FPCN15 CWVR 081046 FORECASTS FOR THE KOOTENAY DISTRICTS OF BRITISH COLUMBIA ISSUED BY ENVIRONMENT CANADA AT 5:00 A.M. MDT SUNDAY 8 MARCH 2026 FOR TODAY AND MONDAY. THE NEXT SCHEDULED FORECAST WILL BE ISSUED AT 11:00 A.M. MDT. --------------------------------------------------------------------- MAJOR REFERENCE ELEVATIONS: CASTLEGAR: 430 METRES. CRANBROOK: 920 METRES. BLUEBERRY-PAULSON: 1570 METRES. KOOTENAY PASS: 1774 METRES. CROWSNEST PASS: 1300 METRES. --------------------------------------------------------------------- BOUNDARY. TODAY..PARTLY CLOUDY. BECOMING SUNNY THIS MORNING. FOG PATCHES DISSIPATING THIS MORNING. WIND BECOMING SOUTHWEST 50 KM/H GUSTING TO 80 NEAR NOON. HIGH 13. UV INDEX 3 OR MODERATE. TONIGHT..CLEAR. WIND SOUTHWEST 50 KM/H GUSTING TO 80 BECOMING LIGHT THIS EVENING. LOW MINUS 2. WIND CHILL MINUS 7 OVERNIGHT. MONDAY..MAINLY SUNNY. INCREASING CLOUDINESS IN THE AFTERNOON THEN 60 PERCENT CHANCE OF WET FLURRIES LATE IN THE AFTERNOON. WIND BECOMING WEST 20 KM/H GUSTING TO 40 NEAR NOON. HIGH 6. WIND CHILL MINUS 7 IN THE MORNING. UV INDEX 2 OR LOW. ARROW LAKES - SLOCAN LAKE. TODAY..A FEW SHOWERS ENDING THIS MORNING THEN CLOUDY. A FEW SHOWERS OVER NORTHERN SECTIONS LATE THIS MORNING AND THIS AFTERNOON. WIND SOUTHWEST 30 KM/H GUSTING TO 50. TEMPERATURE STEADY NEAR 8. UV INDEX 1 OR LOW. TONIGHT..MAINLY CLOUDY. A FEW FLURRIES BEGINNING OVERNIGHT. A FEW SHOWERS OVER NORTHERN SECTIONS. WIND SOUTHWEST 30 KM/H GUSTING TO 50 BECOMING LIGHT THIS EVENING. LOW PLUS 1. MONDAY..A FEW FLURRIES ENDING IN THE MORNING THEN A MIX OF SUN AND CLOUD WITH 40 PERCENT CHANCE OF FLURRIES. WIND BECOMING SOUTH 20 KM/H NEAR NOON. HIGH PLUS 4. UV INDEX 2 OR LOW. WEST KOOTENAY. TODAY..MAINLY CLOUDY WITH 40 PERCENT CHANCE OF SHOWERS THIS MORNING. CLEARING THIS AFTERNOON. SNOW LEVEL 1500 METRES. WIND SOUTHWEST 30 KM/H GUSTING TO 50 INCREASING TO 50 GUSTING TO 80 NEAR NOON. HIGH 13. UV INDEX 3 OR MODERATE. TONIGHT..A FEW CLOUDS. INCREASING CLOUDINESS OVERNIGHT THEN 30 PERCENT CHANCE OF FLURRIES BEFORE MORNING. WIND SOUTHWEST 50 KM/H GUSTING TO 80 BECOMING LIGHT THIS EVENING. LOW MINUS 1. MONDAY..MAINLY CLOUDY WITH 30 PERCENT CHANCE OF FLURRIES. WIND BECOMING SOUTHWEST 20 KM/H GUSTING TO 40 NEAR NOON. HIGH PLUS 5. WIND CHILL MINUS 6 IN THE MORNING. UV INDEX 2 OR LOW. KOOTENAY LAKE. TODAY..A FEW SHOWERS ENDING NEAR NOON THEN MAINLY CLOUDY. 