FPCN15 CWVR 082236 FORECASTS FOR THE KOOTENAY DISTRICTS OF BRITISH COLUMBIA ISSUED BY ENVIRONMENT CANADA AT 4.00 PM MST SUNDAY 8 NOVEMBER 2009 FOR TONIGHT MONDAY AND MONDAY NIGHT. THE NEXT SCHEDULED FORECAST WILL BE ISSUED AT 5.00 AM MONDAY. --------------------------------------------------------------------- MAJOR REFERENCE ELEVATIONS: CASTLEGAR: 430 METRES. CRANBROOK: 920 METRES. BLUEBERRY-PAULSON: 1570 METRES. KOOTENAY PASS: 1774 METRES. CROWSNEST PASS: 1300 METRES. --------------------------------------------------------------------- BOUNDARY. TONIGHT..CLOUDY. 30 PERCENT CHANCE OF SHOWERS LATE THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT. SNOW LEVEL 900 METRES. LOW PLUS 4. MONDAY..CLOUDY. 30 PERCENT CHANCE OF SHOWERS EARLY IN THE MORNING. A FEW SHOWERS BEGINNING LATE IN THE DAY. SNOW LEVEL 800 METRES RISING TO 1200 METRES LATE IN THE DAY. HIGH 8. MONDAY NIGHT..SHOWERS. SNOW LEVEL 1200 METRES. LOW PLUS 5. ARROW LAKES - SLOCAN LAKE. TONIGHT..CLOUDY. LOW PLUS 4. MONDAY..CLOUDY WITH SUNNY PERIODS. 40 PERCENT CHANCE OF SHOWERS IN THE MORNING. SNOW LEVEL 900 METRES. HIGH 8. MONDAY NIGHT..SHOWERS. SNOW LEVEL 1200 METRES. LOW PLUS 4. WEST KOOTENAY. TONIGHT..CLOUDY. 30 PERCENT CHANCE OF SHOWERS LATE THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT. SNOW LEVEL 800 METRES. LOW PLUS 3. MONDAY..CLOUDY WITH SUNNY PERIODS. 30 PERCENT CHANCE OF SHOWERS EARLY IN THE MORNING. SNOW LEVEL 800 METRES. HIGH 8. MONDAY NIGHT..CLOUDY. RAIN BEGINNING EARLY IN THE EVENING. AMOUNT 10 TO 15 MM. SNOW LEVEL 1200 METRES. LOW PLUS 4. KOOTENAY LAKE. TONIGHT..CLOUDY WITH 40 PERCENT CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS OR WET FLURRIES. SNOW LEVEL 1100 METRES LOWERING TO VALLEY BOTTOM AFTER MIDNIGHT. LOW PLUS 3. MONDAY..CLOUDY WITH SUNNY PERIODS. 40 PERCENT CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS OR WET FLURRIES EARLY IN THE MORNING. HIGH 8. MONDAY NIGHT..CLOUDY. PERIODS OF RAIN BEGINNING NEAR MIDNIGHT. LOW PLUS 4. EAST KOOTENAY. TONIGHT..CLOUDY PERIODS. 30 PERCENT CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS OR FLURRIES EARLY THIS EVENING. WIND SOUTH 20 KM/H BECOMING LIGHT THIS EVENING. LOW MINUS 3. MONDAY..CLOUDY. HIGH 8. MONDAY NIGHT..CLOUDY. 30 PERCENT CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS OR FLURRIES OVERNIGHT. LOW PLUS 1. ELK VALLEY. TONIGHT..A FEW FLURRIES ENDING EARLY THIS EVENING THEN CLOUDY. 40 PERCENT CHANCE OF FLURRIES OVERNIGHT. WIND SOUTH 20 KM/H BECOMING LIGHT EARLY THIS EVENING. LOW MINUS 1. MONDAY..CLOUDY WITH 40 PERCENT CHANCE OF FLURRIES IN THE MORNING THEN A MIX OF SUN AND CLOUD. HIGH 7. MONDAY NIGHT..CLOUDY PERIODS. BECOMING CLOUDY NEAR MIDNIGHT THEN PERIODS OF LIGHT SNOW. LOW ZERO. END