Forecasts for the Kootenay districts of British Columbia

Choose a Province or Territory

---

* NOTE: Corrected and/or amended bulletins are listed first *

 
FPCN15 CWVR 152200
Forecasts for the Kootenay districts of British Columbia issued by
Environment Canada at 4:00 p.m. MDT Wednesday 15 April 2026 for
tonight Thursday and Thursday night.
The next scheduled forecast will be issued at 5:00 a.m. MDT Thursday.

---------------------------------------------------------------------
Major reference elevations:
    Castlegar:                  430 metres.
    Cranbrook:                  920 metres.
    Blueberry-Paulson:         1570 metres.
    Kootenay Pass:             1774 metres.
    Crowsnest Pass:            1300 metres.
---------------------------------------------------------------------

Boundary.
Tonight..Mainly cloudy. 30 percent chance of showers early this
 evening. Snow level 1000 metres. Wind northwest 20 km/h gusting to
 40 becoming light this evening. Low plus 2.
Thursday..Mainly cloudy. 30 percent chance of wet flurries or rain
 showers in the morning. Clearing late in the afternoon. Wind
 becoming northwest 20 km/h gusting to 40 in the morning. High 10. UV
 index 4 or moderate.
Thursday night..Clear. Wind up to 15 km/h. Low minus 3 with frost.
 Wind chill minus 5 overnight.

Arrow Lakes - Slocan Lake.
Tonight..Mainly cloudy. 30 percent chance of rain showers changing to
 60 percent chance of wet flurries or rain showers near midnight.
 Snow level 1000 metres lowering to valley bottom near midnight. Low
 plus 3.
Thursday..Cloudy. 60 percent chance of wet flurries or rain showers
 changing to 30 percent chance of rain showers in the morning. Snow
 level rising to 1000 metres in the morning. High 9. UV index 3 or
 moderate.
Thursday night..Partly cloudy. 30 percent chance of wet flurries or
 rain showers overnight. Low plus 2.

West Kootenay.
Tonight..Rain showers or flurries ending after midnight then mainly
 cloudy. Risk of thunderstorms early this evening. Wind northwest
 20 km/h gusting to 40 becoming light this evening. Low plus 1.
Thursday..Mainly cloudy. Wind becoming northwest 20 km/h gusting to
 40 late in the morning. High 11. UV index 3 or moderate.
Thursday night..Clearing in the evening. Low zero with patchy frost.

Kootenay Lake.
Tonight..Rain showers or flurries ending near midnight then cloudy
 with 60 percent chance of wet flurries or rain showers. Risk of
 thunderstorms early this evening. Low plus 2.
Thursday..Cloudy. 60 percent chance of wet flurries or rain showers
 changing to 60 percent chance of rain showers in the morning. Snow
 level rising to 1100 metres in the morning. Wind becoming northwest
 20 km/h early in the afternoon. High 8. UV index 3 or moderate.
Thursday night..Partly cloudy. Low plus 1.

East Kootenay.
Tonight..Periods of rain mixed with light snow changing to snow near
 midnight. Risk of thunderstorms early this evening. Local snowfall
 amount 5 to 10 cm. Wind southeast 20 km/h gusting to 40 becoming
 northwest 20 near midnight. Low minus 1.
Thursday..A few flurries ending near noon then cloudy with 40 percent
 chance of rain showers or flurries. Wind northwest 20 km/h gusting
 to 40. High plus 3. UV index 2 or low.
Thursday night..Partly cloudy. 40 percent chance of rain showers or
 flurries early in the evening. Low minus 2.

Elk Valley.
Tonight..Rain or wet snow changing to snow this evening. Local
 snowfall amount 5 to 10 cm. Wind south 20 km/h gusting to 40
 becoming light this evening. Low minus 6. Wind chill minus 8
 overnight.
Thursday..Flurries. Local amount 2 cm. Wind becoming northwest
 20 km/h near noon. High zero. Wind chill minus 8 in the morning. UV
 index 2 or low.
Thursday night..Partly cloudy. Wind up to 15 km/h. Low minus 4. Wind
 chill minus 4 in the evening.

End
$$$$^^