FPCN17 CWVR 052245
FORECASTS FOR SOUTHEASTERN YUKON AND NORTHERN BRITISH COLUMBIA ISSUED
BY ENVIRONMENT CANADA AT 4:00 P.M. MST THURSDAY 5 MARCH 2026 FOR
TONIGHT FRIDAY AND FRIDAY NIGHT.
THE NEXT SCHEDULED FORECAST WILL BE ISSUED AT 5:00 A.M. MST FRIDAY.

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MAJOR REFERENCE ELEVATIONS:
    DEASE LAKE:            800 METRES.
    JADE CITY:             915 METRES.
    MUNCHO LAKE:           837 METRES.
    TETSA RIVER:           804 METRES.
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DEASE LAKE.
TONIGHT..MAINLY CLOUDY WITH 40 PERCENT CHANCE OF FLURRIES THIS
 EVENING. CLEARING NEAR MIDNIGHT. WIND UP TO 15 KM/H. LOW MINUS 9.
 WIND CHILL MINUS 7 THIS EVENING AND MINUS 12 OVERNIGHT.
FRIDAY..INCREASING CLOUDINESS THEN SNOW BEGINNING IN THE MORNING.
 BECOMING A MIX OF SUN AND CLOUD LATE IN THE AFTERNOON. AMOUNT 2 TO
 4 CM. WIND UP TO 15 KM/H. HIGH ZERO. WIND CHILL MINUS 14 IN THE
 MORNING AND MINUS 5 IN THE AFTERNOON.
FRIDAY NIGHT..PARTLY CLOUDY. CLEARING AFTER MIDNIGHT. WIND SOUTHWEST
 30 KM/H GUSTING TO 60. LOW MINUS 2. WIND CHILL MINUS 8 OVERNIGHT.

CASSIAR MOUNTAINS.
TONIGHT..SNOW ENDING BEFORE MORNING THEN CLOUDY. AMOUNT 5 CM. WIND UP
 TO 15 KM/H. LOW MINUS 7. WIND CHILL MINUS 5 THIS EVENING AND
 MINUS 10 OVERNIGHT.
FRIDAY..CLOUDY. SNOW BEGINNING IN THE MORNING. AMOUNT 5 TO 10 CM.
 OCCASIONAL DRIFTING SNOW. WIND BECOMING SOUTHWEST 20 KM/H GUSTING TO
 40 IN THE AFTERNOON. HIGH ZERO. WIND CHILL NEAR MINUS 10.
FRIDAY NIGHT..A FEW FLURRIES ENDING AFTER MIDNIGHT THEN PARTLY CLOUDY
 WITH 30 PERCENT CHANCE OF FLURRIES. AMOUNT 2 CM. BLOWING SNOW IN THE
 EVENING AND AFTER MIDNIGHT. OCCASIONAL DRIFTING SNOW. WIND SOUTHWEST
 50 KM/H GUSTING TO 70 DIMINISHING TO 30 GUSTING TO 60 AFTER
 MIDNIGHT. LOW MINUS 2. WIND CHILL MINUS 10 OVERNIGHT.

WATSON LAKE.
TONIGHT..SNOW ENDING BEFORE MORNING THEN CLOUDY. AMOUNT 5 CM. WIND UP
 TO 15 KM/H. LOW MINUS 16. WIND CHILL NEAR MINUS 20.
FRIDAY..CLOUDY. SNOW BEGINNING IN THE MORNING. AMOUNT 5 CM. WIND
 BECOMING SOUTHEAST 20 KM/H IN THE AFTERNOON. HIGH MINUS 5. WIND
 CHILL MINUS 20 IN THE MORNING AND MINUS 13 IN THE AFTERNOON.
FRIDAY NIGHT..SNOW ENDING IN THE EVENING THEN CLEARING. WIND
 SOUTHEAST 20 KM/H BECOMING LIGHT IN THE EVENING. LOW MINUS 8 WITH
 TEMPERATURE RISING TO MINUS 3 BY MORNING. WIND CHILL MINUS 14 IN THE
 EVENING.

MUNCHO LAKE PARK - STONE MOUNTAIN PARK.
TONIGHT..CLOUDY. 60 PERCENT CHANCE OF FLURRIES EARLY THIS EVENING.
 SNOW BEGINNING EARLY THIS EVENING THEN CHANGING TO 60 PERCENT CHANCE
 OF LIGHT SNOW NEAR MIDNIGHT. AMOUNT 2 TO 4 CM. WIND UP TO 15 KM/H.
 LOW MINUS 8. WIND CHILL MINUS 11 THIS EVENING.
FRIDAY..CLOUDY. SNOW BEGINNING LATE IN THE MORNING. RISK OF FREEZING
 RAIN LATE IN THE AFTERNOON. SNOWFALL AMOUNT 2 TO 4 CM. WIND UP TO 15
 KM/H. HIGH PLUS 1. WIND CHILL MINUS 9 IN THE MORNING.
FRIDAY NIGHT..SNOW CHANGING TO RAIN AND ENDING NEAR MIDNIGHT THEN
 PARTLY CLOUDY. RISK OF FREEZING RAIN EARLY IN THE EVENING. SNOWFALL
 AMOUNT 2 CM. WIND BECOMING SOUTHWEST 30 KM/H GUSTING TO 60 IN THE
 EVENING. TEMPERATURE RISING TO PLUS 3 IN THE EVENING THEN FALLING.

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