FPCN15 CWVR 300212 AAA
UPDATED FORECASTS FOR THE KOOTENAY DISTRICTS OF BRITISH COLUMBIA
ISSUED BY ENVIRONMENT CANADA AT 8.11 PM MDT FRIDAY 29 AUGUST 2008 FOR
TONIGHT SATURDAY AND SATURDAY NIGHT.
THE NEXT SCHEDULED FORECAST WILL BE ISSUED AT 5.00 AM SATURDAY.
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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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ARROW LAKES - SLOCAN LAKE.
TONIGHT..PERIODS OF RAIN WITH A FEW THUNDERSTORMS ENDING OVERNIGHT
 THEN CLOUDY. AMOUNT 5 TO 10 MM. WIND SOUTHWEST 20 KM/H GUSTING TO 50
 EXCEPT GUSTING TO 80 NEAR THUNDERSTORMS THIS EVENING. WIND BECOMING
 LIGHT NEAR MIDNIGHT. LOW 8.
SATURDAY..CLOUDY WITH SUNNY PERIODS. 40 PERCENT CHANCE OF SHOWERS IN
 THE AFTERNOON. HIGH 17. UV INDEX 4 OR MODERATE.
SATURDAY NIGHT..CLOUDY PERIODS. 40 PERCENT CHANCE OF SHOWERS EARLY IN
 THE EVENING. LOW 6.
KOOTENAY LAKE.
TONIGHT..CLOUDY PERIODS. A FEW THUNDERSTORMS OVER NORTHERN SECTIONS
 THIS EVENING. AMOUNT 10 MM OVER NORTHERN SECTIONS. WIND SOUTH
 30 KM/H EXCEPT GUSTING TO 80 NEAR THUNDERSTORMS THIS EVENING. WIND
 BECOMING LIGHT THIS EVENING. LOW 12.
SATURDAY..SUNNY WITH CLOUDY PERIODS. HIGH 22. UV INDEX 6 OR HIGH.
SATURDAY NIGHT..A FEW CLOUDS. LOW 10.
EAST KOOTENAY - NORTH INCLUDING INVERMERE.
TONIGHT..A FEW SHOWERS WITH THUNDERSTORMS ENDING THIS EVENING THEN
 CLOUDY PERIODS. WIND SOUTH 30 KM/H GUSTING TO 50 EXCEPT GUSTING TO
 80 NEAR THUNDERSTORMS THIS EVENING. WIND BECOMING LIGHT THIS
 EVENING. LOW 9.
SATURDAY..A MIX OF SUN AND CLOUD. WIND BECOMING SOUTHWEST 20 KM/H IN
 THE AFTERNOON. HIGH 20. UV INDEX 5 OR MODERATE.
SATURDAY NIGHT..CLOUDY PERIODS. WIND SOUTHWEST 20 KM/H BECOMING LIGHT
 IN THE EVENING. LOW 8.
EAST KOOTENAY - SOUTH INCLUDING CRANBROOK.
TONIGHT..CLOUDY PERIODS. RISK OF A THUNDERSTORM THIS EVENING. WIND
 SOUTH 30 KM/H GUSTING TO 50 EXCEPT GUSTING TO 70 NEAR THUNDERSTORMS
 THIS EVENING. WIND BECOMING LIGHT NEAR MIDNIGHT. LOW 9.
SATURDAY..A MIX OF SUN AND CLOUD. WIND BECOMING SOUTHWEST 20 KM/H IN
 THE AFTERNOON. HIGH 20. UV INDEX 5 OR MODERATE.
SATURDAY NIGHT..CLOUDY PERIODS. WIND SOUTHWEST 20 KM/H BECOMING LIGHT
 IN THE EVENING. LOW 8.
ELK VALLEY.
TONIGHT..CLOUDY PERIODS. RISK OF THUNDERSTORMS OVER NORTHERN SECTIONS
 THIS EVENING. WIND SOUTH 30 KM/H GUSTING TO 50 EXCEPT GUSTING TO 80
 NEAR THUNDERSTORMS THIS EVENING. WIND BECOMING LIGHT THIS EVENING.
 LOW 7.
SATURDAY..SUNNY WITH CLOUDY PERIODS. HIGH 20. UV INDEX 5 OR MODERATE.
SATURDAY NIGHT..A FEW CLOUDS. INCREASING CLOUDINESS NEAR MIDNIGHT
 WITH 40 PERCENT CHANCE OF SHOWERS OVERNIGHT. LOW 7.
REMAINDER UNCHANGED.
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