60 PERCENT CHANCE OF SHOWERS OVER NORTHERN SECTIONS THIS AFTERNOON. SNOW LEVEL 1500 METRES. WIND SOUTHWEST 20 KM/H GUSTING TO 60. HIGH 12. UV INDEX 2 OR LOW. TONIGHT..PARTLY CLOUDY. BECOMING CLOUDY AFTER MIDNIGHT. WIND SOUTHWEST 20 KM/H GUSTING TO 60 BECOMING LIGHT THIS EVENING. LOW ZERO. MONDAY..MAINLY CLOUDY WITH 60 PERCENT CHANCE OF FLURRIES. A FEW FLURRIES OVER NORTHERN SECTIONS EARLY IN THE MORNING. WIND BECOMING SOUTHWEST 30 KM/H GUSTING TO 50 NEAR NOON. HIGH PLUS 4. UV INDEX 2 OR LOW. EAST KOOTENAY - NORTH INCLUDING INVERMERE. TODAY..MAINLY CLOUDY WITH 40 PERCENT CHANCE OF SHOWERS THIS MORNING. A FEW SHOWERS BEGINNING NEAR NOON. WIND SOUTHWEST 30 KM/H GUSTING TO 50 INCREASING TO 50 GUSTING TO 80 NEAR NOON. HIGH 10. UV INDEX 2 OR LOW. TONIGHT..A FEW RAIN SHOWERS ENDING THIS EVENING THEN MAINLY CLOUDY WITH 30 PERCENT CHANCE OF FLURRIES. WIND SOUTHWEST 50 KM/H GUSTING TO 80 DIMINISHING TO 20 GUSTING TO 40 THIS EVENING THEN BECOMING LIGHT NEAR MIDNIGHT. LOW MINUS 4. WIND CHILL MINUS 9 OVERNIGHT. MONDAY..A MIX OF SUN AND CLOUD WITH 60 PERCENT CHANCE OF FLURRIES. WIND BECOMING SOUTHWEST 30 KM/H GUSTING TO 50 NEAR NOON. HIGH PLUS 3. WIND CHILL MINUS 9 IN THE MORNING. UV INDEX 2 OR LOW. EAST KOOTENAY - SOUTH INCLUDING CRANBROOK. TODAY..MAINLY CLOUDY WITH 60 PERCENT CHANCE OF SHOWERS. WIND SOUTHWEST 30 KM/H GUSTING TO 50 INCREASING TO 50 GUSTING TO 80 NEAR NOON. TEMPERATURE STEADY NEAR 9. UV INDEX 2 OR LOW. TONIGHT..PARTLY CLOUDY. WIND SOUTHWEST 50 KM/H GUSTING TO 80 DIMINISHING TO 20 GUSTING TO 40 THIS EVENING THEN BECOMING LIGHT NEAR MIDNIGHT. LOW MINUS 3. WIND CHILL MINUS 8 OVERNIGHT. MONDAY..A MIX OF SUN AND CLOUD. 60 PERCENT CHANCE OF FLURRIES IN THE AFTERNOON. WIND BECOMING SOUTHWEST 30 KM/H GUSTING TO 50 NEAR NOON. HIGH PLUS 3. WIND CHILL MINUS 8 IN THE MORNING. UV INDEX 2 OR LOW. ELK VALLEY. TODAY..RAIN. AMOUNT 20 MM OVER SOUTHWESTERN SECTIONS. FOG PATCHES DISSIPATING THIS MORNING. WIND SOUTHWEST 30 KM/H GUSTING TO 60 INCREASING TO 50 GUSTING TO 80 THIS MORNING. HIGH 7. UV INDEX 1 OR LOW. TONIGHT..PARTLY CLOUDY. 60 PERCENT CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS OR FLURRIES CHANGING TO 60 PERCENT CHANCE OF FLURRIES THIS EVENING. WIND SOUTHWEST 50 KM/H GUSTING TO 80 DIMINISHING TO 20 GUSTING TO 40 THIS EVENING. LOW MINUS 3 EXCEPT ZERO NEAR FERNIE. WIND CHILL MINUS 9 OVERNIGHT. MONDAY..FLURRIES. WIND SOUTHWEST 30 KM/H GUSTING TO 50. TEMPERATURE STEADY NEAR MINUS 1. WIND CHILL MINUS 9 IN THE MORNING. UV INDEX 1 OR LOW. END