FPCN15 CWVR 131045
FORECASTS FOR THE KOOTENAY DISTRICTS OF BRITISH COLUMBIA ISSUED BY
ENVIRONMENT CANADA AT 5:00 A.M. MDT WEDNESDAY 13 MAY 2026 FOR TODAY
AND THURSDAY.
THE NEXT SCHEDULED FORECAST WILL BE ISSUED AT 11:00 A.M. MDT.

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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 WITH 60 PERCENT CHANCE OF SHOWERS THIS MORNING.
 SHOWERS BEGINNING EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. RISK OF A THUNDERSTORM.
 AMOUNT 10 TO 15 MM. WIND BECOMING SOUTHWEST 30 KM/H GUSTING TO 50
 EXCEPT GUSTING TO 80 NEAR THUNDERSTORMS LATE THIS MORNING AND THIS
 AFTERNOON. HIGH 18. UV INDEX 4 OR MODERATE.
TONIGHT..SHOWERS ENDING LATE THIS EVENING THEN PARTLY CLOUDY. WIND
 SOUTHWEST 30 KM/H GUSTING TO 50 EXCEPT GUSTING TO 80 NEAR
 THUNDERSTORMS EARLY THIS EVENING. WIND BECOMING LIGHT THIS EVENING.
 LOW 7.
THURSDAY..A MIX OF SUN AND CLOUD. WIND BECOMING SOUTHWEST 20 KM/H
 GUSTING TO 40 IN THE AFTERNOON. HIGH 17. UV INDEX 6 OR HIGH.

ARROW LAKES - SLOCAN LAKE.
TODAY..MAINLY CLOUDY WITH 60 PERCENT CHANCE OF SHOWERS THIS MORNING
 AND EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. SHOWERS BEGINNING THIS AFTERNOON. RISK OF
 A THUNDERSTORM. AMOUNT 10 TO 15 MM. WIND BECOMING SOUTHWEST 20 KM/H
 GUSTING TO 40 EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. HIGH 16. UV INDEX 4 OR MODERATE.
TONIGHT..SHOWERS ENDING BEFORE MORNING THEN CLOUDY WITH 30 PERCENT
 CHANCE OF SHOWERS. RISK OF A THUNDERSTORM EARLY THIS EVENING. AMOUNT
 10 TO 15 MM. WIND SOUTHWEST 20 KM/H GUSTING TO 40 BECOMING LIGHT
 THIS EVENING. LOW 9.
THURSDAY..MAINLY CLOUDY. 30 PERCENT CHANCE OF SHOWERS IN THE MORNING.
 HIGH 15. UV INDEX 6 OR HIGH.

WEST KOOTENAY.
TODAY..MAINLY CLOUDY WITH 60 PERCENT CHANCE OF SHOWERS THIS MORNING
 AND EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. SHOWERS BEGINNING THIS AFTERNOON. RISK OF
 A THUNDERSTORM. LOCAL AMOUNT 15 MM NEAR THUNDERSTORMS. WIND BECOMING
 SOUTHWEST 30 KM/H GUSTING TO 50 EXCEPT CALM NEAR THUNDERSTORMS LATE
 THIS MORNING AND THIS AFTERNOON. HIGH 17. UV INDEX 4 OR MODERATE.
TONIGHT..SHOWERS ENDING AFTER MIDNIGHT THEN MAINLY CLOUDY. RISK OF A
 THUNDERSTORM EARLY THIS EVENING. WIND SOUTHWEST 30 KM/H GUSTING TO
 50 EXCEPT CALM NEAR THUNDERSTORMS EARLY THIS EVENING. WIND BECOMING
 LIGHT EARLY THIS EVENING. LOW 7.
THURSDAY..A MIX OF SUN AND CLOUD. HIGH 16. UV INDEX 6 OR HIGH.

