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UPDATED FORECASTS FOR THE KOOTENAY DISTRICTS OF BRITISH COLUMBIA
ISSUED BY ENVIRONMENT CANADA AT 6:50 P.M. MST WEDNESDAY 24 DECEMBER
2025 FOR TONIGHT THURSDAY AND THURSDAY NIGHT.
THE NEXT SCHEDULED FORECAST WILL BE ISSUED AT 5:00 A.M. MST THURSDAY.

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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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ELK VALLEY.
TONIGHT..PERIODS OF SNOW ENDING AFTER MIDNIGHT THEN CLOUDY WITH
 30 PERCENT CHANCE OF FLURRIES. AMOUNT 5 TO 10 CM. OCCASIONAL LOCAL
 DRIFTING SNOW. WIND EAST 30 KM/H GUSTING TO 50 BECOMING LIGHT AFTER
 MIDNIGHT. TEMPERATURE STEADY NEAR MINUS 2. WIND CHILL MINUS 10 THIS
 EVENING.
THURSDAY..CLOUDY. 30 PERCENT CHANCE OF FLURRIES IN THE MORNING.
 PERIODS OF WET SNOW BEGINNING LATE IN THE AFTERNOON EXCEPT RAIN NEAR
 FERNIE. WIND BECOMING SOUTH 20 KM/H GUSTING TO 40 NEAR NOON. HIGH
 PLUS 3. WIND CHILL MINUS 3 IN THE MORNING.
THURSDAY NIGHT..PERIODS OF WET SNOW CHANGING TO PERIODS OF LIGHT SNOW
 BEFORE MORNING. RAIN NEAR FERNIE. AMOUNT 5 CM NEAR FERNIE. WIND
 SOUTH 20 KM/H GUSTING TO 40. LOW MINUS 1. WIND CHILL MINUS 7
 OVERNIGHT.

REMAINDER UNCHANGED.

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