FPCN15 CWVR 141045
FORECASTS FOR THE KOOTENAY DISTRICTS OF BRITISH COLUMBIA ISSUED BY
ENVIRONMENT CANADA AT 5:00 A.M. MDT FRIDAY 14 MARCH 2025 FOR TODAY
AND SATURDAY.
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..CLEARING. HIGH PLUS 5. UV INDEX 2 OR LOW.
TONIGHT..BECOMING CLOUDY THIS EVENING. A FEW FLURRIES BEGINNING
 OVERNIGHT. LOW ZERO.
SATURDAY..A FEW FLURRIES CHANGING TO RAIN SHOWERS AND LIGHT WET SNOW
 IN THE MORNING. SNOW LEVEL RISING TO 1000 METRES NEAR NOON. HIGH 8.
 UV INDEX 1 OR LOW.

ARROW LAKES - SLOCAN LAKE.
TODAY..MAINLY CLOUDY. 30 PERCENT CHANCE OF FLURRIES CHANGING TO
 30 PERCENT CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS OR WET FLURRIES NEAR NOON. HIGH 6.
 UV INDEX 2 OR LOW.
TONIGHT..MAINLY CLOUDY WITH 30 PERCENT CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS OR WET
 FLURRIES CHANGING TO 30 PERCENT CHANCE OF FLURRIES NEAR MIDNIGHT.
 FLURRIES BEGINNING OVERNIGHT. LOW MINUS 1.
SATURDAY..FLURRIES CHANGING TO RAIN SHOWERS NEAR NOON. SNOW LEVEL
 RISING TO 1000 METRES IN THE AFTERNOON. HIGH PLUS 4. UV INDEX 1 OR
 LOW.

WEST KOOTENAY.
TODAY..MAINLY CLOUDY WITH 30 PERCENT CHANCE OF FLURRIES EARLY THIS
 MORNING. CLEARING THIS MORNING. HIGH PLUS 5. UV INDEX 2 OR LOW.
TONIGHT..PARTLY CLOUDY. BECOMING CLOUDY NEAR MIDNIGHT WITH A FEW
 FLURRIES. LOW ZERO.
SATURDAY..A FEW FLURRIES AND RAIN SHOWERS CHANGING TO RAIN NEAR NOON.
 SNOWFALL AMOUNT 2 CM. SNOW LEVEL RISING TO 900 METRES NEAR NOON.
 WIND BECOMING SOUTH 20 KM/H NEAR NOON. HIGH 6. UV INDEX 1 OR LOW.

KOOTENAY LAKE.
TODAY..A MIX OF SUN AND CLOUD. 60 PERCENT CHANCE OF FLURRIES THIS
 AFTERNOON. 30 PERCENT CHANCE OF FLURRIES OVER NORTHERN SECTIONS THIS
 MORNING. HIGH PLUS 5. UV INDEX 2 OR LOW.
TONIGHT..MAINLY CLOUDY. 60 PERCENT CHANCE OF FLURRIES EARLY THIS
 EVENING. LIGHT SNOW BEGINNING OVERNIGHT. LOW MINUS 1.
SATURDAY..LIGHT SNOW CHANGING TO RAIN SHOWERS NEAR NOON. A FEW WET
 FLURRIES OVER NORTHERN SECTIONS IN THE AFTERNOON. SNOW LEVEL RISING
 TO 1000 METRES NEAR NOON. HIGH PLUS 5. UV INDEX 1 OR LOW.

EAST KOOTENAY.
TODAY..A MIX OF SUN AND CLOUD. 30 PERCENT CHANCE OF FLURRIES THIS
 AFTERNOON. WIND BECOMING SOUTH 30 KM/H NEAR NOON. HIGH PLUS 4. WIND
 CHILL MINUS 8 THIS MORNING. UV INDEX 2 OR LOW.
TONIGHT..PARTLY CLOUDY. WIND UP TO 15 KM/H. LOW MINUS 4. WIND CHILL
 MINUS 8 OVERNIGHT.
SATURDAY..CLOUDY. 60 PERCENT CHANCE OF FLURRIES CHANGING TO
 70 PERCENT CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS IN THE AFTERNOON. WIND UP TO 15
 KM/H. HIGH PLUS 5. WIND CHILL MINUS 6 IN THE MORNING. UV INDEX 1 OR
 LOW.

ELK VALLEY.
TODAY..A MIX OF SUN AND CLOUD WITH 60 PERCENT CHANCE OF FLURRIES.
 WIND SOUTH 30 KM/H GUSTING TO 50 BECOMING LIGHT THIS MORNING. HIGH
 PLUS 3. WIND CHILL MINUS 12 THIS MORNING. UV INDEX 2 OR LOW.
TONIGHT..PARTLY CLOUDY. LOW MINUS 8.
SATURDAY..FLURRIES. AMOUNT 2 TO 4 CM EXCEPT LOCALLY 10 CM NEAR
 FERNIE. WIND BECOMING SOUTH 20 KM/H NEAR NOON. HIGH PLUS 3. UV
 INDEX 1 OR LOW.

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