FPCN15 CWVR 041145
FORECASTS FOR THE KOOTENAY DISTRICTS OF BRITISH COLUMBIA ISSUED BY
ENVIRONMENT CANADA AT 5:00 A.M. MST WEDNESDAY 4 FEBRUARY 2026 FOR
TODAY AND THURSDAY.
THE NEXT SCHEDULED FORECAST WILL BE ISSUED AT 11:00 A.M. MST.

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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..MAINLY CLOUDY. 40 PERCENT CHANCE OF SHOWERS THIS MORNING. FOG
 PATCHES DISSIPATING LATE THIS MORNING. HIGH 10. UV INDEX 1 OR LOW.
TONIGHT..CLOUDY EXCEPT CLEAR ABOVE THE VALLEY CLOUD. FOG PATCHES
 DEVELOPING AFTER MIDNIGHT. LOW PLUS 2.
THURSDAY..CLOUDY EXCEPT SUNNY ABOVE THE VALLEY CLOUD. BECOMING A MIX
 OF SUN AND CLOUD IN THE AFTERNOON. FOG PATCHES DISSIPATING IN THE
 MORNING. HIGH 10. UV INDEX 1 OR LOW.

ARROW LAKES - SLOCAN LAKE.
TODAY..A FEW SHOWERS ENDING THIS MORNING THEN MAINLY CLOUDY. FOG
 PATCHES DISSIPATING THIS MORNING. HIGH 7. UV INDEX 1 OR LOW.
TONIGHT..CLOUDY EXCEPT CLEAR ABOVE THE VALLEY CLOUD. FOG PATCHES
 DEVELOPING AFTER MIDNIGHT. LOW PLUS 3.
THURSDAY..CLOUDY EXCEPT SUNNY ABOVE THE VALLEY CLOUD. BECOMING A MIX
 OF SUN AND CLOUD IN THE AFTERNOON. FOG PATCHES DISSIPATING IN THE
 MORNING. HIGH 8. UV INDEX 1 OR LOW.

WEST KOOTENAY.
TODAY..MAINLY CLOUDY. 30 PERCENT CHANCE OF SHOWERS THIS MORNING. SNOW
 LEVEL 800 METRES. FOG PATCHES DISSIPATING THIS MORNING. HIGH 10. UV
 INDEX 1 OR LOW.
TONIGHT..CLOUDY EXCEPT CLEAR ABOVE THE VALLEY CLOUD. FOG PATCHES
 DEVELOPING OVERNIGHT. LOW PLUS 3.
THURSDAY..CLOUDY EXCEPT SUNNY ABOVE THE VALLEY CLOUD. BECOMING A MIX
 OF SUN AND CLOUD IN THE AFTERNOON. FOG PATCHES DISSIPATING IN THE
 MORNING. HIGH 10. UV INDEX 1 OR LOW.

KOOTENAY LAKE.
TODAY..MAINLY CLOUDY. 30 PERCENT CHANCE OF SHOWERS OVER NORTHERN
 SECTIONS THIS MORNING. FOG PATCHES DISSIPATING THIS MORNING.
 HIGH 10. UV INDEX 1 OR LOW.
TONIGHT..CLOUDY EXCEPT CLEAR ABOVE THE VALLEY CLOUD. FOG PATCHES
 DEVELOPING OVERNIGHT. LOW PLUS 3.
THURSDAY..CLOUDY EXCEPT SUNNY ABOVE THE VALLEY CLOUD. BECOMING A MIX
 OF SUN AND CLOUD IN THE AFTERNOON. FOG PATCHES DISSIPATING IN THE
 MORNING. HIGH 10. UV INDEX 1 OR LOW.

EAST KOOTENAY.
TODAY..MAINLY CLOUDY. FOG PATCHES DISSIPATING THIS MORNING. HIGH 9.
 UV INDEX 1 OR LOW.
TONIGHT..PARTLY CLOUDY. BECOMING CLOUDY THIS EVENING EXCEPT CLEAR
 ABOVE THE VALLEY CLOUD. LOW PLUS 1.
THURSDAY..CLOUDY EXCEPT SUNNY ABOVE THE VALLEY CLOUD. BECOMING A MIX
 OF SUN AND CLOUD IN THE AFTERNOON. HIGH 9. UV INDEX 1 OR LOW.

ELK VALLEY.
TODAY..CLOUDY. BECOMING A MIX OF SUN AND CLOUD THIS AFTERNOON. WIND
 BECOMING SOUTH 20 KM/H GUSTING TO 40 NEAR NOON. HIGH 9. UV INDEX 1
 OR LOW.
TONIGHT..PARTLY CLOUDY. BECOMING CLOUDY THIS EVENING EXCEPT CLEAR
 ABOVE THE VALLEY CLOUD. WIND SOUTH 20 KM/H GUSTING TO 40 BECOMING
 LIGHT THIS EVENING. LOW PLUS 3.
THURSDAY..CLOUDY EXCEPT SUNNY ABOVE THE VALLEY CLOUD IN THE MORNING.
 BECOMING A MIX OF SUN AND CLOUD LATE IN THE MORNING. WIND BECOMING
 SOUTH 20 KM/H IN THE MORNING. HIGH 10. UV INDEX 1 OR LOW.

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