UV
INDEX 7 OR HIGH.
TONIGHT..PARTLY CLOUDY. BECOMING CLEAR THIS EVENING. RISK OF
THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE RIDGES EARLY THIS EVENING. HAZY. WIND SOUTH
30 KM/H GUSTING TO 50 BECOMING LIGHT OVERNIGHT. LOW 10.
SUNDAY..SUNNY. HAZY. WIND BECOMING SOUTH 20 KM/H GUSTING TO 40 NEAR
NOON. HIGH 27. UV INDEX 7 OR HIGH.
EAST KOOTENAY - SOUTH INCLUDING CRANBROOK.
TODAY..SUNNY. LOCAL SMOKE. WIND BECOMING SOUTH 30 KM/H GUSTING TO 50
THIS AFTERNOON. HIGH 34. UV INDEX 8 OR VERY HIGH.
TONIGHT..CLEAR. HAZY. WIND SOUTH 30 KM/H GUSTING TO 50 BECOMING LIGHT
OVERNIGHT. LOW 17.
SUNDAY..SUNNY. HAZY. WIND BECOMING SOUTH 30 KM/H GUSTING TO 50 NEAR
NOON. HIGH 29. UV INDEX 8 OR VERY HIGH.
ELK VALLEY.
TODAY..SUNNY. WIDESPREAD SMOKE BECOMING HAZY NEAR NOON. WIND BECOMING
SOUTH 20 KM/H GUSTING TO 50 THIS AFTERNOON. HIGH 31. UV INDEX 8 OR
VERY HIGH.
TONIGHT..CLEAR. HAZY. WIND SOUTH 20 KM/H GUSTING TO 50. LOW 14.
SUNDAY..SUNNY. HAZY. WIND SOUTH 20 KM/H GUSTING TO 40. HIGH 27. UV
INDEX 8 OR VERY HIGH.
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