FPCN15 CWVR 231444 AAA
UPDATED FORECASTS FOR THE KOOTENAY DISTRICTS OF BRITISH COLUMBIA
ISSUED BY ENVIRONMENT CANADA AT 7:43 A.M. MST MONDAY 23 FEBRUARY 2026
FOR TODAY AND TUESDAY.
THE NEXT SCHEDULED FORECAST WILL BE ISSUED AT 11:00 A.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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EAST KOOTENAY - SOUTH INCLUDING CRANBROOK.
TODAY..A FEW FLURRIES AND PERIODS OF FREEZING RAIN CHANGING TO A FEW
 RAIN SHOWERS NEAR NOON. SNOWFALL AMOUNT 2 CM. WIND BECOMING SOUTH
 20 KM/H GUSTING TO 40 EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. HIGH PLUS 5. WIND CHILL
 MINUS 5 THIS MORNING. UV INDEX 1 OR LOW.
TONIGHT..A FEW SHOWERS ENDING THIS EVENING THEN CLEARING. WIND SOUTH
 20 KM/H GUSTING TO 40 BECOMING LIGHT THIS EVENING. LOW MINUS 6.
TUESDAY..SUNNY. HIGH PLUS 3. UV INDEX 2 OR LOW.

ELK VALLEY.
TODAY..SNOW CHANGING TO RAIN MIXED WITH SNOW NEAR NOON. SNOWFALL
 AMOUNT 2 TO 4 CM. WIND BECOMING SOUTHWEST 30 KM/H GUSTING TO 60 NEAR
 NOON. HIGH PLUS 2. WIND CHILL MINUS 8 THIS MORNING.
TONIGHT..RAIN MIXED WITH SNOW ENDING THIS EVENING THEN PARTLY CLOUDY.
 60 PERCENT CHANCE OF FLURRIES NEAR FERNIE LATE THIS EVENING AND
 AFTER MIDNIGHT. WIND SOUTHWEST 30 KM/H GUSTING TO 60. LOW MINUS 7.
 WIND CHILL MINUS 13 OVERNIGHT.
TUESDAY..A MIX OF SUN AND CLOUD. BECOMING SUNNY IN THE MORNING. WIND
 SOUTH 20 KM/H GUSTING TO 40. HIGH PLUS 3. WIND CHILL MINUS 14 IN THE
 MORNING. UV INDEX 1 OR LOW.

REMAINDER UNCHANGED.

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