FPCN15 CWVR 212245 FORECASTS FOR THE KOOTENAY DISTRICTS OF BRITISH COLUMBIA ISSUED BY ENVIRONMENT CANADA AT 4:00 P.M. MST THURSDAY 21 NOVEMBER 2024 FOR TONIGHT FRIDAY AND FRIDAY NIGHT. THE NEXT SCHEDULED FORECAST WILL BE ISSUED AT 5:00 A.M. MST FRIDAY. --------------------------------------------------------------------- MAJOR REFERENCE ELEVATIONS: CASTLEGAR: 430 METRES. CRANBROOK: 920 METRES. BLUEBERRY-PAULSON: 1570 METRES. KOOTENAY PASS: 1774 METRES. CROWSNEST PASS: 1300 METRES. --------------------------------------------------------------------- BOUNDARY. 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 1000 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 5 CM OVER HIGHER TERRAIN. SNOW LEVEL RISING TO 1500 METRES IN THE AFTERNOON. HIGH PLUS 4. FRIDAY NIGHT..CLOUDY WITH 60 PERCENT CHANCE OF SHOWERS OR DRIZZLE. SNOW LEVEL 1500 METRES. TEMPERATURE STEADY NEAR PLUS 3. ARROW LAKES - SLOCAN LAKE. TONIGHT..CLOUDY. 70 PERCENT CHANCE OF FLURRIES. 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 10 CM OVER HIGHER TERRAIN. TEMPERATURE STEADY NEAR PLUS 2. FRIDAY NIGHT..RAIN SHOWERS AND FLURRIES. TEMPERATURE STEADY NEAR PLUS 2. WEST KOOTENAY. TONIGHT..CLOUDY. 40 PERCENT CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS EARLY THIS EVENING. RAIN SHOWERS BEGINNING EARLY THIS EVENING THEN CHANGING TO WET FLURRIES AND RAIN SHOWERS NEAR MIDNIGHT. LOCAL SNOWFALL AMOUNT 2 CM. SNOW LEVEL 1000 METRES LOWERING TO VALLEY BOTTOM NEAR MIDNIGHT. 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 1500 METRES IN THE AFTERNOON. TEMPERATURE STEADY NEAR PLUS 4. FRIDAY NIGHT..SHOWERS ENDING BEFORE MORNING THEN CLOUDY WITH 40 PERCENT CHANCE OF SHOWERS. SNOW LEVEL 1400 METRES. TEMPERATURE STEADY NEAR PLUS 3. KOOTENAY LAKE. TONIGHT..CLOUDY WITH 60 PERCENT CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS CHANGING TO 60 PERCENT CHANCE OF WET FLURRIES OR RAIN SHOWERS NEAR 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 1100 METRES IN THE AFTERNOON. TEMPERATURE STEADY NEAR PLUS 4. FRIDAY NIGHT..SHOWERS. SNOW LEVEL 1100 METRES LOWERING TO NEAR VALLEY BOTTOM BEFORE MORNING. TEMPERATURE STEADY NEAR PLUS 3. EAST KOOTENAY. TONIGHT..CLOUDY WITH 60 PERCENT CHANCE OF FLURRIES. WIND UP TO 15 KM/H. TEMPERATURE STEADY NEAR MINUS 2. WIND CHILL NEAR MINUS 7. FRIDAY..SNOW. AMOUNT 5 CM. WIND UP TO 15 KM/H. TEMPERATURE STEADY NEAR MINUS 1. WIND CHILL MINUS 6 IN THE MORNING. FRIDAY NIGHT..SNOW. AMOUNT 2 TO 4 CM. WIND UP TO 15 KM/H. TEMPERATURE STEADY NEAR MINUS 1. WIND CHILL NEAR MINUS 5. ELK VALLEY. TONIGHT..SNOW ENDING AFTER MIDNIGHT THEN CLOUDY WITH 40 PERCENT CHANCE OF FLURRIES. AMOUNT 2 TO 4 CM. WIND SOUTHEAST 20 KM/H GUSTING TO 40. LOW MINUS 8. WIND CHILL MINUS 10 THIS EVENING AND MINUS 15 OVERNIGHT. FRIDAY..SNOW. AMOUNT 5 CM EXCEPT 15 CM NEAR FERNIE. WIND SOUTHEAST 20 KM/H. HIGH MINUS 4. WIND CHILL MINUS 15 IN THE MORNING AND MINUS 10 IN THE AFTERNOON. FRIDAY NIGHT..SNOW. AMOUNT 2 TO 4 CM EXCEPT 10 CM NEAR FERNIE. WIND SOUTHEAST 20 KM/H. LOW MINUS 8. WIND CHILL NEAR MINUS 14. END