FPCN14 CWVR 202145
FORECASTS FOR THE COLUMBIA DISTRICTS OF BRITISH COLUMBIA ISSUED BY
ENVIRONMENT CANADA AT 4:00 P.M. MDT FRIDAY 20 MARCH 2026 FOR TONIGHT
SATURDAY AND SATURDAY NIGHT.
THE NEXT SCHEDULED FORECAST WILL BE ISSUED AT 5:00 A.M. MDT SATURDAY.

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MAJOR REFERENCE ELEVATIONS:
    REVELSTOKE:                 450 METRES.
    GOLDEN:                     790 METRES.
    ROGERS PASS:               1370 METRES.
    KICKING HORSE PASS:        1650 METRES.
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WEST COLUMBIA.
TONIGHT..RAIN ENDING EARLY THIS EVENING THEN MAINLY CLOUDY WITH
 30 PERCENT CHANCE OF RAIN THIS EVENING. SHOWERS BEGINNING NEAR
 MIDNIGHT. SNOW LEVEL 1800 METRES LOWERING TO NEAR VALLEY BOTTOM
 AFTER MIDNIGHT. WIND SOUTHEAST 20 KM/H GUSTING TO 40 BECOMING WEST
 30 GUSTING TO 50 THIS EVENING THEN LIGHT AFTER MIDNIGHT. LOW PLUS 2.
SATURDAY..SHOWERS ENDING IN THE MORNING THEN A MIX OF SUN AND CLOUD
 WITH 30 PERCENT CHANCE OF SHOWERS. SNOW LEVEL NEAR VALLEY BOTTOM.
 HIGH 8. UV INDEX 3 OR MODERATE.
SATURDAY NIGHT..MAINLY CLOUDY. 60 PERCENT CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS IN
 THE EVENING THEN 60 PERCENT CHANCE OF WET FLURRIES LATE IN THE
 EVENING AND AFTER MIDNIGHT. SNOW LEVEL 800 METRES LOWERING TO VALLEY
 BOTTOM NEAR MIDNIGHT. LOW PLUS 1.

EAST COLUMBIA.
TONIGHT..RAIN SHOWERS ENDING EARLY THIS EVENING THEN CLOUDY WITH
 30 PERCENT CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS THIS EVENING. WET FLURRIES
 BEGINNING BEFORE MORNING. SNOW LEVEL 1800 METRES LOWERING TO VALLEY
 BOTTOM BEFORE MORNING. LOW ZERO.
SATURDAY..WET FLURRIES ENDING NEAR NOON THEN MAINLY CLOUDY. 30
 PERCENT CHANCE OF SHOWERS OVER SOUTHERN SECTIONS IN THE AFTERNOON.
 LOCAL AMOUNT 2 CM. WIND BECOMING NORTHWEST 20 KM/H GUSTING TO 40
 NEAR NOON. HIGH 7. UV INDEX 3 OR MODERATE.
SATURDAY NIGHT..MAINLY CLOUDY. 60 PERCENT CHANCE OF FLURRIES LATE IN
 THE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT. LOW MINUS 1.

NORTH COLUMBIA
KINBASKET.
TONIGHT..RAIN SHOWERS CHANGING TO FLURRIES LATE THIS EVENING AND
 ENDING BEFORE MORNING THEN CLOUDY. RISK OF A THUNDERSTORM EARLY THIS
 EVENING. SNOWFALL AMOUNT 2 CM. FOG PATCHES DEVELOPING OVERNIGHT.
 WIND SOUTH 30 KM/H GUSTING TO 50 BECOMING LIGHT THIS EVENING. LOW
 MINUS 2. WIND CHILL MINUS 7 OVERNIGHT.
SATURDAY..A MIX OF SUN AND CLOUD. 30 PERCENT CHANCE OF FLURRIES LATE
 IN THE AFTERNOON. FOG PATCHES DISSIPATING IN THE MORNING. WIND
 BECOMING NORTHWEST 20 KM/H NEAR NOON. HIGH 8. WIND CHILL MINUS 7 IN
 THE MORNING. UV INDEX 3 OR MODERATE.
SATURDAY NIGHT..PARTLY CLOUDY. BECOMING CLOUDY NEAR MIDNIGHT WITH
 30 PERCENT CHANCE OF FLURRIES OVERNIGHT. WIND NORTHWEST 20 KM/H
 BECOMING LIGHT IN THE EVENING. LOW MINUS 3. WIND CHILL MINUS 9
 OVERNIGHT.

YOHO PARK - KOOTENAY PARK.
TONIGHT..RAIN SHOWERS ENDING THIS EVENING THEN CLOUDY. FLURRIES
 BEGINNING BEFORE MORNING. SNOW LEVEL 2000 METRES LOWERING TO VALLEY
 BOTTOM BEFORE MORNING. WIND WEST 30 KM/H GUSTING TO 50 BECOMING
 LIGHT THIS EVENING. LOW MINUS 2. WIND CHILL MINUS 7 OVERNIGHT.
SATURDAY..FLURRIES ENDING IN THE AFTERNOON THEN MAINLY CLOUDY WITH
 30 PERCENT CHANCE OF FLURRIES. AMOUNT 2 TO 4 CM. WIND BECOMING WEST
 30 KM/H GUSTING TO 50 NEAR NOON. TEMPERATURE STEADY NEAR MINUS 2.
 WIND CHILL MINUS 9 IN THE MORNING. UV INDEX 3 OR MODERATE.
SATURDAY NIGHT..MAINLY CLOUDY WITH 60 PERCENT CHANCE OF FLURRIES.
 WIND WEST 30 KM/H GUSTING TO 50 BECOMING LIGHT IN THE EVENING. LOW
 MINUS 9. WIND CHILL MINUS 12 OVERNIGHT.

NORTH THOMPSON.
TONIGHT..MAINLY CLOUDY. 30 PERCENT CHANCE OF SHOWERS EARLY THIS
 EVENING. SHOWERS BEGINNING EARLY THIS EVENING AND ENDING AFTER
 MIDNIGHT. RISK OF A THUNDERSTORM EARLY THIS EVENING. SNOW LEVEL
 LOWERING TO 800 METRES NEAR MIDNIGHT. WIND SOUTHWEST 30 KM/H GUSTING
 TO 60 BECOMING LIGHT THIS EVENING. LOW MINUS 1.
SATURDAY..A MIX OF SUN AND CLOUD. HIGH 9. UV INDEX 3 OR MODERATE.
SATURDAY NIGHT..PARTLY CLOUDY. LOW MINUS 1.

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