FPCN15 CWVR 181045
FORECASTS FOR THE KOOTENAY 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:
    CASTLEGAR:                  430 METRES.
    CRANBROOK:                  920 METRES.
    BLUEBERRY-PAULSON:         1570 METRES.
    KOOTENAY PASS:             1774 METRES.
    CROWSNEST PASS:            1300 METRES.
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BOUNDARY.
TODAY..INCREASING CLOUDINESS. SHOWERS BEGINNING EARLY THIS AFTERNOON.
 SNOW LEVEL RISING TO 1500 METRES THIS AFTERNOON. FOG PATCHES
 DISSIPATING EARLY THIS MORNING. WIND BECOMING SOUTHWEST 20 KM/H
 GUSTING TO 40 THIS AFTERNOON. HIGH 7. UV INDEX 2 OR LOW.
TONIGHT..SHOWERS. SNOW LEVEL 1500 METRES RISING TO 2000 METRES AFTER
 MIDNIGHT. WIND SOUTHWEST 20 KM/H GUSTING TO 40 BECOMING LIGHT THIS
 EVENING. TEMPERATURE STEADY NEAR PLUS 4.
SATURDAY..CLOUDY WITH 60 PERCENT CHANCE OF SHOWERS. WIND BECOMING
 SOUTHWEST 20 KM/H GUSTING TO 40 NEAR NOON. HIGH 14. UV INDEX 2 OR
 LOW.

ARROW LAKES - SLOCAN LAKE.
TODAY..BECOMING CLOUDY THIS MORNING. 60 PERCENT CHANCE OF SHOWERS
 THIS AFTERNOON. SNOW LEVEL RISING TO 1500 METRES THIS AFTERNOON.
 WIND BECOMING SOUTHEAST 20 KM/H THIS AFTERNOON. HIGH 8. UV INDEX 2
 OR LOW.
TONIGHT..RAIN. AMOUNT 10 TO 20 MM EXCEPT 40 MM OVER NORTHERN
 SECTIONS. WIND SOUTHEAST 20 KM/H BECOMING LIGHT THIS EVENING. LOW
 PLUS 4.
SATURDAY..RAIN. AMOUNT 10 TO 15 MM EXCEPT 30 MM OVER NORTHERN
 SECTIONS. HIGH 11.

WEST KOOTENAY.
TODAY..MAINLY SUNNY. INCREASING CLOUDINESS THIS MORNING THEN A FEW
 SHOWERS BEGINNING THIS AFTERNOON. SNOW LEVEL 1500 METRES. WIND
 BECOMING SOUTH 20 KM/H NEAR NOON. HIGH 8. UV INDEX 2 OR LOW.
TONIGHT..SHOWERS. SNOW LEVEL 1500 METRES RISING TO 1800 METRES LATE
 THIS EVENING. WIND SOUTH 20 KM/H BECOMING LIGHT THIS EVENING.
 TEMPERATURE STEADY NEAR PLUS 5.
SATURDAY..SHOWERS. HIGH 13. UV INDEX 1 OR LOW.

KOOTENAY LAKE.
TODAY..MAINLY SUNNY. INCREASING CLOUDINESS THIS AFTERNOON. WIND
 BECOMING SOUTH 20 KM/H THIS AFTERNOON. HIGH 9. UV INDEX 2 OR LOW.
TONIGHT..CLOUDY. 60 PERCENT CHANCE OF SHOWERS THIS EVENING. A FEW
 SHOWERS OVER NORTHERN SECTIONS OVERNIGHT. AMOUNT 10 MM OVER NORTHERN
 SECTIONS. SNOW LEVEL 1500 METRES. WIND SOUTH 20 KM/H BECOMING LIGHT
 THIS EVENING. TEMPERATURE STEADY NEAR 6.
SATURDAY..CLOUDY. A FEW SHOWERS OVER NORTHERN SECTIONS. AMOUNT 10 MM
 OVER NORTHERN SECTIONS. HIGH 16. UV INDEX 1 OR LOW.

EAST KOOTENAY.
TODAY..MAINLY SUNNY. INCREASING CLOUDINESS THIS AFTERNOON. WIND
 BECOMING SOUTHEAST 30 KM/H GUSTING TO 50 THIS AFTERNOON. HIGH 10.
 WIND CHILL MINUS 7 THIS MORNING. UV INDEX 2 OR LOW.
TONIGHT..OVERCAST. WIND SOUTHEAST 30 KM/H GUSTING TO 50. LOW PLUS 5.
SATURDAY..OVERCAST. WIND SOUTHEAST 30 KM/H GUSTING TO 50. HIGH 15. UV
 INDEX 1 OR LOW.

ELK VALLEY.
TODAY..SUNNY. BECOMING A MIX OF SUN AND CLOUD THIS AFTERNOON. WIND
 BECOMING SOUTH 20 KM/H GUSTING TO 40 THIS AFTERNOON. HIGH 6. WIND
 CHILL MINUS 9 THIS MORNING. UV INDEX 2 OR LOW.
TONIGHT..CLOUDY. 30 PERCENT CHANCE OF SHOWERS OVERNIGHT. WIND SOUTH
 20 KM/H GUSTING TO 40. TEMPERATURE STEADY NEAR 6.
SATURDAY..CLOUDY. 30 PERCENT CHANCE OF SHOWERS IN THE MORNING AND
 EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON. WIND SOUTH 20 KM/H GUSTING TO 40. HIGH 13.
 UV INDEX 1 OR LOW.

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