FPCN15 CWWG 161439 AAB UPDATED FORECASTS FOR SOUTHERN ALBERTA AND THE MOUNTAIN PARKS ISSUED BY ENVIRONMENT CANADA AT 8:38 A.M. MDT WEDNESDAY 16 APRIL 2025 FOR TODAY AND THURSDAY. THE NEXT SCHEDULED FORECAST WILL BE ISSUED AT 11:00 A.M. MDT. --------------------------------------------------------------------- MAJOR REFERENCE ELEVATIONS: BANFF: 1384 METRES. LAKE LOUISE: 1750 METRES. HIGHWAY 93 - BOW SUMMIT: 2068 METRES. HIGHWAY 93 - SUNWAPTA PASS: 2034 METRES. COLUMBIA ICEFIELDS VISITORS CENTRE: 2006 METRES. JASPER: 1061 METRES. CANMORE: 1350 METRES. HWY 40 - HIGHWOOD PASS: 2206 METRES. PINCHER CREEK: 1030 METRES. WATERTON: 1280 METRES. CROWSNEST PASS: 1300 METRES. --------------------------------------------------------------------- OKOTOKS - HIGH RIVER - CLARESHOLM. TODAY..A FEW FLURRIES AND RAIN SHOWERS ENDING NEAR NOON THEN MAINLY CLOUDY WITH 30 PERCENT CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS. SNOWFALL AMOUNT 10 CM ALONG THE FOOTHILLS. WIND NORTH 30 KM/H GUSTING TO 50. HIGH 8. UV INDEX 3 OR MODERATE. TONIGHT..PARTLY CLOUDY. WIND NORTH 30 KM/H GUSTING TO 50 BECOMING LIGHT THIS EVENING. LOW MINUS 1. THURSDAY..A MIX OF SUN AND CLOUD. 30 PERCENT CHANCE OF SHOWERS IN THE AFTERNOON. WIND BECOMING NORTH 20 KM/H GUSTING TO 40 NEAR NOON. HIGH 8. UV INDEX 4 OR MODERATE. KANANASKIS - CANMORE. TODAY..A FEW FLURRIES ENDING NEAR NOON THEN MAINLY CLOUDY WITH 30 PERCENT CHANCE OF FLURRIES. AMOUNT 2 CM EXCEPT 10 CM OVER HIGHER TERRAIN. WIND UP TO 15 KM/H. HIGH PLUS 4. WIND CHILL MINUS 7 THIS MORNING. UV INDEX 3 OR MODERATE. TONIGHT..MAINLY CLOUDY. WIND UP TO 15 KM/H. LOW MINUS 5. WIND CHILL MINUS 7 OVERNIGHT. THURSDAY..MAINLY CLOUDY. 30 PERCENT CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS OR FLURRIES IN THE AFTERNOON. WIND UP TO 15 KM/H. HIGH PLUS 4. WIND CHILL MINUS 7 IN THE MORNING. UV INDEX 3 OR MODERATE. REMAINDER UNCHANGED. END