FPCN15 CWVR 242245
FORECASTS FOR THE KOOTENAY DISTRICTS OF BRITISH COLUMBIA ISSUED BY
ENVIRONMENT CANADA AT 4:00 P.M. MST TUESDAY 24 FEBRUARY 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:
    CASTLEGAR:                  430 METRES.
    CRANBROOK:                  920 METRES.
    BLUEBERRY-PAULSON:         1570 METRES.
    KOOTENAY PASS:             1774 METRES.
    CROWSNEST PASS:            1300 METRES.
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BOUNDARY.
TONIGHT..PARTLY CLOUDY. WIND SOUTH 20 KM/H BECOMING LIGHT THIS
 EVENING. LOW MINUS 4.
WEDNESDAY..A MIX OF SUN AND CLOUD. BECOMING CLOUDY IN THE MORNING.
 WIND BECOMING SOUTH 20 KM/H GUSTING TO 40 LATE IN THE MORNING.
 HIGH 6. UV INDEX 1 OR LOW.
WEDNESDAY NIGHT..MAINLY CLOUDY. WIND SOUTH 20 KM/H GUSTING TO 40. LOW
 PLUS 2.

ARROW LAKES - SLOCAN LAKE.
TONIGHT..PARTLY CLOUDY. BECOMING CLEAR THIS EVENING. LOW MINUS 2.
WEDNESDAY..INCREASING CLOUDINESS. PERIODS OF WET SNOW BEGINNING LATE
 IN THE MORNING THEN CHANGING TO PERIODS OF RAIN IN THE AFTERNOON.
 SNOW LEVEL RISING TO 900 METRES IN THE AFTERNOON. WIND BECOMING
 SOUTHEAST 20 KM/H GUSTING TO 40 IN THE AFTERNOON. HIGH PLUS 4. UV
 INDEX 1 OR LOW.
WEDNESDAY NIGHT..PERIODS OF RAIN MIXED WITH WET SNOW. WIND SOUTHEAST
 20 KM/H GUSTING TO 40. TEMPERATURE STEADY NEAR PLUS 2.

WEST KOOTENAY.
TONIGHT..PARTLY CLOUDY. FOG PATCHES DEVELOPING BEFORE MORNING. LOW
 MINUS 3.
WEDNESDAY..CLOUDY. 30 PERCENT CHANCE OF SHOWERS IN THE AFTERNOON. A
 FEW SHOWERS BEGINNING LATE IN THE AFTERNOON. SNOW LEVEL 900 METRES.
 FOG PATCHES DISSIPATING IN THE MORNING. WIND BECOMING SOUTH 20 KM/H
 GUSTING TO 40 LATE IN THE MORNING. HIGH 6. UV INDEX 1 OR LOW.
WEDNESDAY NIGHT..A FEW RAIN SHOWERS ENDING NEAR MIDNIGHT THEN CLOUDY
 WITH 40 PERCENT CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS OR WET FLURRIES LATE IN THE
 EVENING AND OVERNIGHT. SNOW LEVEL 900 METRES LOWERING TO VALLEY
 BOTTOM AFTER MIDNIGHT. WIND SOUTH 20 KM/H GUSTING TO 40. LOW PLUS 3.

KOOTENAY LAKE.
TONIGHT..PARTLY CLOUDY. LOW MINUS 2.
WEDNESDAY..MAINLY CLOUDY. 60 PERCENT CHANCE OF SHOWERS LATE IN THE
 AFTERNOON. SNOW LEVEL 900 METRES. WIND BECOMING SOUTH 20 KM/H
 GUSTING TO 40 LATE IN THE MORNING. HIGH 6. UV INDEX 1 OR LOW.
WEDNESDAY NIGHT..CLOUDY WITH 60 PERCENT CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS OR WET
 FLURRIES. SNOW LEVEL 900 METRES LOWERING TO VALLEY BOTTOM AFTER
 MIDNIGHT. WIND SOUTH 20 KM/H GUSTING TO 40. TEMPERATURE STEADY NEAR
 PLUS 3.

EAST KOOTENAY.
TONIGHT..A FEW CLOUDS. LOW MINUS 5.
WEDNESDAY..INCREASING CLOUDINESS. 30 PERCENT CHANCE OF SHOWERS IN THE
 AFTERNOON. WIND BECOMING SOUTH 20 KM/H GUSTING TO 40 NEAR NOON. HIGH
 PLUS 5. UV INDEX 2 OR LOW.
WEDNESDAY NIGHT..MAINLY CLOUDY WITH 30 PERCENT CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS
 OR WET FLURRIES. WIND SOUTH 20 KM/H GUSTING TO 40. LOW PLUS 1.

ELK VALLEY.
TONIGHT..A FEW CLOUDS. WIND SOUTH 20 KM/H GUSTING TO 40 BECOMING
 LIGHT THIS EVENING. LOW MINUS 4. WIND CHILL MINUS 9 OVERNIGHT.
WEDNESDAY..INCREASING CLOUDINESS. PERIODS OF WET SNOW OR RAIN
 BEGINNING IN THE AFTERNOON. WIND SOUTHWEST 30 KM/H GUSTING TO 60.
 HIGH PLUS 3. WIND CHILL MINUS 9 IN THE MORNING. UV INDEX 1 OR LOW.
WEDNESDAY NIGHT..PERIODS OF WET SNOW. WET SNOW OR PERIODS OF RAIN
 EARLY IN THE EVENING. WIND SOUTHWEST 30 KM/H GUSTING TO 60. LOW
 PLUS 1.

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