FPCN13 CWVR 081843 FORECASTS FOR THE SOUTHWEST INTERIOR OF BRITISH COLUMBIA ISSUED BY ENVIRONMENT CANADA AT 11.00 AM PST SUNDAY 8 NOVEMBER 2009 FOR TODAY AND MONDAY. THE NEXT SCHEDULED FORECAST WILL BE ISSUED AT 4.00 PM. --------------------------------------------------------------------- MAJOR REFERENCE ELEVATIONS: OKANAGAN AND KAMLOOPS LAKES: 340 METRES. COQUIHALLA - HOPE TO MERRITT 1230 METRES. COQUIHALLA - MERRITT TO KAMLOOPS: 1440 METRES. CONNECTOR - PENNASK SUMMIT: 1728 METRES. ALLISON PASS: 1340 METRES. --------------------------------------------------------------------- NORTH OKANAGAN - INCLUDING VERNON. TODAY..INCREASING CLOUDINESS NEAR NOON. HIGH 7. TONIGHT..CLEARING EARLY THIS EVENING. INCREASING CLOUDINESS BEFORE MORNING. LOW ZERO. MONDAY..CLOUDY. 60 PERCENT CHANCE OF SHOWERS IN THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING. SNOW LEVEL 1400 METRES LOWERING TO 1000 METRES LATE IN THE EVENING. WIND BECOMING SOUTH 30 KM/H GUSTING TO 50 IN THE MORNING THEN LIGHT LATE IN THE DAY. HIGH 9. CENTRAL OKANAGAN - INCLUDING KELOWNA. TODAY..CLOUDY WITH SUNNY PERIODS. WIND SOUTH 20 KM/H. HIGH 8. TONIGHT..CLOUDY PERIODS. BECOMING CLOUDY OVERNIGHT. WIND SOUTH 20 KM/H BECOMING LIGHT EARLY THIS EVENING. LOW PLUS 1 WITH TEMPERATURE RISING TO PLUS 5 BY MORNING. MONDAY..CLOUDY. 40 PERCENT CHANCE OF SHOWERS IN THE EVENING. SNOW LEVEL 1400 METRES LOWERING TO 1000 METRES IN THE EVENING. WIND BECOMING SOUTH 30 KM/H GUSTING TO 50 IN THE MORNING THEN LIGHT LATE IN THE EVENING. HIGH 9. SOUTH OKANAGAN - INCLUDING PENTICTON. TODAY..A MIX OF SUN AND CLOUD. WIND SOUTH 30 KM/H. HIGH 9. TONIGHT..CLOUDY. 30 PERCENT CHANCE OF SHOWERS LATE THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT. SNOW LEVEL 1000 METRES. WIND SOUTH 30 KM/H BECOMING LIGHT EARLY THIS EVENING. WIND BECOMING SOUTH 20 OVERNIGHT. LOW PLUS 4 WITH TEMPERATURE RISING TO 7 BY MORNING. MONDAY..CLOUDY. 30 PERCENT CHANCE OF SHOWERS EARLY IN THE MORNING. A FEW SHOWERS BEGINNING IN THE AFTERNOON. SNOW LEVEL 1100 METRES RISING TO 1400 METRES IN THE AFTERNOON. WIND SOUTH 20 KM/H INCREASING TO 40 GUSTING TO 60 IN THE MORNING THEN DIMINISHING TO 20 IN THE AFTERNOON. HIGH 8. SIMILKAMEEN. TODAY..CLOUDY WITH SUNNY PERIODS. 30 PERCENT CHANCE OF FLURRIES LATE THIS AFTERNOON. FOG PATCHES DISSIPATING EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. HIGH PLUS 5. TONIGHT..CLOUDY. 30 PERCENT CHANCE OF FLURRIES THIS EVENING. LOW MINUS 4. MONDAY..CLOUDY. 40 PERCENT CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS OR FLURRIES CHANGING TO 40 PERCENT CHANCE OF FLURRIES LATE IN THE DAY. WIND SOUTH 20 KM/H BECOMING LIGHT LATE IN THE MORNING. HIGH PLUS 5. FRASER CANYON. TODAY..A MIX OF SUN AND CLOUD. 30 PERCENT CHANCE OF SHOWERS THIS AFTERNOON. SNOW LEVEL 1200 METRES. WIND SOUTH 40 KM/H GUSTING TO 60. HIGH 8. TONIGHT..CLOUDY. PERIODS OF RAIN BEGINNING OVERNIGHT. SNOW LEVEL 700 METRES. WIND SOUTH 40 KM/H GUSTING TO 60 DIMINISHING TO 20 LATE THIS EVENING THEN INCREASING TO 40 GUSTING TO 70 BEFORE MORNING. LOW PLUS 5. MONDAY..PERIODS OF RAIN. AMOUNT 5 TO 10 MM. SNOW LEVEL 700 METRES RISING TO 1300 METRES IN THE MORNING. WIND SOUTH 40 KM/H GUSTING TO 70 DIMINISHING TO 20 IN THE EVENING. HIGH 9. NICOLA. TODAY..CLOUDY WITH SUNNY PERIODS. HIGH PLUS 4. TONIGHT..CLOUDY. LOW PLUS 1. MONDAY..CLOUDY. 70 PERCENT CHANCE OF SHOWERS IN THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY IN THE EVENING. SNOW LEVEL 1300 METRES. WIND BECOMING SOUTH 30 KM/H GUSTING TO 50 IN THE MORNING THEN LIGHT IN THE AFTERNOON. HIGH 6. SOUTH THOMPSON. TODAY..CLOUDY WITH SUNNY PERIODS. WIND EAST 20 KM/H. HIGH 8. TONIGHT..CLOUDY. BECOMING CLOUDY PERIODS LATE THIS EVENING. WIND EAST 30 KM/H. LOW PLUS 1. MONDAY..CLOUDY WITH SUNNY PERIODS. WIND EAST 40 KM/H GUSTING TO 60 BECOMING LIGHT IN THE AFTERNOON. HIGH 10. SHUSWAP. TODAY..CLOUDY WITH SUNNY PERIODS. HIGH 6. TONIGHT..CLOUDY. LOW ZERO. MONDAY..CLOUDY. 60 PERCENT CHANCE OF SHOWERS LATE IN THE DAY. WIND BECOMING SOUTHEAST 30 KM/H GUSTING TO 50 IN THE MORNING THEN LIGHT LATE IN THE DAY. HIGH 8. END