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Forecasts for the Kootenay districts of British Columbia

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FPCN15 CWVR 100230 AAA
Updated forecasts for the Kootenay districts of British Columbia 
issued by Environment Canada at 7.29 PM MST Saturday 9 December 2006 
for tonight Sunday and Sunday night.
The next scheduled forecast will be issued at 5.00 AM Sunday.

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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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West Kootenay.
Tonight..Rain showers and wet flurries. Low plus 1.
Sunday..Periods of rain. Amount 5 to 10 mm. Snow level rising to 1000 
metres late in the morning. Temperature steady near plus 2.
Sunday night..A few rain showers changing to a few flurries 
overnight. Snow level 1000 metres lowering to valley bottom 
overnight. Low zero.

East Kootenay.
Tonight..Cloudy with 60 percent chance of flurries. Fog patches. 
Temperature steady near minus 4.
Sunday..Cloudy with 60 percent chance of flurries. Fog patches 
dissipating in the morning. Wind becoming west 20 km/h early in the 
afternoon. High plus 1.
Sunday night..Cloudy. 40 percent chance of flurries in the evening. 
Wind west 20 km/h becoming light in the evening. Low minus 1.

Elk Valley.
Tonight..Cloudy with 60 percent chance of flurries. Low minus 4.
Sunday..Cloudy with 60 percent chance of flurries or rain showers. 
Wind becoming west 30 km/h early in the afternoon. High plus 3.
Sunday night..Cloudy with 40 percent chance of flurries. Wind west 30
km/h becoming light in the evening. Low minus 1.

Remainder unchanged.

END/TC






FPCN15 CWVR 092245
Forecasts for the Kootenay districts of British Columbia issued by 
Environment Canada at 4.00 PM MST Saturday 9 December 2006 for 
tonight Sunday and Sunday night.
The next scheduled forecast will be issued at 5.00 AM Sunday.

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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.
Tonight..Cloudy with 70 percent chance of flurries. Low minus 1.
Sunday..Cloudy. 70 percent chance of flurries early in the morning. 
Periods of rain beginning in the morning. Snow level rising to 900 
metres in the afternoon. High plus 4.
Sunday night..Cloudy. 40 percent chance of rain showers changing to 
flurries overnight. Snow level 900 metres lowering to valley bottom 
overnight. Low minus 1.

Arrow Lakes - Slocan Lake.
Tonight..A few rain showers changing to a few flurries overnight. 
Snow level 1000 metres lowering to valley bottom overnight. Low plus
1.
Sunday..A few flurries changing to a few rain showers late in the 
morning. Snow level rising to 1000 metres in the afternoon. 
Temperature steady near plus 2.
Sunday night..Cloudy. 60 percent chance of rain showers in the 
evening and of flurries overnight. Snow level 1000 metres lowering to
valley bottom near midnight. Low zero.

West Kootenay.
Tonight..Cloudy. A few showers beginning early this evening. Snow 
level 1000 metres lowering to near valley bottom overnight. Low plus
2.
Sunday..Periods of rain. Amount 5 to 10 mm. Snow level rising to 1000 
metres late in the morning. Temperature steady near plus 2.
Sunday night..A few rain showers changing to a few flurries 
overnight. Snow level 1000 metres lowering to valley bottom 
overnight. Low zero.

Kootenay Lake.
Tonight..Cloudy with 60 percent chance of flurries. Fog patches. Low 
minus 1.
Sunday..Flurries. Amount 2 to 4 cm. Fog patches dissipating in the 
morning. High plus 2.
Sunday night..Cloudy with 60 percent chance of flurries or rain 
showers. Low zero.

East Kootenay.
Tonight..Cloudy with 60 percent chance of flurries. Fog patches. 
Temperature steady near minus 1.
Sunday..Cloudy with 60 percent chance of flurries. Fog patches 
dissipating in the morning. Wind becoming west 20 km/h early in the 
afternoon. High plus 1.
Sunday night..Cloudy. 40 percent chance of flurries in the evening. 
Wind west 20 km/h becoming light in the evening. Low minus 1.

Elk Valley.
Tonight..Cloudy with 60 percent chance of flurries. Wind west 20
km/h. Low minus 1.
Sunday..Cloudy with 60 percent chance of flurries or rain showers. 
Wind becoming west 30 km/h early in the afternoon. High plus 3.
Sunday night..Cloudy with 40 percent chance of flurries. Wind west 30
km/h becoming light in the evening. Low minus 1.

END/RW

Created: 2002-12-31
Modified: 2004-07-13
Reviewed: 2002-12-31
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