FPCN15 CWVR 301046
FORECASTS FOR THE KOOTENAY DISTRICTS OF BRITISH COLUMBIA ISSUED BY
ENVIRONMENT CANADA AT 5:00 A.M. MDT TUESDAY 30 JULY 2024 FOR TODAY
AND WEDNESDAY.
THE NEXT SCHEDULED FORECAST WILL BE ISSUED AT 11:00 A.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..A MIX OF SUN AND CLOUD. 30 PERCENT CHANCE OF SHOWERS EARLY
 THIS MORNING AND LATE THIS AFTERNOON. HAZY. WIND BECOMING SOUTHWEST
 20 KM/H NEAR NOON. HIGH 27. UV INDEX 7 OR HIGH.
TONIGHT..PARTLY CLOUDY. CLEARING NEAR MIDNIGHT. HAZY. WIND SOUTHWEST
 20 KM/H BECOMING LIGHT THIS EVENING. LOW 14.
WEDNESDAY..SUNNY. HAZY. WIND BECOMING SOUTH 20 KM/H NEAR NOON.
 HIGH 32. UV INDEX 7 OR HIGH.

ARROW LAKES - SLOCAN LAKE.
TODAY..A MIX OF SUN AND CLOUD WITH 30 PERCENT CHANCE OF SHOWERS. RISK
 OF THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON. LOCAL SMOKE. HIGH 25. HUMIDEX 26.
 UV INDEX 7 OR HIGH.
TONIGHT..PARTLY CLOUDY. 30 PERCENT CHANCE OF SHOWERS EARLY THIS
 EVENING. LOCAL SMOKE. LOW 16.
WEDNESDAY..SUNNY. LOCAL SMOKE. HIGH 28. HUMIDEX 29. UV INDEX 7 OR
 HIGH.

WEST KOOTENAY.
TODAY..A FEW SHOWERS ENDING EARLY THIS MORNING THEN A MIX OF SUN AND
 CLOUD WITH 60 PERCENT CHANCE OF SHOWERS. RISK OF THUNDERSTORMS THIS
 AFTERNOON. HAZY. HIGH 28. HUMIDEX 30. UV INDEX 7 OR HIGH.
TONIGHT..PARTLY CLOUDY. BECOMING CLEAR OVERNIGHT. HAZY. LOW 14.
WEDNESDAY..SUNNY. HAZY. HIGH 30. HUMIDEX 32. UV INDEX 7 OR HIGH.

KOOTENAY LAKE.
TODAY..A MIX OF SUN AND CLOUD WITH 60 PERCENT CHANCE OF SHOWERS. RISK
 OF A THUNDERSTORM THIS AFTERNOON. HAZY. HIGH 28. HUMIDEX 29. UV
 INDEX 7 OR HIGH.
TONIGHT..PARTLY CLOUDY. 60 PERCENT CHANCE OF SHOWERS EARLY THIS
 EVENING. HAZY. LOW 15.
WEDNESDAY..SUNNY. HAZY. HIGH 29. HUMIDEX 30. UV INDEX 8 OR VERY HIGH.

EAST KOOTENAY.
TODAY..A FEW SHOWERS ENDING EARLY THIS MORNING THEN A MIX OF SUN AND
 CLOUD WITH 60 PERCENT CHANCE OF SHOWERS. RISK OF THUNDERSTORMS THIS
 AFTERNOON. HAZY. WIND BECOMING SOUTH 20 KM/H NEAR NOON. HIGH 27. UV
 INDEX 7 OR HIGH.
TONIGHT..PARTLY CLOUDY. 60 PERCENT CHANCE OF SHOWERS EARLY THIS
 EVENING. RISK OF THUNDERSTORMS EARLY THIS EVENING. HAZY. WIND SOUTH
 20 KM/H BECOMING LIGHT THIS EVENING. LOW 12.
WEDNESDAY..MAINLY SUNNY. HAZY. WIND BECOMING SOUTH 20 KM/H GUSTING TO
 40 NEAR NOON. HIGH 29. HUMIDEX 30. UV INDEX 7 OR HIGH.

ELK VALLEY.
TODAY..BECOMING A MIX OF SUN AND CLOUD THIS MORNING WITH 30 PERCENT
 CHANCE OF SHOWERS. RISK OF A THUNDERSTORM THIS AFTERNOON. HAZY. WIND
 BECOMING SOUTHWEST 20 KM/H GUSTING TO 40 NEAR NOON. HIGH 22. UV
 INDEX 6 OR HIGH.
TONIGHT..PARTLY CLOUDY. 30 PERCENT CHANCE OF SHOWERS EARLY THIS
 EVENING WITH RISK OF A THUNDERSTORM. HAZY. WIND SOUTHWEST 20 KM/H
 GUSTING TO 40 BECOMING LIGHT EARLY THIS EVENING. LOW 10.
WEDNESDAY..SUNNY. HAZY. WIND BECOMING SOUTHWEST 20 KM/H GUSTING TO 40
 NEAR NOON. HIGH 26. UV INDEX 7 OR HIGH.

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