FPCN15 CWVR 241140
FORECASTS FOR THE KOOTENAY DISTRICTS OF BRITISH COLUMBIA ISSUED BY
ENVIRONMENT CANADA AT 5.00 AM MST TUESDAY 24 NOVEMBER 2009 FOR TODAY
AND WEDNESDAY.
THE NEXT SCHEDULED FORECAST WILL BE ISSUED AT 11.00 AM.
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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.
TODAY..CLOUDY. BECOMING A MIX OF SUN AND CLOUD THIS AFTERNOON. HIGH
 PLUS 4.
TONIGHT..BECOMING CLOUDY THIS EVENING WITH 70 PERCENT CHANCE OF
 SHOWERS LATE THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT. SNOW LEVEL 1000 METRES
 RISING TO 1400 METRES BEFORE MORNING. TEMPERATURE STEADY NEAR
 PLUS 2.
WEDNESDAY..CLOUDY. 70 PERCENT CHANCE OF SHOWERS IN THE EVENING.
 HIGH 6.
ARROW LAKES - SLOCAN LAKE.
TODAY..CLOUDY. CLEARING EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. HIGH 6.
TONIGHT..INCREASING CLOUDINESS. 60 PERCENT CHANCE OF WET FLURRIES
 OVERNIGHT. LOW PLUS 2 WITH TEMPERATURE RISING TO PLUS 4 BY MORNING.
WEDNESDAY..CLOUDY WITH 60 PERCENT CHANCE OF WET FLURRIES CHANGING TO
 60 PERCENT CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS IN THE MORNING. RAIN BEGINNING
 LATE IN THE DAY. SNOW LEVEL RISING TO 2000 METRES IN THE AFTERNOON.
 HIGH 6.
WEST KOOTENAY.
TODAY..CLOUDY. BECOMING A MIX OF SUN AND CLOUD THIS AFTERNOON. HIGH
 PLUS 4.
TONIGHT..BECOMING CLOUDY THIS EVENING. PERIODS OF LIGHT WET SNOW
 BEGINNING AFTER MIDNIGHT. LOW PLUS 1.
WEDNESDAY..PERIODS OF LIGHT WET SNOW MIXED WITH RAIN CHANGING TO RAIN
 IN THE MORNING. SNOW LEVEL RISING TO 2000 METRES IN THE AFTERNOON.
 HIGH PLUS 5.
KOOTENAY LAKE.
TODAY..CLOUDY. BECOMING A MIX OF SUN AND CLOUD THIS MORNING. HIGH
 PLUS 3.
TONIGHT..CLOUDY. 30 PERCENT CHANCE OF WET FLURRIES OVERNIGHT. LOW
 PLUS 1.
WEDNESDAY..CLOUDY. 30 PERCENT CHANCE OF WET FLURRIES EARLY IN THE
 MORNING THEN 30 PERCENT CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS LATE IN THE MORNING
 AND EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON. 60 PERCENT CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS LATE
 IN THE EVENING. SNOW LEVEL RISING TO 1400 METRES LATE IN THE
 MORNING. HIGH PLUS 5.
EAST KOOTENAY - NORTH INCLUDING INVERMERE.
TODAY..CLOUDY. HIGH MINUS 1.
TONIGHT..CLOUDY. LOW MINUS 5.
WEDNESDAY..CLOUDY. 60 PERCENT CHANCE OF SHOWERS LATE IN THE EVENING.
 HIGH PLUS 3.
EAST KOOTENAY - SOUTH INCLUDING CRANBROOK.
TODAY..CLOUDY WITH SUNNY PERIODS. BECOMING SUNNY WITH CLOUDY PERIODS
 THIS AFTERNOON. HIGH PLUS 1.
TONIGHT..CLOUDY PERIODS. BECOMING CLOUDY THIS EVENING. TEMPERATURE
 STEADY NEAR MINUS 2.
WEDNESDAY..CLOUDY. 40 PERCENT CHANCE OF SHOWERS LATE IN THE EVENING.
 HIGH PLUS 3.
ELK VALLEY.
TODAY..CLOUDY. 40 PERCENT CHANCE OF FLURRIES EARLY THIS MORNING.
 CLEARING NEAR NOON. HIGH PLUS 1.
TONIGHT..INCREASING CLOUDINESS. 40 PERCENT CHANCE OF FLURRIES BEFORE
 MORNING. LOW MINUS 5.
WEDNESDAY..CLOUDY. 40 PERCENT CHANCE OF FLURRIES CHANGING TO
 40 PERCENT CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS IN THE AFTERNOON. WIND BECOMING
 SOUTHWEST 20 KM/H IN THE AFTERNOON. HIGH 6.
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