Forecasts for the Kootenay districts of British Columbia

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FPCN15 CWVR 210318 AAA
Updated forecasts for the Kootenay districts of British Columbia
issued by Environment Canada at 8:18 p.m. MST Wednesday 20 November
2024 for tonight Thursday and Thursday night.
The next scheduled forecast will be issued at 5:00 a.m. MST Thursday.

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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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East Kootenay.
Tonight..Snow. Amount 2 to 4 cm except 10 cm over southern sections.
 Wind up to 15 km/h. Temperature steady near minus 4. Wind chill near
 minus 8.
Thursday..Snow ending near noon then cloudy with 40 percent chance of
 flurries. Amount 2 to 4 cm. Wind up to 15 km/h. High zero. Wind
 chill minus 6 in the morning.
Thursday night..Cloudy with 40 percent chance of flurries in the
 evening and after midnight. Snow beginning overnight. Wind up to 15
 km/h. Temperature steady near minus 2. Wind chill minus 6 overnight.

Elk Valley.
Tonight..Snow. Amount 2 to 4 cm except 10 cm near Fernie. Wind up to
 15 km/h. Low minus 8. Wind chill near minus 14.
Thursday..Snow ending early in the afternoon then cloudy with
 40 percent chance of flurries. Amount 2 to 4 cm except 10 cm near
 Fernie. Wind up to 15 km/h. High minus 1. Wind chill minus 14 in the
 morning and minus 6 in the afternoon.
Thursday night..Flurries. Amount 2 to 4 cm. Wind up to 15 km/h. Low
 minus 8. Wind chill minus 7 in the evening and minus 13 overnight.

Remainder unchanged.

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FPCN15 CWVR 202300
Forecasts for the Kootenay districts of British Columbia issued by
Environment Canada at 4:00 p.m. MST Wednesday 20 November 2024 for
tonight Thursday and Thursday night.
The next scheduled forecast will be issued at 5:00 a.m. MST Thursday.

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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.
Tonight..Cloudy with 70 percent chance of rain or wet snow this
 evening. Wet snow beginning near midnight. Snowfall amount 2 to 4 cm
 except 5 cm over higher terrain. Snow level 1000 metres lowering to
 valley bottom this evening. Wind east 20 km/h gusting to 40 becoming
 light early this evening. Temperature steady near plus 2.
Thursday..Wet snow ending in the morning then cloudy with 60 percent
 chance of rain showers. Snowfall amount 2 to 4 cm. Snow level rising
 to 1300 metres in the afternoon. High plus 4.
Thursday night..Mainly cloudy. 30 percent chance of rain showers or
 wet flurries late in the evening and after midnight. Wet snow mixed
 with rain beginning overnight. Snowfall amount 2 cm over higher
 terrain. Temperature steady near plus 2.

Arrow Lakes - Slocan Lake.
Tonight..Flurries. Amount 2 to 4 cm except 5 cm over southern
 sections. Temperature steady near zero.
Thursday..Periods of snow ending near noon then cloudy with
 30 percent chance of rain showers or wet flurries. Snowfall amount 2
 to 4 cm. Temperature steady near plus 1.
Thursday night..Cloudy. 30 percent chance of wet flurries changing to
 30 percent chance of flurries in the evening. Temperature steady
 near zero.

West Kootenay.
Tonight..Wet snow at times mixed with rain changing to snow at times
 heavy late this evening. Snowfall amount 10 to 15 cm except 20 cm
 near Trail. Temperature steady near plus 1.
Thursday..Snow at times heavy ending in the morning then cloudy with
 40 percent chance of wet flurries or rain showers late in the
 morning and early afternoon then 40 percent chance of rain showers
 in the afternoon. Snowfall amount 2 to 4 cm. Snow level rising to
 1200 metres in the afternoon. High plus 5.
Thursday night..Cloudy with 40 percent chance of rain showers
 changing to 40 percent chance of wet flurries or rain showers near
 midnight. Wet snow beginning overnight. Local snowfall amount 2 cm.
 Snow level 800 metres lowering to valley bottom near midnight.
 Temperature steady near plus 2.

Kootenay Lake.
Tonight..Snow. Amount 5 to 10 cm except 15 cm over southern sections.
 Temperature steady near plus 1.
Thursday..Periods of snow ending near noon then cloudy with
 30 percent chance of rain showers. Snowfall amount 2 cm except 5 cm
 over southern sections. Snow level rising to 1100 metres near noon.
 High plus 3.
Thursday night..Cloudy with 60 percent chance of rain showers in the
 evening then 60 percent chance of wet flurries or rain showers late
 in the evening and after midnight. Snow beginning after midnight.
 Snow level near valley bottom. Temperature steady near plus 2.

East Kootenay.
Tonight..Periods of snow. Amount 2 cm except 5 cm over southern
 sections. Wind up to 15 km/h. Temperature steady near minus 4. Wind
 chill near minus 8.
Thursday..Snow ending near noon then cloudy with 40 percent chance of
 flurries. Amount 2 to 4 cm. Wind up to 15 km/h. High zero. Wind
 chill minus 6 in the morning.
Thursday night..Cloudy with 40 percent chance of flurries in the
 evening and after midnight. Snow beginning overnight. Wind up to 15
 km/h. Temperature steady near minus 2. Wind chill minus 6 overnight.

Elk Valley.
Tonight..Snow. Amount 2 cm except 5 cm near Fernie. Wind up to 15
 km/h. Low minus 8. Wind chill minus 9 this evening and minus 14
 overnight.
Thursday..Snow ending early in the afternoon then cloudy with
 40 percent chance of flurries. Amount 2 to 4 cm except 5 cm near
 Fernie. Wind up to 15 km/h. High minus 1. Wind chill minus 14 in the
 morning and minus 6 in the afternoon.
Thursday night..Flurries. Amount 2 to 4 cm. Wind up to 15 km/h. Low
 minus 8. Wind chill minus 7 in the evening and minus 13 overnight.

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