FPCN18 CWVR 071145
FORECASTS FOR NORTHEASTERN BRITISH COLUMBIA ISSUED BY ENVIRONMENT
CANADA AT 5:00 A.M. MST SATURDAY 7 MARCH 2026 FOR TODAY AND SUNDAY.
THE NEXT SCHEDULED FORECAST WILL BE ISSUED AT 11:00 A.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..MAINLY CLOUDY. WIND SOUTHWEST 50 KM/H GUSTING TO 80
 DIMINISHING TO 30 GUSTING TO 50 THIS MORNING. HIGH 8. UV INDEX 1 OR
 LOW.
TONIGHT..MAINLY CLOUDY. RAIN SHOWERS BEGINNING THIS EVENING THEN
 CHANGING TO A FEW FLURRIES NEAR MIDNIGHT AND ENDING BEFORE MORNING.
 WIND SOUTHWEST 40 KM/H GUSTING TO 60 BECOMING WEST 60 GUSTING TO 90
 LATE THIS EVENING. LOW MINUS 4. WIND CHILL MINUS 13 OVERNIGHT.
SUNDAY..A MIX OF SUN AND CLOUD. 40 PERCENT CHANCE OF FLURRIES LATE IN
 THE AFTERNOON. WIND WEST 40 KM/H GUSTING TO 60. HIGH ZERO. WIND
 CHILL MINUS 12 IN THE MORNING. UV INDEX 1 OR LOW.

B.C. SOUTH PEACE RIVER.
TODAY..MAINLY CLOUDY. WIND SOUTHWEST 50 KM/H GUSTING TO 80.
 TEMPERATURE STEADY NEAR 9. UV INDEX 1 OR LOW.
TONIGHT..MAINLY CLOUDY. RAIN SHOWERS BEGINNING LATE THIS EVENING THEN
 CHANGING TO A FEW FLURRIES AFTER MIDNIGHT AND ENDING BEFORE MORNING.
 WIND SOUTHWEST 40 KM/H GUSTING TO 60 BECOMING WEST 70 GUSTING TO 90
 LATE THIS EVENING. LOW MINUS 3. WIND CHILL MINUS 12 OVERNIGHT.
SUNDAY..A MIX OF SUN AND CLOUD. 40 PERCENT CHANCE OF FLURRIES LATE IN
 THE AFTERNOON. WIND WEST 70 KM/H GUSTING TO 90 DIMINISHING TO 40
 GUSTING TO 60 EARLY IN THE MORNING. HIGH PLUS 1. WIND CHILL MINUS 12
 IN THE MORNING. UV INDEX 1 OR LOW.

FORT NELSON.
TODAY..MAINLY SUNNY. INCREASING CLOUDINESS THIS AFTERNOON. WIND LIGHT
 EXCEPT GUSTING TO 80 KM/H OVER SOUTHERN SECTIONS EARLY THIS MORNING.
 WIND BECOMING NORTHWEST 20 KM/H GUSTING TO 40 THIS MORNING THEN
 BECOMING NORTHEAST 20 THIS AFTERNOON. HIGH MINUS 6. WIND CHILL
 MINUS 38 THIS MORNING AND MINUS 13 THIS AFTERNOON. RISK OF
 FROSTBITE. UV INDEX 1 OR LOW.
TONIGHT..CLOUDY. SNOW AT TIMES HEAVY AND LOCAL BLOWING SNOW BEGINNING
 EARLY THIS EVENING. AMOUNT 5 TO 10 CM. WIND NORTHEAST 20 KM/H
 BECOMING NORTHWEST 30 GUSTING TO 50 EXCEPT GUSTING TO 80 OVER
 SOUTHERN SECTIONS. LOW MINUS 18. WIND CHILL MINUS 15 THIS EVENING
 AND MINUS 29 OVERNIGHT. RISK OF FROSTBITE.
SUNDAY..A MIX OF SUN AND CLOUD. 40 PERCENT CHANCE OF FLURRIES IN THE
 MORNING. A FEW FLURRIES BEGINNING LATE IN THE AFTERNOON. LOCAL
 BLOWING SNOW EARLY IN THE MORNING. WIND NORTHWEST 30 KM/H GUSTING TO
 50 EXCEPT GUSTING TO 80 OVER SOUTHERN SECTIONS EARLY IN THE MORNING.
 WIND BECOMING LIGHT EARLY IN THE MORNING. HIGH MINUS 11. WIND CHILL
 MINUS 29 IN THE MORNING AND MINUS 18 IN THE AFTERNOON. RISK OF
 FROSTBITE. UV INDEX 1 OR LOW.

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