FPCN15 CWVR 062145 FORECASTS FOR THE KOOTENAY DISTRICTS OF BRITISH COLUMBIA ISSUED BY ENVIRONMENT CANADA AT 4:00 P.M. MDT WEDNESDAY 6 MAY 2026 FOR TONIGHT THURSDAY AND THURSDAY NIGHT. THE NEXT SCHEDULED FORECAST WILL BE ISSUED AT 5:00 A.M. MDT THURSDAY. --------------------------------------------------------------------- MAJOR REFERENCE ELEVATIONS: CASTLEGAR: 430 METRES. CRANBROOK: 920 METRES. BLUEBERRY-PAULSON: 1570 METRES. KOOTENAY PASS: 1774 METRES. CROWSNEST PASS: 1300 METRES. --------------------------------------------------------------------- BOUNDARY. TONIGHT..CLOUDY WITH 30 PERCENT CHANCE OF SHOWERS EARLY THIS EVENING. CLEARING LATE THIS EVENING. WIND WEST 30 KM/H GUSTING TO 50 BECOMING LIGHT THIS EVENING. LOW 10. THURSDAY..SUNNY. WIND BECOMING WEST 20 KM/H GUSTING TO 40 NEAR NOON. HIGH 26. UV INDEX 6 OR HIGH. THURSDAY NIGHT..CLEAR. BECOMING PARTLY CLOUDY IN THE EVENING. WIND WEST 20 KM/H GUSTING TO 40 BECOMING LIGHT IN THE EVENING. LOW 10. ARROW LAKES - SLOCAN LAKE. TONIGHT..MAINLY CLOUDY. A FEW SHOWERS BEGINNING EARLY THIS EVENING AND ENDING NEAR MIDNIGHT THEN 30 PERCENT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AFTER MIDNIGHT. RISK OF A THUNDERSTORM EARLY THIS EVENING. LOCAL AMOUNT 5 TO 10 MM. LOW 7. THURSDAY..CLEARING IN THE MORNING. HIGH 22. UV INDEX 6 OR HIGH. THURSDAY NIGHT..A FEW CLOUDS. LOW PLUS 5. WEST KOOTENAY. TONIGHT..MAINLY CLOUDY WITH 60 PERCENT CHANCE OF SHOWERS THIS EVENING AND RISK OF A THUNDERSTORM. CLEARING OVERNIGHT. WIND SOUTHWEST 20 KM/H GUSTING TO 40 BECOMING NORTHEAST 20 EARLY THIS EVENING THEN LIGHT LATE THIS EVENING. LOW 9. THURSDAY..SUNNY. WIND BECOMING NORTHWEST 20 KM/H IN THE AFTERNOON THEN BECOMING SOUTHWEST 20 GUSTING TO 40. HIGH 26. UV INDEX 6 OR HIGH. THURSDAY NIGHT..CLEAR. BECOMING PARTLY CLOUDY NEAR MIDNIGHT. WIND SOUTHWEST 20 KM/H GUSTING TO 40 BECOMING LIGHT IN THE EVENING. LOW 8. KOOTENAY LAKE. TONIGHT..MAINLY CLOUDY. 60 PERCENT CHANCE OF SHOWERS THIS EVENING. 40 PERCENT CHANCE OF SHOWERS OVER NORTHERN SECTIONS OVERNIGHT. RISK OF A THUNDERSTORM EARLY THIS EVENING. WIND SOUTHWEST 20 KM/H BECOMING LIGHT EARLY THIS EVENING. LOW 10. THURSDAY..SUNNY. BECOMING A MIX OF SUN AND CLOUD LATE IN THE AFTERNOON. HIGH 23. UV INDEX 6 OR HIGH. THURSDAY NIGHT..PARTLY CLOUDY. LOW 10. EAST KOOTENAY - NORTH INCLUDING INVERMERE. TONIGHT..MAINLY CLOUDY WITH 30 PERCENT CHANCE OF SHOWERS THIS EVENING. CLEARING LATE THIS EVENING. WIND NORTH 20 KM/H BECOMING LIGHT THIS EVENING. LOW PLUS 2 WITH RISK OF FROST. THURSDAY..SUNNY IN THE MORNING AND EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON THEN A MIX OF SUN AND CLOUD WITH 30 PERCENT CHANCE OF SHOWERS LATE IN THE AFTERNOON. WIND BECOMING NORTH 20 KM/H GUSTING TO 40 IN THE AFTERNOON. HIGH 21. UV INDEX 5 OR MODERATE. THURSDAY NIGHT..PARTLY CLOUDY. 30 PERCENT CHANCE OF SHOWERS EARLY IN THE EVENING. WIND NORTH 20 KM/H GUSTING TO 40 BECOMING LIGHT IN THE EVENING. LOW PLUS 2 WITH RISK OF FROST. EAST KOOTENAY - SOUTH INCLUDING CRANBROOK. TONIGHT..MAINLY CLOUDY. A FEW SHOWERS BEGINNING EARLY THIS EVENING AND ENDING NEAR MIDNIGHT THEN 30 PERCENT CHANCE OF SHOWERS OVERNIGHT. RISK OF THUNDERSTORMS OVER SOUTHWESTERN SECTIONS THIS EVENING. LOCAL AMOUNT 10 TO 15 MM. LOW 7. THURSDAY..SUNNY IN THE MORNING AND EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON THEN A MIX OF SUN AND CLOUD WITH 30 PERCENT CHANCE OF SHOWERS LATE IN THE AFTERNOON. RISK OF THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE RIDGES LATE IN THE AFTERNOON. WIND BECOMING NORTHEAST 20 KM/H IN THE AFTERNOON. HIGH 21. UV INDEX 6 OR HIGH. THURSDAY NIGHT..PARTLY CLOUDY. 30 PERCENT CHANCE OF SHOWERS EARLY IN THE EVENING. RISK OF THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE RIDGES EARLY IN THE EVENING. WIND SOUTHWEST 20 KM/H GUSTING TO 40 BECOMING LIGHT IN THE EVENING. LOW 8. ELK VALLEY. TONIGHT..MAINLY CLOUDY WITH 40 PERCENT CHANCE OF SHOWERS. WIND SOUTH 20 KM/H GUSTING TO 40 BECOMING LIGHT THIS EVENING. LOW PLUS 5. THURSDAY..A MIX OF SUN AND CLOUD WITH 30 PERCENT CHANCE OF SHOWERS. RISK OF A THUNDERSTORM LATE IN THE AFTERNOON. WIND BECOMING SOUTH 20 KM/H IN THE AFTERNOON. HIGH 19. UV INDEX 5 OR MODERATE. THURSDAY NIGHT..PARTLY CLOUDY. 30 PERCENT CHANCE OF SHOWERS EARLY IN THE EVENING WITH RISK OF A THUNDERSTORM. WIND SOUTH 20 KM/H BECOMING LIGHT IN THE EVENING. LOW PLUS 2. END