FPCN18 CWVR 212248 FORECASTS FOR NORTHEASTERN 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: FORT NELSON: 420 METRES. FORT ST. JOHN: 700 METRES. PINE PASS: 915 METRES. STEAMBOAT HILL: 1080 METRES. --------------------------------------------------------------------- B.C. NORTH PEACE RIVER. TONIGHT..PERIODS OF LIGHT SNOW ENDING EARLY THIS EVENING THEN CLOUDY WITH 40 PERCENT CHANCE OF LIGHT SNOW. WIND UP TO 15 KM/H. TEMPERATURE STEADY NEAR MINUS 18. WIND CHILL NEAR MINUS 26. FRIDAY..CLOUDY WITH 70 PERCENT CHANCE OF LIGHT SNOW. WIND BECOMING NORTH 20 KM/H GUSTING TO 40 IN THE AFTERNOON. HIGH MINUS 15. WIND CHILL NEAR MINUS 26. FRIDAY NIGHT..SNOW AND LOCAL BLOWING SNOW. AMOUNT 2 TO 4 CM. WIND NORTH 30 KM/H GUSTING TO 50. LOW MINUS 22. WIND CHILL MINUS 26 IN THE EVENING AND MINUS 35 OVERNIGHT. RISK OF FROSTBITE. B.C. SOUTH PEACE RIVER. TONIGHT..CLOUDY WITH 60 PERCENT CHANCE OF LIGHT SNOW. WIND UP TO 15 KM/H. TEMPERATURE STEADY NEAR MINUS 15. WIND CHILL MINUS 25 THIS EVENING AND MINUS 19 OVERNIGHT. FRIDAY..PERIODS OF SNOW. WIND BECOMING NORTHEAST 20 KM/H IN THE AFTERNOON. TEMPERATURE FALLING TO MINUS 18 IN THE AFTERNOON. WIND CHILL MINUS 19 IN THE MORNING AND MINUS 28 IN THE AFTERNOON. RISK OF FROSTBITE. FRIDAY NIGHT..SNOW. LOCAL AMOUNT 10 TO 15 CM. WIND NORTHEAST 20 KM/H GUSTING TO 40 BECOMING LIGHT NEAR MIDNIGHT. WIND BECOMING NORTHWEST 20 AFTER MIDNIGHT. TEMPERATURE STEADY NEAR MINUS 18. WIND CHILL NEAR MINUS 28. RISK OF FROSTBITE. FORT NELSON. TONIGHT..LIGHT SNOW ENDING THIS EVENING THEN PARTLY CLOUDY. WIND UP TO 15 KM/H. LOW MINUS 25. WIND CHILL MINUS 26 THIS EVENING. FRIDAY..INCREASING CLOUDINESS EARLY IN THE MORNING. 40 PERCENT CHANCE OF LIGHT SNOW NEAR THE MOUNTAINS IN THE AFTERNOON. WIND BECOMING NORTHWEST 20 KM/H NEAR NOON. HIGH MINUS 17. WIND CHILL MINUS 33 IN THE AFTERNOON. RISK OF FROSTBITE. FRIDAY NIGHT..CLOUDY. 60 PERCENT CHANCE OF LIGHT SNOW IN THE EVENING. SNOW BEGINNING NEAR MIDNIGHT. AMOUNT 2 TO 4 CM. WIND NORTHWEST 20 KM/H GUSTING TO 40. TEMPERATURE STEADY NEAR MINUS 18. WIND CHILL NEAR MINUS 28. RISK OF FROSTBITE. END