FPCN18 CWVR 261745
FORECASTS FOR NORTHEASTERN BRITISH COLUMBIA ISSUED BY ENVIRONMENT
CANADA AT 11:00 A.M. MST THURSDAY 26 FEBRUARY 2026 FOR TODAY AND
FRIDAY.
THE NEXT SCHEDULED FORECAST WILL BE ISSUED AT 4:00 P.M. MST.

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MAJOR REFERENCE ELEVATIONS:
    FORT NELSON:          420 METRES.
    FORT ST. JOHN:        700 METRES.
    PINE PASS:            915 METRES.
    STEAMBOAT HILL:      1080 METRES.
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B.C. NORTH PEACE RIVER.
TODAY..FLURRIES AT TIMES HEAVY. LOCAL AMOUNT 5 CM. LOCAL BLOWING
 SNOW. WIND NORTHWEST 30 KM/H GUSTING TO 50. TEMPERATURE FALLING TO
 MINUS 20 THIS AFTERNOON. WIND CHILL NEAR MINUS 29. RISK OF
 FROSTBITE.
TONIGHT..FLURRIES ENDING AFTER MIDNIGHT THEN MAINLY CLOUDY. LOCAL
 AMOUNT 2 TO 4 CM. WIND NORTH 20 KM/H GUSTING TO 40. LOW MINUS 22.
 WIND CHILL MINUS 28 THIS EVENING AND MINUS 33 OVERNIGHT. RISK OF
 FROSTBITE.
FRIDAY..MAINLY CLOUDY. 60 PERCENT CHANCE OF FLURRIES LATE IN THE
 MORNING AND IN THE AFTERNOON. WIND NORTH 20 KM/H BECOMING LIGHT IN
 THE MORNING. HIGH MINUS 17. WIND CHILL MINUS 33 IN THE MORNING AND
 MINUS 24 IN THE AFTERNOON. RISK OF FROSTBITE. UV INDEX 1 OR LOW.

B.C. SOUTH PEACE RIVER.
TODAY..FLURRIES AT TIMES HEAVY. LOCAL AMOUNT 5 CM. LOCAL BLOWING SNOW
 EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. WIND NORTHWEST 40 KM/H GUSTING TO 70
 DIMINISHING TO 20 GUSTING TO 40 LATE THIS AFTERNOON. TEMPERATURE
 FALLING TO MINUS 15 THIS AFTERNOON. WIND CHILL MINUS 22 THIS MORNING
 AND MINUS 27 THIS AFTERNOON.
TONIGHT..FLURRIES. LOCAL AMOUNT 5 CM. WIND NORTHWEST 20 KM/H GUSTING
 TO 40. LOW MINUS 19. WIND CHILL NEAR MINUS 29. RISK OF FROSTBITE.
FRIDAY..MAINLY CLOUDY WITH 60 PERCENT CHANCE OF FLURRIES. WIND NORTH
 20 KM/H BECOMING LIGHT IN THE MORNING. HIGH MINUS 16. WIND CHILL
 MINUS 29 IN THE MORNING AND MINUS 22 IN THE AFTERNOON. RISK OF
 FROSTBITE. UV INDEX 1 OR LOW.

FORT NELSON.
TODAY..MAINLY CLOUDY WITH 70 PERCENT CHANCE OF FLURRIES. LOCAL
 BLOWING SNOW EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. WIND NORTHWEST 30 KM/H GUSTING TO
 50. TEMPERATURE FALLING TO MINUS 24 THIS AFTERNOON. WIND CHILL NEAR
 MINUS 36. RISK OF FROSTBITE.
TONIGHT..MAINLY CLOUDY. 30 PERCENT CHANCE OF FLURRIES THIS EVENING
 AND AFTER MIDNIGHT. WIND NORTHWEST 20 KM/H GUSTING TO 40 BECOMING
 LIGHT BEFORE MORNING. LOW MINUS 27. WIND CHILL NEAR MINUS 37. RISK
 OF FROSTBITE.
FRIDAY..MAINLY CLOUDY. 30 PERCENT CHANCE OF FLURRIES IN THE MORNING.
 WIND UP TO 15 KM/H. HIGH MINUS 20. WIND CHILL MINUS 32 IN THE
 MORNING AND MINUS 24 IN THE AFTERNOON. RISK OF FROSTBITE.

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