FPCN11 CWNT 181332 AAA
UPDATED FORECASTS FOR THE GREAT SLAVE LAKE AND MACKENZIE RIVER AREAS
OF THE NORTHWEST TERRITORIES ISSUED BY ENVIRONMENT CANADA AT
7:31 A.M. MDT SATURDAY 18 APRIL 2026 FOR TODAY AND SUNDAY.
THE NEXT SCHEDULED FORECAST WILL BE ISSUED AT 11:00 A.M. MDT.

HAY RIVER REGION INCLUDING ENTERPRISE.
TODAY..INCREASING CLOUDINESS NEAR NOON. WIND BECOMING SOUTHEAST
 20 KM/H THIS AFTERNOON. HIGH PLUS 3. WIND CHILL MINUS 25 THIS
 MORNING. UV INDEX 3 OR MODERATE.
TONIGHT..MAINLY CLOUDY. 30 PERCENT CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS OR FLURRIES
 THIS EVENING. WIND SOUTHEAST 20 KM/H BECOMING LIGHT NEAR MIDNIGHT.
 LOW ZERO.
SUNDAY..CLOUDY. RAIN BEGINNING NEAR NOON. AMOUNT 5 MM. WIND BECOMING
 SOUTHWEST 20 KM/H NEAR NOON. HIGH 6. UV INDEX 2 OR LOW.

FT. SIMPSON REGION INCLUDING JEAN MARIE RIVER.
TODAY..PERIODS OF SNOW ENDING NEAR NOON THEN MAINLY CLOUDY WITH
 30 PERCENT CHANCE OF FLURRIES. LOCAL AMOUNT 2 CM. WIND SOUTHEAST
 20 KM/H. HIGH PLUS 3. WIND CHILL MINUS 17 THIS MORNING. UV INDEX 3
 OR MODERATE.
TONIGHT..CLOUDY. RISK OF FREEZING RAIN OVERNIGHT. WIND UP TO 15 KM/H.
 LOW MINUS 3. WIND CHILL NEAR MINUS 6.
SUNDAY..SNOW. RISK OF FREEZING RAIN EARLY IN THE MORNING. SNOWFALL
 AMOUNT 2 TO 4 CM. WIND BECOMING NORTHWEST 20 KM/H GUSTING TO 40 NEAR
 NOON. HIGH MINUS 1. WIND CHILL MINUS 12 IN THE MORNING AND MINUS 7
 IN THE AFTERNOON. UV INDEX 1 OR LOW.

FORT GOOD HOPE REGION.
TODAY..PERIODS OF LIGHT SNOW. WIND WEST 20 KM/H. HIGH MINUS 7. WIND
 CHILL MINUS 22 THIS MORNING AND MINUS 12 THIS AFTERNOON. UV INDEX 1
 OR LOW.
TONIGHT..SNOW. AMOUNT 5 TO 10 CM. WIND UP TO 15 KM/H. LOW MINUS 15.
 WIND CHILL MINUS 12 THIS EVENING AND MINUS 20 OVERNIGHT.
SUNDAY..SNOW ENDING NEAR NOON THEN CLOUDY WITH 30 PERCENT CHANCE OF
 FLURRIES. AMOUNT 2 CM. WIND UP TO 15 KM/H. HIGH MINUS 11. WIND CHILL
 MINUS 21 IN THE MORNING AND MINUS 16 IN THE AFTERNOON. UV INDEX 1 OR
 LOW.

REMAINDER UNCHANGED.

END
