FPCN15 CWVR 211424 AAB
UPDATED FORECASTS FOR THE KOOTENAY DISTRICTS OF BRITISH COLUMBIA
ISSUED BY ENVIRONMENT CANADA AT 7:23 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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WEST KOOTENAY.
TODAY..SNOW 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. FOG PATCHES
 DISSIPATING LATE THIS MORNING. 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.

REMAINDER UNCHANGED.

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