FPCN15 CWVR 261645
FORECASTS FOR THE KOOTENAY 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.

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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..MAINLY CLOUDY. 40 PERCENT CHANCE OF SHOWERS NEAR NOON. SHOWERS
 BEGINNING NEAR NOON. RISK OF THUNDERSTORMS LATE THIS AFTERNOON.
 HIGH 15. UV INDEX 3 OR MODERATE.
TONIGHT..SHOWERS ENDING THIS EVENING THEN PARTLY CLOUDY WITH
 40 PERCENT CHANCE OF SHOWERS. RISK OF THUNDERSTORMS EARLY THIS
 EVENING. FOG PATCHES DEVELOPING OVERNIGHT. LOW 6.
SATURDAY..SHOWERS. RISK OF THUNDERSTORMS LATE IN THE AFTERNOON. FOG
 PATCHES DISSIPATING IN THE MORNING. HIGH 15. UV INDEX 2 OR LOW.

ARROW LAKES - SLOCAN LAKE.
TODAY..SHOWERS. RISK OF THUNDERSTORMS LATE THIS AFTERNOON. HIGH 13.
 UV INDEX 2 OR LOW.
TONIGHT..SHOWERS. RISK OF THUNDERSTORMS THIS EVENING. LOCAL AMOUNT 5
 TO 10 MM. FOG PATCHES DEVELOPING OVERNIGHT. LOW 6.
SATURDAY..SHOWERS. RISK OF THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON. LOCAL
 AMOUNT 5 TO 10 MM. FOG PATCHES DISSIPATING IN THE MORNING. HIGH 13.
 UV INDEX 2 OR LOW.

WEST KOOTENAY.
TODAY..SHOWERS. RISK OF THUNDERSTORMS LATE THIS AFTERNOON. SNOW LEVEL
 1700 METRES RISING TO 2000 METRES THIS AFTERNOON. HIGH 15. UV
 INDEX 3 OR MODERATE.
TONIGHT..MAINLY CLOUDY WITH 70 PERCENT CHANCE OF SHOWERS. RISK OF
 THUNDERSTORMS THIS EVENING. FOG PATCHES DEVELOPING OVERNIGHT. LOW 7.
SATURDAY..CLOUDY. 60 PERCENT CHANCE OF SHOWERS IN THE MORNING. A FEW
 SHOWERS BEGINNING NEAR NOON. RISK OF THUNDERSTORMS LATE IN THE
 AFTERNOON. LOCAL AMOUNT 5 TO 10 MM. FOG PATCHES DISSIPATING IN THE
 MORNING. HIGH 15. UV INDEX 3 OR MODERATE.

KOOTENAY LAKE.
TODAY..SHOWERS. RISK OF THUNDERSTORMS LATE THIS AFTERNOON. LOCAL
 AMOUNT 5 TO 10 MM. SNOW LEVEL 1700 METRES RISING TO 2000 METRES THIS
 AFTERNOON. HIGH 14. UV INDEX 2 OR LOW.
TONIGHT..SHOWERS. RISK OF THUNDERSTORMS EARLY THIS EVENING. LOCAL
 AMOUNT 5 TO 10 MM. FOG PATCHES DEVELOPING OVERNIGHT. LOW 7.
SATURDAY..MAINLY CLOUDY. 60 PERCENT CHANCE OF SHOWERS IN THE MORNING.
 A FEW SHOWERS BEGINNING NEAR NOON. RISK OF THUNDERSTORMS LATE IN THE
 AFTERNOON. LOCAL AMOUNT 5 TO 10 MM. FOG PATCHES DISSIPATING IN THE
 MORNING. HIGH 14. UV INDEX 3 OR MODERATE.

EAST KOOTENAY.
TODAY..MAINLY CLOUDY WITH 60 PERCENT CHANCE OF SHOWERS. HIGH 11. UV
 INDEX 4 OR MODERATE.
TONIGHT..MAINLY CLOUDY. 70 PERCENT CHANCE OF SHOWERS CHANGING TO
 30 PERCENT CHANCE OF SHOWERS NEAR MIDNIGHT. FOG PATCHES DEVELOPING
 OVERNIGHT. LOW PLUS 4.
SATURDAY..MAINLY CLOUDY. 30 PERCENT CHANCE OF SHOWERS CHANGING TO
 70 PERCENT CHANCE OF SHOWERS NEAR NOON. RISK OF THUNDERSTORMS LATE
 IN THE AFTERNOON. FOG PATCHES DISSIPATING IN THE MORNING. HIGH 14.
 UV INDEX 4 OR MODERATE.

ELK VALLEY.
TODAY..CLOUDY WITH 60 PERCENT CHANCE OF SHOWERS. HIGH 8. UV INDEX 2
 OR LOW.
TONIGHT..CLOUDY WITH 60 PERCENT CHANCE OF SHOWERS. FOG PATCHES
 DEVELOPING OVERNIGHT. LOW PLUS 2.
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.

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