FPCN15 CWVR 171745
FORECASTS FOR THE KOOTENAY DISTRICTS OF BRITISH COLUMBIA ISSUED BY
ENVIRONMENT CANADA AT 11:00 A.M. MST TUESDAY 17 FEBRUARY 2026 FOR
TODAY AND WEDNESDAY.
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. 60 PERCENT CHANCE OF FLURRIES NEAR NOON. A FEW
 WET FLURRIES BEGINNING NEAR NOON. AMOUNT 2 CM. HIGH PLUS 2. UV
 INDEX 1 OR LOW.
TONIGHT..A FEW FLURRIES ENDING LATE THIS EVENING THEN PARTLY CLOUDY.
 AMOUNT 2 CM. WIND UP TO 15 KM/H. LOW MINUS 5. WIND CHILL MINUS 11
 THIS EVENING.
WEDNESDAY..A MIX OF SUN AND CLOUD. 60 PERCENT CHANCE OF FLURRIES IN
 THE AFTERNOON. HIGH PLUS 1. UV INDEX 1 OR LOW.

ARROW LAKES - SLOCAN LAKE.
TODAY..A FEW FLURRIES CHANGING TO A FEW RAIN SHOWERS AND WET FLURRIES
 NEAR NOON. SNOWFALL AMOUNT 2 TO 4 CM. HIGH PLUS 2.
TONIGHT..FLURRIES. AMOUNT 2 TO 4 CM. WIND UP TO 15 KM/H. LOW MINUS 6.
 WIND CHILL MINUS 8 OVERNIGHT.
WEDNESDAY..A MIX OF SUN AND CLOUD WITH 30 PERCENT CHANCE OF FLURRIES
 IN THE MORNING AND EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON. A FEW RAIN SHOWERS AND
 WET FLURRIES BEGINNING IN THE AFTERNOON. WIND UP TO 15 KM/H. HIGH
 PLUS 2. WIND CHILL MINUS 8 IN THE MORNING. UV INDEX 1 OR LOW.

WEST KOOTENAY.
TODAY..FLURRIES ENDING NEAR NOON THEN MAINLY CLOUDY WITH 60 PERCENT
 CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS OR WET FLURRIES. SNOWFALL AMOUNT 2 TO 4 CM.
 HIGH PLUS 2. UV INDEX 1 OR LOW.
TONIGHT..PARTLY CLOUDY. 30 PERCENT CHANCE OF FLURRIES THIS EVENING.
 WIND UP TO 15 KM/H. LOW MINUS 6. WIND CHILL MINUS 8 OVERNIGHT.
WEDNESDAY..A MIX OF SUN AND CLOUD. 60 PERCENT CHANCE OF WET FLURRIES
 IN THE AFTERNOON. WIND UP TO 15 KM/H. HIGH PLUS 1. WIND CHILL
 MINUS 8 IN THE MORNING. UV INDEX 1 OR LOW.

KOOTENAY LAKE.
TODAY..PERIODS OF SNOW ENDING THIS AFTERNOON THEN A MIX OF SUN AND
 CLOUD WITH 40 PERCENT CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS OR WET FLURRIES.
 SNOWFALL AMOUNT 2 CM. HIGH PLUS 2.
TONIGHT..PARTLY CLOUDY. A FEW FLURRIES OVER NORTHERN SECTIONS THIS
 EVENING. LOCAL AMOUNT 4 CM OVER NORTHERN SECTIONS. LOW MINUS 5.
WEDNESDAY..MAINLY CLOUDY WITH 60 PERCENT CHANCE OF FLURRIES. WIND UP
 TO 15 KM/H. HIGH ZERO. WIND CHILL MINUS 7 IN THE MORNING. UV INDEX 1
 OR LOW.

EAST KOOTENAY - NORTH INCLUDING INVERMERE.
TODAY..PERIODS OF SNOW. AMOUNT 5 CM. WIND UP TO 15 KM/H. HIGH ZERO.
 WIND CHILL MINUS 6 THIS AFTERNOON.
TONIGHT..FLURRIES ENDING LATE THIS EVENING THEN PARTLY CLOUDY WITH
 30 PERCENT CHANCE OF FLURRIES. WIND UP TO 15 KM/H. LOW MINUS 8. WIND
 CHILL MINUS 6 THIS EVENING AND MINUS 11 OVERNIGHT.
WEDNESDAY..MAINLY CLOUDY. 60 PERCENT CHANCE OF FLURRIES IN THE
 AFTERNOON. WIND UP TO 15 KM/H. HIGH MINUS 5. WIND CHILL NEAR
 MINUS 12. UV INDEX 1 OR LOW.

EAST KOOTENAY - SOUTH INCLUDING CRANBROOK.
TODAY..PERIODS OF SNOW ENDING THIS AFTERNOON THEN A MIX OF SUN AND
 CLOUD. WIND SOUTH 20 KM/H. HIGH ZERO. WIND CHILL MINUS 8 THIS
 MORNING.
TONIGHT..PARTLY CLOUDY. WIND SOUTH 20 KM/H BECOMING LIGHT THIS
 EVENING. LOW MINUS 11. WIND CHILL MINUS 8 THIS EVENING AND MINUS 14
 OVERNIGHT.
WEDNESDAY..MAINLY CLOUDY. 30 PERCENT CHANCE OF FLURRIES IN THE
 MORNING AND EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON. WIND UP TO 15 KM/H. HIGH
 MINUS 6. WIND CHILL NEAR MINUS 16. UV INDEX 1 OR LOW.

ELK VALLEY.
TODAY..SNOW AT TIMES HEAVY ENDING THIS AFTERNOON THEN CLOUDY WITH
 30 PERCENT CHANCE OF FLURRIES. LOCAL BLOWING SNOW LATE THIS
 AFTERNOON. WIND SOUTH 20 KM/H GUSTING TO 40 BECOMING EAST 30 GUSTING
 TO 50 LATE THIS AFTERNOON. TEMPERATURE FALLING TO MINUS 7 THIS
 AFTERNOON. WIND CHILL MINUS 7 THIS MORNING AND MINUS 14 THIS
 AFTERNOON.
TONIGHT..PARTLY CLOUDY. 30 PERCENT CHANCE OF FLURRIES EARLY THIS
 EVENING. LOCAL BLOWING SNOW. WIND EAST 30 KM/H GUSTING TO 50. LOW
 MINUS 18. WIND CHILL MINUS 14 THIS EVENING AND MINUS 30 OVERNIGHT.
 RISK OF FROSTBITE.
WEDNESDAY..A MIX OF SUN AND CLOUD WITH 30 PERCENT CHANCE OF FLURRIES.
 WIND EAST 20 KM/H GUSTING TO 40. HIGH MINUS 13. WIND CHILL MINUS 28
 IN THE MORNING AND MINUS 22 IN THE AFTERNOON. RISK OF FROSTBITE. UV
 INDEX 1 OR LOW.

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