FPCN18 CWVR 011145
FORECASTS FOR NORTHEASTERN BRITISH COLUMBIA ISSUED BY ENVIRONMENT
CANADA AT 5:00 A.M. MST SUNDAY 1 MARCH 2026 FOR TODAY AND MONDAY.
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..A MIX OF SUN AND CLOUD. BECOMING CLOUDY NEAR NOON THEN SNOW.
 AMOUNT 2 TO 4 CM. LOCAL BLOWING SNOW THIS AFTERNOON. WIND SOUTHWEST
 30 KM/H GUSTING TO 50 EXCEPT GUSTING TO 70 NEAR THE ROCKIES THIS
 MORNING. WIND BECOMING NORTH 30 GUSTING TO 50 THIS MORNING.
 TEMPERATURE FALLING TO MINUS 19 THIS AFTERNOON. WIND CHILL MINUS 16
 THIS MORNING AND MINUS 31 THIS AFTERNOON. RISK OF FROSTBITE. UV
 INDEX 1 OR LOW.
TONIGHT..SNOW. AMOUNT 5 CM. WIND NORTH 20 KM/H GUSTING TO 40 BECOMING
 LIGHT THIS EVENING. TEMPERATURE STEADY NEAR MINUS 19. WIND CHILL
 NEAR MINUS 29. RISK OF FROSTBITE.
MONDAY..SNOW ENDING LATE IN THE MORNING THEN CLOUDY WITH 60 PERCENT
 CHANCE OF LIGHT SNOW. AMOUNT 2 TO 4 CM. WIND EAST 20 KM/H BECOMING
 LIGHT IN THE MORNING. HIGH MINUS 12. WIND CHILL MINUS 28 IN THE
 MORNING AND MINUS 18 IN THE AFTERNOON. RISK OF FROSTBITE. UV INDEX 1
 OR LOW.

B.C. SOUTH PEACE RIVER.
TODAY..A MIX OF SUN AND CLOUD. BECOMING CLOUDY THIS AFTERNOON THEN
 PERIODS OF SNOW AND LOCAL BLOWING SNOW. LOCAL AMOUNT 2 CM. WIND
 SOUTHWEST 30 KM/H GUSTING TO 50 INCREASING TO 50 GUSTING TO 70 EARLY
 THIS MORNING THEN BECOMING NORTH 30 GUSTING TO 50 EARLY THIS
 AFTERNOON. HIGH ZERO WITH TEMPERATURE FALLING TO MINUS 15 THIS
 AFTERNOON. WIND CHILL MINUS 26 THIS AFTERNOON. UV INDEX 1 OR LOW.
TONIGHT..SNOW. AMOUNT 5 TO 10 CM. WIND NORTHEAST 20 KM/H GUSTING TO
 40 BECOMING LIGHT NEAR MIDNIGHT. TEMPERATURE STEADY NEAR MINUS 16.
 WIND CHILL NEAR MINUS 25.
MONDAY..PERIODS OF SNOW ENDING IN THE MORNING THEN MAINLY CLOUDY WITH
 30 PERCENT CHANCE OF LIGHT SNOW. LOCAL AMOUNT 2 CM. WIND LIGHT
 EXCEPT SOUTHWEST 30 KM/H NEAR TUMBLER RIDGE IN THE AFTERNOON.
 TEMPERATURE STEADY NEAR MINUS 13 EXCEPT HIGH ZERO NEAR TUMBLER
 RIDGE. WIND CHILL MINUS 24 IN THE MORNING AND MINUS 19 IN THE
 AFTERNOON. UV INDEX 1 OR LOW.

FORT NELSON.
TODAY..SNOW ENDING NEAR NOON THEN A MIX OF SUN AND CLOUD. PERIODS OF
 SNOW OVER SOUTHERN SECTIONS THIS AFTERNOON. AMOUNT 2 CM. LOCAL
 AMOUNT 5 CM OVER SOUTHERN SECTIONS. WIND NORTHWEST 20 KM/H GUSTING
 TO 40 BECOMING LIGHT THIS AFTERNOON. TEMPERATURE STEADY NEAR
 MINUS 19. WIND CHILL MINUS 29 THIS MORNING AND MINUS 24 THIS
 AFTERNOON. RISK OF FROSTBITE.
TONIGHT..A FEW CLOUDS EXCEPT MAINLY CLOUDY OVER SOUTHERN SECTIONS
 WITH PERIODS OF SNOW. LOCAL AMOUNT 2 CM OVER SOUTHERN SECTIONS. WIND
 UP TO 15 KM/H. LOW MINUS 29. WIND CHILL MINUS 24 THIS EVENING AND
 MINUS 34 OVERNIGHT. RISK OF FROSTBITE.
MONDAY..INCREASING CLOUDINESS EARLY IN THE MORNING. 40 PERCENT CHANCE
 OF LIGHT SNOW LATE IN THE MORNING AND IN THE AFTERNOON. WIND UP TO
 15 KM/H. HIGH MINUS 16. WIND CHILL MINUS 34 IN THE MORNING AND
 MINUS 20 IN THE AFTERNOON. RISK OF FROSTBITE. UV INDEX 1 OR LOW.

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