FPCN15 CWVR 211750
FORECASTS FOR THE KOOTENAY DISTRICTS OF BRITISH COLUMBIA ISSUED BY
ENVIRONMENT CANADA AT 11:00 A.M. MST THURSDAY 21 NOVEMBER 2024 FOR
TODAY AND FRIDAY.
THE NEXT SCHEDULED FORECAST WILL BE ISSUED AT 4:00 P.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..MAINLY CLOUDY. 60 PERCENT CHANCE OF SHOWERS EARLY THIS
 AFTERNOON. SNOW LEVEL 1000 METRES. HIGH PLUS 2.
TONIGHT..CLOUDY WITH 30 PERCENT CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS OR WET
 FLURRIES THIS EVENING AND AFTER MIDNIGHT. SNOW MIXED WITH RAIN
 BEGINNING OVERNIGHT. SNOW LEVEL 1300 METRES LOWERING TO VALLEY
 BOTTOM NEAR MIDNIGHT. TEMPERATURE STEADY NEAR PLUS 1.
FRIDAY..SNOW MIXED WITH RAIN CHANGING TO RAIN IN THE MORNING.
 SNOWFALL AMOUNT 10 CM OVER HIGHER TERRAIN. SNOW LEVEL RISING TO 1500
 METRES IN THE AFTERNOON. HIGH PLUS 4.

ARROW LAKES - SLOCAN LAKE.
TODAY..CLOUDY WITH 30 PERCENT CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS OR WET FLURRIES.
 TEMPERATURE STEADY NEAR PLUS 1.
TONIGHT..CLOUDY. 30 PERCENT CHANCE OF WET FLURRIES CHANGING TO
 70 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..CLOUDY. 70 PERCENT CHANCE OF WET FLURRIES OR RAIN SHOWERS
 CHANGING TO 40 PERCENT CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS THIS AFTERNOON. SNOW
 LEVEL RISING TO 1200 METRES THIS AFTERNOON. FOG PATCHES DISSIPATING
 EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. HIGH PLUS 4.
TONIGHT..RAIN SHOWERS CHANGING TO WET FLURRIES AND RAIN SHOWERS NEAR
 MIDNIGHT. LOCAL SNOWFALL AMOUNT 2 CM. SNOW LEVEL NEAR VALLEY BOTTOM.
 TEMPERATURE STEADY NEAR PLUS 2.
FRIDAY..WET FLURRIES AND RAIN SHOWERS 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..CLOUDY WITH 40 PERCENT CHANCE OF SHOWERS. SNOW LEVEL RISING TO
 1100 METRES NEAR NOON. TEMPERATURE STEADY NEAR PLUS 2.
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. TEMPERATURE STEADY NEAR PLUS 4.

EAST KOOTENAY.
TODAY..LIGHT SNOW ENDING THIS AFTERNOON THEN A MIX OF SUN AND CLOUD
 WITH 30 PERCENT CHANCE OF FLURRIES. WIND UP TO 15 KM/H. HIGH ZERO.
 WIND CHILL MINUS 5 THIS MORNING.
TONIGHT..CLOUDY WITH 60 PERCENT CHANCE OF FLURRIES. WIND UP TO 15
 KM/H. TEMPERATURE STEADY NEAR MINUS 2. WIND CHILL MINUS 7 OVERNIGHT.
FRIDAY..SNOW. AMOUNT 5 TO 10 CM. WIND UP TO 15 KM/H. TEMPERATURE
 STEADY NEAR MINUS 1. WIND CHILL MINUS 6 IN THE MORNING.

ELK VALLEY.
TODAY..SNOW. WIND SOUTHEAST 20 KM/H GUSTING TO 40. HIGH MINUS 2. WIND
 CHILL MINUS 13 THIS MORNING AND MINUS 7 THIS AFTERNOON.
TONIGHT..SNOW ENDING AFTER MIDNIGHT THEN CLOUDY WITH 40 PERCENT
 CHANCE OF 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 BECOMING
 NORTHEAST 20 KM/H IN THE MORNING. HIGH MINUS 4. WIND CHILL MINUS 14
 IN THE MORNING AND MINUS 8 IN THE AFTERNOON.

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