FPCN14 CWVR 261645 FORECASTS FOR THE COLUMBIA DISTRICTS OF BRITISH COLUMBIA ISSUED BY ENVIRONMENT CANADA AT 11:00 A.M. MDT FRIDAY 26 APRIL 2024 FOR TODAY AND SATURDAY. THE NEXT SCHEDULED FORECAST WILL BE ISSUED AT 4:00 P.M. MDT. --------------------------------------------------------------------- MAJOR REFERENCE ELEVATIONS: REVELSTOKE: 450 METRES. GOLDEN: 790 METRES. ROGERS PASS: 1370 METRES. KICKING HORSE PASS: 1650 METRES. --------------------------------------------------------------------- WEST COLUMBIA. TODAY..PERIODS OF RAIN ENDING NEAR NOON THEN CLOUDY WITH 60 PERCENT CHANCE OF SHOWERS. AMOUNT 5 TO 10 MM. HIGH 12. UV INDEX 2 OR LOW. TONIGHT..MAINLY CLOUDY WITH 70 PERCENT CHANCE OF SHOWERS. FOG PATCHES DEVELOPING BEFORE MORNING. LOW 6. SATURDAY..CLOUDY WITH 60 PERCENT CHANCE OF SHOWERS IN THE MORNING AND EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON. A FEW SHOWERS BEGINNING IN THE AFTERNOON. RISK OF A THUNDERSTORM LATE IN THE AFTERNOON. FOG PATCHES DISSIPATING IN THE MORNING. HIGH 12. UV INDEX 4 OR MODERATE. EAST COLUMBIA. TODAY..A FEW SHOWERS ENDING NEAR NOON THEN CLOUDY WITH 60 PERCENT CHANCE OF SHOWERS. HIGH 12. UV INDEX 2 OR LOW. TONIGHT..CLOUDY WITH 60 PERCENT CHANCE OF SHOWERS. FOG PATCHES DEVELOPING OVERNIGHT. LOW PLUS 4. SATURDAY..MAINLY CLOUDY WITH 70 PERCENT CHANCE OF SHOWERS. RISK OF A THUNDERSTORM IN THE AFTERNOON. FOG PATCHES DISSIPATING IN THE MORNING. HIGH 12. UV INDEX 4 OR MODERATE. NORTH COLUMBIA KINBASKET. TODAY..MAINLY CLOUDY WITH 60 PERCENT CHANCE OF SHOWERS. HIGH 11. UV INDEX 4 OR MODERATE. TONIGHT..PARTLY CLOUDY. 70 PERCENT CHANCE OF SHOWERS OVERNIGHT. FOG PATCHES DEVELOPING OVERNIGHT. LOW PLUS 3. SATURDAY..CLOUDY WITH 70 PERCENT CHANCE OF SHOWERS. RISK OF A THUNDERSTORM IN THE AFTERNOON. FOG PATCHES DISSIPATING IN THE MORNING. HIGH 11. UV INDEX 2 OR LOW. YOHO PARK - KOOTENAY PARK. TODAY..SHOWERS. SNOW LEVEL 1500 METRES RISING TO 2000 METRES THIS AFTERNOON. HIGH 7. UV INDEX 2 OR LOW. TONIGHT..CLOUDY WITH 60 PERCENT CHANCE OF SHOWERS EXCEPT A FEW FLURRIES OVER HIGHER TERRAIN OVERNIGHT. SNOW LEVEL LOWERING TO 1300 METRES NEAR MIDNIGHT. LOW PLUS 1. SATURDAY..MAINLY CLOUDY WITH 60 PERCENT CHANCE OF SHOWERS EXCEPT A FEW FLURRIES OVER HIGHER TERRAIN IN THE MORNING. RISK OF THUNDERSTORMS LATE IN THE AFTERNOON. SNOW LEVEL 1300 METRES RISING TO 2000 METRES NEAR NOON. WIND BECOMING WEST 20 KM/H IN THE MORNING. HIGH 11. UV INDEX 4 OR MODERATE. NORTH THOMPSON. TODAY..A FEW SHOWERS ENDING NEAR NOON THEN MAINLY CLOUDY WITH 60 PERCENT CHANCE OF SHOWERS. RISK OF THUNDERSTORMS OVER SOUTHERN SECTIONS LATE THIS AFTERNOON. SNOW LEVEL 1200 METRES RISING TO 2000 METRES THIS AFTERNOON. HIGH 13. UV INDEX 4 OR MODERATE. TONIGHT..MAINLY CLOUDY WITH 60 PERCENT CHANCE OF SHOWERS. RISK OF THUNDERSTORMS OVER SOUTHERN SECTIONS EARLY THIS EVENING. FOG PATCHES DEVELOPING OVERNIGHT. LOW 6. SATURDAY..MAINLY CLOUDY WITH 60 PERCENT CHANCE OF SHOWERS. RISK OF THUNDERSTORMS LATE IN THE AFTERNOON. FOG PATCHES DISSIPATING IN THE MORNING. HIGH 13. UV INDEX 4 OR MODERATE. END