FPCN18 CWVR 061145 FORECASTS FOR NORTHEASTERN BRITISH COLUMBIA ISSUED BY ENVIRONMENT CANADA AT 5:00 A.M. MST FRIDAY 6 MARCH 2026 FOR TODAY AND SATURDAY. THE NEXT SCHEDULED FORECAST WILL BE ISSUED AT 11:00 A.M. MST. --------------------------------------------------------------------- MAJOR REFERENCE ELEVATIONS: FORT NELSON: 420 METRES. FORT ST. JOHN: 700 METRES. PINE PASS: 915 METRES. STEAMBOAT HILL: 1080 METRES. --------------------------------------------------------------------- B.C. NORTH PEACE RIVER. TODAY..CLOUDY. SHOWERS BEGINNING THIS AFTERNOON. WIND SOUTHWEST 20 KM/H GUSTING TO 40 BECOMING LIGHT EARLY THIS MORNING. WIND BECOMING SOUTHWEST 20 GUSTING TO 40 THIS AFTERNOON. HIGH PLUS 4. WIND CHILL MINUS 7 THIS MORNING. UV INDEX 1 OR LOW. TONIGHT..SHOWERS ENDING LATE THIS EVENING THEN CLOUDY. WIND SOUTHWEST 20 KM/H GUSTING TO 40 INCREASING TO 50 GUSTING TO 80 LATE THIS EVENING. TEMPERATURE RISING TO 7 BY MORNING. SATURDAY..MAINLY CLOUDY. WIND SOUTHWEST 50 KM/H GUSTING TO 80 DIMINISHING TO 30 GUSTING TO 50 IN THE MORNING. TEMPERATURE STEADY NEAR 7. UV INDEX 1 OR LOW. B.C. SOUTH PEACE RIVER. TODAY..CLOUDY. SHOWERS BEGINNING EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. WIND WEST 20 KM/H GUSTING TO 40. TEMPERATURE STEADY NEAR 6. UV INDEX 1 OR LOW. TONIGHT..SHOWERS ENDING LATE THIS EVENING THEN CLOUDY. WIND WEST 20 KM/H GUSTING TO 40 BECOMING SOUTHWEST 50 GUSTING TO 80 THIS EVENING. TEMPERATURE RISING TO 9 BY MORNING. SATURDAY..MAINLY CLOUDY. WIND SOUTHWEST 50 KM/H GUSTING TO 80. TEMPERATURE STEADY NEAR 9. UV INDEX 1 OR LOW. FORT NELSON. TODAY..CLOUDY. 60 PERCENT CHANCE OF FLURRIES THIS MORNING. SNOW BEGINNING THIS AFTERNOON. WIND NORTHWEST 20 KM/H GUSTING TO 40 BECOMING EAST 20 LATE THIS MORNING. HIGH MINUS 9. WIND CHILL MINUS 27 THIS MORNING AND MINUS 17 THIS AFTERNOON. UV INDEX 1 OR LOW. TONIGHT..SNOW ENDING LATE THIS EVENING THEN CLOUDY WITH 40 PERCENT CHANCE OF FLURRIES. CLEARING BEFORE MORNING. 40 PERCENT CHANCE OF ICE PELLETS OVER EASTERN SECTIONS LATE THIS EVENING AND AFTER MIDNIGHT. WIND EAST 20 KM/H BECOMING NORTHWEST 20 GUSTING TO 40 LATE THIS EVENING. LOW MINUS 15. WIND CHILL MINUS 17 THIS EVENING AND MINUS 24 OVERNIGHT. SATURDAY..SUNNY. INCREASING CLOUDINESS IN THE AFTERNOON. WIND NORTHWEST 20 KM/H GUSTING TO 40 BECOMING NORTHEAST 20 IN THE AFTERNOON. HIGH ZERO. WIND CHILL MINUS 24 IN THE MORNING. UV INDEX 1 OR LOW. END