KOOTENAY LAKE.
TODAY..MAINLY CLOUDY WITH 30 PERCENT CHANCE OF SHOWERS THIS MORNING
 AND EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. SHOWERS BEGINNING THIS AFTERNOON. RISK OF
 A THUNDERSTORM. WIND BECOMING SOUTHWEST 30 KM/H GUSTING TO 50 EARLY
 THIS AFTERNOON. HIGH 18. UV INDEX 5 OR MODERATE.
TONIGHT..SHOWERS ENDING OVERNIGHT THEN CLOUDY. RISK OF A THUNDERSTORM
 EARLY THIS EVENING. AMOUNT 5 TO 10 MM. WIND SOUTHWEST 30 KM/H
 GUSTING TO 50 BECOMING LIGHT THIS EVENING. LOW 10.
THURSDAY..CLOUDY. BECOMING A MIX OF SUN AND CLOUD IN THE AFTERNOON.
 WIND BECOMING SOUTHWEST 20 KM/H GUSTING TO 40 IN THE AFTERNOON.
 HIGH 16. UV INDEX 5 OR MODERATE.

EAST KOOTENAY - NORTH INCLUDING INVERMERE.
TODAY..MAINLY CLOUDY. 30 PERCENT CHANCE OF SHOWERS EARLY THIS
 MORNING. SHOWERS BEGINNING THIS AFTERNOON. RISK OF A THUNDERSTORM.
 WIND BECOMING SOUTHEAST 20 KM/H GUSTING TO 40 EARLY THIS AFTERNOON.
 HIGH 17. UV INDEX 5 OR MODERATE.
TONIGHT..SHOWERS ENDING BEFORE MORNING THEN CLOUDY. RISK OF A
 THUNDERSTORM EARLY THIS EVENING. WIND SOUTHEAST 20 KM/H GUSTING TO
 40 BECOMING LIGHT THIS EVENING. LOW 8.
THURSDAY..MAINLY CLOUDY. HIGH 14. UV INDEX 5 OR MODERATE.

EAST KOOTENAY - SOUTH INCLUDING CRANBROOK.
TODAY..MAINLY CLOUDY. 30 PERCENT CHANCE OF SHOWERS EARLY THIS
 MORNING. SHOWERS BEGINNING THIS AFTERNOON. RISK OF A THUNDERSTORM.
 WIND BECOMING SOUTHWEST 30 KM/H GUSTING TO 60 THIS AFTERNOON.
 HIGH 18. UV INDEX 5 OR MODERATE.
TONIGHT..SHOWERS ENDING BEFORE MORNING THEN CLOUDY. RISK OF A
 THUNDERSTORM EARLY THIS EVENING. WIND SOUTHWEST 30 KM/H GUSTING TO
 60 BECOMING LIGHT NEAR MIDNIGHT. LOW 9.
THURSDAY..A MIX OF SUN AND CLOUD. WIND BECOMING SOUTHWEST 30 KM/H
 GUSTING TO 50 IN THE MORNING. HIGH 15. UV INDEX 6 OR HIGH.

ELK VALLEY.
TODAY..MAINLY CLOUDY. SHOWERS BEGINNING THIS AFTERNOON. RISK OF A
 THUNDERSTORM LATE THIS AFTERNOON. WIND BECOMING SOUTH 30 KM/H
 GUSTING TO 60 THIS MORNING. HIGH 18. UV INDEX 5 OR MODERATE.
TONIGHT..SHOWERS ENDING OVERNIGHT THEN CLOUDY WITH 30 PERCENT CHANCE
 OF SHOWERS. RISK OF A THUNDERSTORM EARLY THIS EVENING. LOCAL AMOUNT
 15 MM NEAR THUNDERSTORMS. WIND SOUTH 30 KM/H GUSTING TO 60. LOW 7.
THURSDAY..A MIX OF SUN AND CLOUD. 30 PERCENT CHANCE OF SHOWERS IN THE
 MORNING. WIND SOUTHWEST 30 KM/H GUSTING TO 50. HIGH 12. UV INDEX 6
 OR HIGH.

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