FPCN15 CWVR 211145
FORECASTS FOR THE KOOTENAY DISTRICTS OF BRITISH COLUMBIA ISSUED BY
ENVIRONMENT CANADA AT 5:00 A.M. MST THURSDAY 21 NOVEMBER 2024 FOR
TODAY AND FRIDAY.
THE NEXT SCHEDULED FORECAST WILL BE ISSUED AT 11:00 A.M. MST.

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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..WET SNOW ENDING THIS MORNING THEN CLOUDY WITH 60 PERCENT
 CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS. SNOWFALL AMOUNT 2 CM. SNOW LEVEL RISING TO
 1300 METRES THIS AFTERNOON. HIGH PLUS 2.
TONIGHT..MAINLY CLOUDY. 30 PERCENT CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS OR WET
 FLURRIES LATE THIS EVENING AND AFTER MIDNIGHT. SNOW MIXED WITH RAIN
 BEGINNING OVERNIGHT. TEMPERATURE STEADY NEAR PLUS 1.
FRIDAY..SNOW MIXED WITH RAIN CHANGING TO RAIN IN THE MORNING.
 SNOWFALL AMOUNT 15 CM OVER HIGHER TERRAIN. SNOW LEVEL RISING TO 1500
 METRES IN THE AFTERNOON. HIGH PLUS 4.

ARROW LAKES - SLOCAN LAKE.
TODAY..PERIODS OF SNOW ENDING NEAR NOON THEN CLOUDY WITH 30 PERCENT
 CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS OR WET FLURRIES. SNOWFALL AMOUNT 2 TO 4 CM.
 TEMPERATURE STEADY NEAR PLUS 1.
TONIGHT..CLOUDY. 30 PERCENT CHANCE OF WET FLURRIES CHANGING TO
 30 PERCENT CHANCE OF FLURRIES THIS EVENING. WIND UP TO 15 KM/H.
 TEMPERATURE STEADY NEAR MINUS 1. WIND CHILL MINUS 3 OVERNIGHT.
FRIDAY..SNOW CHANGING TO RAIN MIXED WITH SNOW NEAR NOON. SNOWFALL
 AMOUNT 15 CM OVER HIGHER TERRAIN. TEMPERATURE STEADY NEAR PLUS 2.

WEST KOOTENAY.
TODAY..SNOW AT TIMES HEAVY ENDING THIS MORNING THEN CLOUDY WITH
 40 PERCENT CHANCE OF WET FLURRIES OR RAIN SHOWERS LATE THIS MORNING
 THEN 40 PERCENT CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS THIS AFTERNOON. SNOWFALL
 AMOUNT 2 TO 4 CM. SNOW LEVEL RISING TO 1200 METRES THIS AFTERNOON.
 HIGH PLUS 5.
TONIGHT..CLOUDY WITH 40 PERCENT CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS CHANGING TO
 40 PERCENT CHANCE OF WET FLURRIES OR RAIN SHOWERS NEAR MIDNIGHT. WET
 SNOW BEGINNING OVERNIGHT. LOCAL SNOWFALL AMOUNT 2 CM. SNOW LEVEL
 NEAR VALLEY BOTTOM. TEMPERATURE STEADY NEAR PLUS 2.
FRIDAY..WET SNOW MIXED WITH RAIN CHANGING TO RAIN LATE IN THE
 MORNING. RAINFALL AMOUNT 10 MM. SNOWFALL AMOUNT 5 CM OVER HIGHER
 TERRAIN. SNOW LEVEL RISING TO 1600 METRES IN THE AFTERNOON.
 TEMPERATURE STEADY NEAR PLUS 4.

KOOTENAY LAKE.
TODAY..PERIODS OF SNOW ENDING NEAR NOON THEN CLOUDY WITH 30 PERCENT
 CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS. SNOWFALL AMOUNT 2 CM EXCEPT 5 CM OVER
 SOUTHERN SECTIONS. SNOW LEVEL RISING TO 1100 METRES NEAR NOON. HIGH
 PLUS 1.
TONIGHT..CLOUDY WITH 60 PERCENT CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS THIS EVENING
 THEN 60 PERCENT CHANCE OF WET FLURRIES OR RAIN SHOWERS LATE THIS
 EVENING AND AFTER MIDNIGHT. SNOW BEGINNING AFTER MIDNIGHT. SNOW
 LEVEL NEAR VALLEY BOTTOM. TEMPERATURE STEADY NEAR PLUS 2.
FRIDAY..SNOW CHANGING TO RAIN IN THE MORNING. SNOWFALL AMOUNT 2 CM
 EXCEPT 5 CM OVER HIGHER TERRAIN. SNOW LEVEL RISING TO 1000 METRES IN
 THE MORNING. HIGH PLUS 4.

EAST KOOTENAY.
TODAY..SNOW ENDING NEAR NOON THEN CLOUDY WITH 40 PERCENT CHANCE OF
 FLURRIES. AMOUNT 2 TO 4 CM. WIND UP TO 15 KM/H. HIGH ZERO. WIND
 CHILL MINUS 9 THIS MORNING.
TONIGHT..CLOUDY. 40 PERCENT CHANCE OF FLURRIES THIS EVENING. SNOW
 BEGINNING NEAR MIDNIGHT. AMOUNT 2 TO 4 CM. WIND UP TO 15 KM/H.
 TEMPERATURE STEADY NEAR MINUS 3. WIND CHILL MINUS 7 OVERNIGHT.
FRIDAY..SNOW. AMOUNT 5 TO 10 CM. WIND UP TO 15 KM/H. TEMPERATURE
 STEADY NEAR ZERO. WIND CHILL MINUS 6 IN THE MORNING.

ELK VALLEY.
TODAY..SNOW ENDING EARLY THIS AFTERNOON THEN CLOUDY WITH 40 PERCENT
 CHANCE OF FLURRIES. AMOUNT 2 TO 4 CM EXCEPT 10 CM NEAR FERNIE. WIND
 UP TO 15 KM/H. HIGH MINUS 1. WIND CHILL MINUS 14 THIS MORNING AND
 MINUS 6 THIS AFTERNOON.
TONIGHT..FLURRIES. AMOUNT 2 TO 4 CM. WIND UP TO 15 KM/H. LOW MINUS 8.
 WIND CHILL MINUS 7 THIS EVENING AND MINUS 13 OVERNIGHT.
FRIDAY..SNOW. AMOUNT 5 CM EXCEPT 15 CM NEAR FERNIE. WIND UP TO 15
 KM/H. HIGH MINUS 4. WIND CHILL NEAR MINUS 12.

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