FPCN14 CWVR 181045
FORECASTS FOR THE COLUMBIA DISTRICTS OF BRITISH COLUMBIA ISSUED BY
ENVIRONMENT CANADA AT 5:00 A.M. MDT FRIDAY 18 OCTOBER 2024 FOR TODAY
AND SATURDAY.
THE NEXT SCHEDULED FORECAST WILL BE ISSUED AT 11:00 A.M. MDT.

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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.
TODAY..BECOMING CLOUDY THIS MORNING. RAIN BEGINNING EARLY THIS
 AFTERNOON. SNOW LEVEL RISING TO 1100 METRES THIS AFTERNOON. FOG
 PATCHES DISSIPATING THIS MORNING. WIND BECOMING SOUTHEAST 20 KM/H
 THIS AFTERNOON. HIGH 6. UV INDEX 1 OR LOW.
TONIGHT..RAIN AT TIMES HEAVY. AMOUNT 15 TO 25 MM EXCEPT 30 MM OVER
 WESTERN SECTIONS. SNOW LEVEL 1100 METRES RISING TO 1800 METRES AFTER
 MIDNIGHT. WIND SOUTHEAST 20 KM/H BECOMING LIGHT OVERNIGHT.
 TEMPERATURE STEADY NEAR PLUS 5.
SATURDAY..RAIN. AMOUNT 15 TO 25 MM EXCEPT 40 MM OVER WESTERN
 SECTIONS. HIGH 9. UV INDEX 1 OR LOW.

EAST COLUMBIA.
TODAY..INCREASING CLOUDINESS. 30 PERCENT CHANCE OF SHOWERS LATE THIS
 AFTERNOON. SNOW LEVEL 1100 METRES. FOG PATCHES DISSIPATING THIS
 MORNING. HIGH 6. UV INDEX 1 OR LOW.
TONIGHT..CLOUDY WITH 30 PERCENT CHANCE OF SHOWERS. SNOW LEVEL 1100
 METRES RISING TO 1800 METRES AFTER MIDNIGHT. TEMPERATURE STEADY NEAR
 PLUS 5.
SATURDAY..CLOUDY WITH 60 PERCENT CHANCE OF SHOWERS. WIND SOUTHEAST
 20 KM/H BECOMING LIGHT NEAR NOON. HIGH 10. UV INDEX 1 OR LOW.

NORTH COLUMBIA
KINBASKET.
TODAY..BECOMING CLOUDY THIS MORNING WITH 40 PERCENT CHANCE OF SHOWERS
 LATER THIS MORNING. RAIN BEGINNING NEAR NOON. AMOUNT 5 TO 10 MM. FOG
 PATCHES DISSIPATING THIS MORNING. WIND BECOMING SOUTHWEST 20 KM/H
 GUSTING TO 40 NEAR NOON. HIGH PLUS 3. UV INDEX 1 OR LOW.
TONIGHT..RAIN. AMOUNT 15 TO 25 MM. WIND SOUTHWEST 20 KM/H GUSTING TO
 40 BECOMING LIGHT THIS EVENING. TEMPERATURE STEADY NEAR PLUS 4.
SATURDAY..RAIN. AMOUNT 5 TO 10 MM. HIGH 8.

YOHO PARK - KOOTENAY PARK.
TODAY..MAINLY SUNNY. INCREASING CLOUDINESS NEAR NOON THEN 40 PERCENT
 CHANCE OF WET SNOW LATE THIS AFTERNOON. WIND WEST 20 KM/H BECOMING
 SOUTHWEST 40 GUSTING TO 60 NEAR NOON. HIGH PLUS 2. WIND CHILL
 MINUS 10 THIS MORNING. UV INDEX 2 OR LOW.
TONIGHT..CLOUDY WITH 40 PERCENT CHANCE OF WET SNOW THIS EVENING AND
 AFTER MIDNIGHT. RAIN SHOWERS BEGINNING OVERNIGHT. SNOW LEVEL RISING
 TO 1800 METRES OVERNIGHT. WIND SOUTHWEST 40 KM/H GUSTING TO 60.
 LOW ZERO WITH TEMPERATURE RISING TO PLUS 5 BY MORNING.
SATURDAY..SHOWERS. WIND SOUTHWEST 40 KM/H GUSTING TO 60. HIGH 8. UV
 INDEX 1 OR LOW.

NORTH THOMPSON.
TODAY..BECOMING CLOUDY THIS MORNING. RAIN BEGINNING NEAR NOON. AMOUNT
 5 TO 10 MM. SNOW LEVEL RISING TO 1300 METRES THIS AFTERNOON. WIND
 BECOMING SOUTHEAST 20 KM/H GUSTING TO 40 THIS AFTERNOON. HIGH
 PLUS 5. UV INDEX 1 OR LOW.
TONIGHT..CLOUDY WITH 70 PERCENT CHANCE OF RAIN. WIND SOUTHEAST
 20 KM/H. TEMPERATURE STEADY NEAR PLUS 4.
SATURDAY..CLOUDY WITH 60 PERCENT CHANCE OF RAIN. WIND SOUTHEAST
 20 KM/H. HIGH 11. UV INDEX 1 OR LOW.

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