FPCN11 CWNT 181224 AAC
UPDATED FORECASTS FOR THE GREAT SLAVE LAKE AND MACKENZIE RIVER AREAS
OF THE NORTHWEST TERRITORIES ISSUED BY ENVIRONMENT CANADA AT
6:23 A.M. MDT WEDNESDAY 18 MARCH 2026 FOR TODAY AND THURSDAY.
THE NEXT SCHEDULED FORECAST WILL BE ISSUED AT 11:00 A.M. MDT.

THEBACHA REGION INCLUDING FT. SMITH - SALT RIVER RESERVE.
TODAY..SUNNY EARLY THIS MORNING THEN A MIX OF SUN AND CLOUD WITH
 30 PERCENT CHANCE OF FLURRIES LATE THIS MORNING AND THIS AFTERNOON.
 WIND UP TO 15 KM/H. HIGH MINUS 10. WIND CHILL MINUS 31 THIS MORNING
 AND MINUS 15 THIS AFTERNOON. RISK OF FROSTBITE. UV INDEX 2 OR LOW.
TONIGHT..A FEW CLOUDS. WIND UP TO 15 KM/H. LOW MINUS 22. WIND CHILL
 MINUS 15 THIS EVENING AND MINUS 27 OVERNIGHT.
THURSDAY..INCREASING CLOUDINESS. 60 PERCENT CHANCE OF FLURRIES IN THE
 AFTERNOON. WIND UP TO 15 KM/H. HIGH MINUS 7. WIND CHILL MINUS 27 IN
 THE MORNING AND MINUS 10 IN THE AFTERNOON. UV INDEX 1 OR LOW.

FT. RESOLUTION REGION INCLUDING HWY. 6.
TODAY..A MIX OF SUN AND CLOUD WITH 30 PERCENT CHANCE OF FLURRIES THIS
 MORNING. CLEARING THIS AFTERNOON. WIND UP TO 15 KM/H. HIGH MINUS 15.
 WIND CHILL MINUS 31 THIS MORNING AND MINUS 21 THIS AFTERNOON. RISK
 OF FROSTBITE. UV INDEX 1 OR LOW.
TONIGHT..A FEW CLOUDS. WIND UP TO 15 KM/H. LOW MINUS 25. WIND CHILL
 MINUS 23 THIS EVENING AND MINUS 33 OVERNIGHT. RISK OF FROSTBITE.
THURSDAY..INCREASING CLOUDINESS. 60 PERCENT CHANCE OF FLURRIES IN THE
 AFTERNOON. WIND UP TO 15 KM/H. HIGH MINUS 12. WIND CHILL MINUS 33 IN
 THE MORNING AND MINUS 18 IN THE AFTERNOON. RISK OF FROSTBITE. UV
 INDEX 1 OR LOW.

HAY RIVER REGION INCLUDING ENTERPRISE.
TODAY..A MIX OF SUN AND CLOUD WITH 30 PERCENT CHANCE OF FLURRIES
 EARLY THIS MORNING. CLEARING THIS MORNING. WIND UP TO 15 KM/H. HIGH
 MINUS 15. WIND CHILL MINUS 32 THIS MORNING AND MINUS 21 THIS
 AFTERNOON. RISK OF FROSTBITE. UV INDEX 2 OR LOW.
TONIGHT..A FEW CLOUDS. WIND UP TO 15 KM/H. LOW MINUS 24. WIND CHILL
 MINUS 25 THIS EVENING AND MINUS 32 OVERNIGHT. RISK OF FROSTBITE.
THURSDAY..INCREASING CLOUDINESS. 60 PERCENT CHANCE OF FLURRIES IN THE
 AFTERNOON. WIND BECOMING NORTHEAST 20 KM/H NEAR NOON. HIGH MINUS 15.
 WIND CHILL MINUS 32 IN THE MORNING AND MINUS 24 IN THE AFTERNOON.
 RISK OF FROSTBITE. UV INDEX 1 OR LOW.

REMAINDER UNCHANGED.

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