FPCN18 CWVR 031145
FORECASTS FOR NORTHEASTERN BRITISH COLUMBIA ISSUED BY ENVIRONMENT
CANADA AT 5:00 A.M. MST TUESDAY 3 MARCH 2026 FOR TODAY AND WEDNESDAY.
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..PERIODS OF SNOW. AMOUNT 2 TO 4 CM. WIND NORTH 20 KM/H BECOMING
 EAST 20 GUSTING TO 40 LATE THIS MORNING. TEMPERATURE STEADY NEAR
 MINUS 16. WIND CHILL NEAR MINUS 27.
TONIGHT..PERIODS OF LIGHT SNOW ENDING AFTER MIDNIGHT THEN CLOUDY WITH
 30 PERCENT CHANCE OF FLURRIES. AMOUNT 2 CM. WIND EAST 20 KM/H
 BECOMING LIGHT BEFORE MORNING. TEMPERATURE STEADY NEAR MINUS 17.
 WIND CHILL NEAR MINUS 27.
WEDNESDAY..CLOUDY WITH 30 PERCENT CHANCE OF FLURRIES IN THE MORNING
 THEN A MIX OF SUN AND CLOUD. WIND BECOMING SOUTHEAST 20 KM/H LATE IN
 THE MORNING. HIGH MINUS 6. WIND CHILL MINUS 25 IN THE MORNING AND
 MINUS 16 IN THE AFTERNOON. UV INDEX 1 OR LOW.

B.C. SOUTH PEACE RIVER.
TODAY..PERIODS OF SNOW. AMOUNT 2 TO 4 CM. WIND NORTH 20 KM/H BECOMING
 EAST 20 GUSTING TO 40 LATE THIS MORNING. TEMPERATURE STEADY NEAR
 MINUS 12. WIND CHILL NEAR MINUS 22.
TONIGHT..PERIODS OF LIGHT SNOW ENDING AFTER MIDNIGHT THEN CLOUDY WITH
 30 PERCENT CHANCE OF FLURRIES. AMOUNT 2 CM. WIND UP TO 15 KM/H. LOW
 MINUS 13 WITH TEMPERATURE RISING TO MINUS 12 BY MORNING. WIND CHILL
 NEAR MINUS 19.
WEDNESDAY..CLOUDY WITH 30 PERCENT CHANCE OF FLURRIES EARLY IN THE
 MORNING THEN A MIX OF SUN AND CLOUD. WIND UP TO 15 KM/H. HIGH
 MINUS 2. WIND CHILL MINUS 15 IN THE MORNING AND MINUS 6 IN THE
 AFTERNOON. UV INDEX 1 OR LOW.

FORT NELSON.
TODAY..PERIODS OF SNOW. AMOUNT 2 TO 4 CM. WIND NORTH 20 KM/H GUSTING
 TO 40 BECOMING EAST 20 GUSTING TO 40 LATE THIS MORNING. HIGH
 MINUS 21. WIND CHILL NEAR MINUS 33. RISK OF FROSTBITE.
TONIGHT..PERIODS OF SNOW ENDING OVERNIGHT THEN CLOUDY WITH 40 PERCENT
 CHANCE OF FLURRIES. AMOUNT 2 TO 4 CM EXCEPT 10 CM OVER NORTHERN
 SECTIONS. WIND EAST 20 KM/H GUSTING TO 40 BECOMING LIGHT OVERNIGHT.
 TEMPERATURE STEADY NEAR MINUS 23. WIND CHILL MINUS 34 THIS EVENING
 AND MINUS 28 OVERNIGHT. RISK OF FROSTBITE.
WEDNESDAY..CLOUDY WITH 40 PERCENT CHANCE OF FLURRIES. WIND BECOMING
 EAST 20 KM/H EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON. HIGH MINUS 13. WIND CHILL
 MINUS 28 IN THE MORNING AND MINUS 22 IN THE AFTERNOON. RISK OF
 FROSTBITE.

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