FPCN15 CWVR 041050
FORECASTS FOR THE KOOTENAY DISTRICTS OF BRITISH COLUMBIA ISSUED BY
ENVIRONMENT CANADA AT 5:00 A.M. MDT SUNDAY 4 AUGUST 2024 FOR TODAY
AND MONDAY.
THE NEXT SCHEDULED FORECAST WILL BE ISSUED AT 11:00 A.M. MDT.

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MAJOR REFERENCE ELEVATIONS:
    CASTLEGAR:                  430 METRES.
    CRANBROOK:                  920 METRES.
    BLUEBERRY-PAULSON:         1570 METRES.
    KOOTENAY PASS:             1774 METRES.
    CROWSNEST PASS:            1300 METRES.
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BOUNDARY.
TODAY..A MIX OF SUN AND CLOUD. 30 PERCENT CHANCE OF SHOWERS EARLY
 THIS MORNING AND LATE THIS AFTERNOON. RISK OF A THUNDERSTORM. LOCAL
 SMOKE. WIND BECOMING SOUTH 20 KM/H EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. HIGH 34. UV
 INDEX 8 OR VERY HIGH.
TONIGHT..PARTLY CLOUDY. 30 PERCENT CHANCE OF SHOWERS EARLY THIS
 EVENING WITH RISK OF A THUNDERSTORM. CLEARING LATE THIS EVENING.
 LOCAL SMOKE. WIND SOUTH 20 KM/H BECOMING LIGHT THIS EVENING. LOW 17.
MONDAY..SUNNY. A MIX OF SUN AND CLOUD LATE IN THE AFTERNOON WITH
 40 PERCENT CHANCE OF SHOWERS. LOCAL SMOKE. HIGH 35. UV INDEX 7 OR
 HIGH.

ARROW LAKES - SLOCAN LAKE.
TODAY..A MIX OF SUN AND CLOUD WITH 40 PERCENT CHANCE OF SHOWERS. RISK
 OF A THUNDERSTORM. LOCAL SMOKE. HIGH 29. HUMIDEX 34. UV INDEX 8 OR
 VERY HIGH.
TONIGHT..PARTLY CLOUDY. 40 PERCENT CHANCE OF SHOWERS THIS EVENING
 WITH RISK OF THUNDERSTORMS. LOCAL SMOKE. LOW 15.
MONDAY..SUNNY IN THE MORNING AND EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON THEN A MIX OF
 SUN AND CLOUD WITH 60 PERCENT CHANCE OF SHOWERS LATE IN THE
 AFTERNOON. RISK OF THUNDERSTORMS LATE IN THE AFTERNOON. LOCAL SMOKE.
 HIGH 28. HUMIDEX 31. UV INDEX 7 OR HIGH.

WEST KOOTENAY.
TODAY..A MIX OF SUN AND CLOUD. 30 PERCENT CHANCE OF SHOWERS LATE THIS
 AFTERNOON WITH RISK OF A THUNDERSTORM. LOCAL SMOKE. WIND BECOMING
 SOUTHWEST 20 KM/H GUSTING TO 40 EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. HIGH 35. UV
 INDEX 8 OR VERY HIGH.
TONIGHT..PARTLY CLOUDY. 30 PERCENT CHANCE OF SHOWERS EARLY THIS
 EVENING WITH RISK OF A THUNDERSTORM. LOCAL SMOKE. WIND SOUTHWEST
 20 KM/H GUSTING TO 40 BECOMING LIGHT THIS EVENING. LOW 15.
MONDAY..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. LOCAL SMOKE. WIND BECOMING SOUTHWEST 20 KM/H GUSTING TO
 40 NEAR NOON. HIGH 33. UV INDEX 7 OR HIGH.

KOOTENAY LAKE.
TODAY..MAINLY CLOUDY WITH 30 PERCENT CHANCE OF SHOWERS. RISK OF A
 THUNDERSTORM. LOCAL SMOKE. HIGH 31. UV INDEX 7 OR HIGH.
TONIGHT..MAINLY CLOUDY WITH 30 PERCENT CHANCE OF SHOWERS THIS EVENING
 AND RISK OF THUNDERSTORMS. CLEARING NEAR MIDNIGHT. LOCAL SMOKE.
 LOW 17.
MONDAY..A MIX OF SUN AND CLOUD. 40 PERCENT CHANCE OF SHOWERS LATE IN
 THE AFTERNOON. LOCAL SMOKE. HIGH 34. UV INDEX 8 OR VERY HIGH.

EAST KOOTENAY - NORTH INCLUDING INVERMERE.
TODAY..MAINLY CLOUDY. 60 PERCENT CHANCE OF SHOWERS LATE THIS MORNING
 AND THIS AFTERNOON. RISK OF THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON. LOCAL
 SMOKE. HIGH 28. HUMIDEX 30. UV INDEX 6 OR HIGH.
TONIGHT..PARTLY CLOUDY. 30 PERCENT CHANCE OF SHOWERS EARLY THIS
 EVENING WITH RISK OF THUNDERSTORMS. LOCAL SMOKE. LOW 16.
MONDAY..MAINLY SUNNY. INCREASING CLOUDINESS IN THE AFTERNOON THEN
 40 PERCENT CHANCE OF SHOWERS LATE IN THE AFTERNOON. RISK OF A
 THUNDERSTORM LATE IN THE AFTERNOON. LOCAL SMOKE. HIGH 29. UV INDEX 7
 OR HIGH.

EAST KOOTENAY - SOUTH INCLUDING CRANBROOK.
TODAY..CLOUDY WITH 30 PERCENT CHANCE OF SHOWERS. RISK OF A
 THUNDERSTORM. LOCAL SMOKE. HIGH 27. HUMIDEX 30. UV INDEX 6 OR HIGH.
TONIGHT..CLOUDY WITH 30 PERCENT CHANCE OF SHOWERS THIS EVENING AND
 RISK OF THUNDERSTORMS. CLEARING OVERNIGHT. LOCAL SMOKE. LOW 16.
MONDAY..A MIX OF SUN AND CLOUD. 40 PERCENT CHANCE OF SHOWERS LATE IN
 THE AFTERNOON. LOCAL SMOKE. HIGH 32. UV INDEX 7 OR HIGH.

ELK VALLEY.
TODAY..MAINLY CLOUDY. 30 PERCENT CHANCE OF SHOWERS EARLY THIS
 MORNING. 60 PERCENT CHANCE OF SHOWERS LATE THIS AFTERNOON. RISK OF A
 THUNDERSTORM. LOCAL SMOKE. HIGH 23. UV INDEX 7 OR HIGH.
TONIGHT..CLOUDY WITH 60 PERCENT CHANCE OF SHOWERS THIS EVENING AND
 RISK OF A THUNDERSTORM. CLEARING OVERNIGHT. LOCAL SMOKE. LOW 12.
MONDAY..SUNNY IN THE MORNING AND EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON THEN A MIX OF
 SUN AND CLOUD WITH 40 PERCENT CHANCE OF SHOWERS LATE IN THE
 AFTERNOON. LOCAL SMOKE. WIND BECOMING SOUTH 20 KM/H IN THE
 AFTERNOON. HIGH 28. UV INDEX 7 OR HIGH.

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