FPCN15 CWVR 161959 AAB
UPDATED FORECASTS FOR THE KOOTENAY DISTRICTS OF BRITISH COLUMBIA
ISSUED BY ENVIRONMENT CANADA AT 1:58 P.M. MDT SATURDAY 16 MAY 2026
FOR TODAY AND SUNDAY.
THE NEXT SCHEDULED FORECAST WILL BE ISSUED AT 4:00 P.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..CLOUDY WITH 60 PERCENT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND RISK OF
 THUNDERSTORMS. SNOW LEVEL 1100 METRES RISING TO 1400 METRES THIS
 AFTERNOON. WIND WEST 20 KM/H GUSTING TO 40. HIGH 13. UV INDEX 2 OR
 LOW.
TONIGHT..CLOUDY WITH 60 PERCENT CHANCE OF SHOWERS THIS EVENING THEN
 PARTLY CLOUDY. RISK OF THUNDERSTORMS EARLY THIS EVENING. SNOW LEVEL
 1400 METRES. FOG PATCHES DEVELOPING NEAR MIDNIGHT. WIND WEST 20 KM/H
 GUSTING TO 40 BECOMING LIGHT THIS EVENING. LOW PLUS 1 WITH PATCHY
 FROST.
SUNDAY..A MIX OF SUN AND CLOUD. 30 PERCENT CHANCE OF SHOWERS LATE IN
 THE AFTERNOON. RISK OF THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE RIDGES LATE IN THE
 AFTERNOON. FOG PATCHES DISSIPATING IN THE MORNING. WIND BECOMING
 NORTHWEST 20 KM/H GUSTING TO 40 IN THE AFTERNOON. HIGH 19. UV
 INDEX 5 OR MODERATE.

REMAINDER UNCHANGED.

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