FPCN18 CWVR 062245
FORECASTS FOR NORTHEASTERN BRITISH COLUMBIA ISSUED BY ENVIRONMENT
CANADA AT 4:00 P.M. MST FRIDAY 6 MARCH 2026 FOR TONIGHT SATURDAY AND
SATURDAY NIGHT.
THE NEXT SCHEDULED FORECAST WILL BE ISSUED AT 5:00 A.M. MST SATURDAY.

---------------------------------------------------------------------
MAJOR REFERENCE ELEVATIONS:
    FORT NELSON:          420 METRES.
    FORT ST. JOHN:        700 METRES.
    PINE PASS:            915 METRES.
    STEAMBOAT HILL:      1080 METRES.
---------------------------------------------------------------------

B.C. NORTH PEACE RIVER.
TONIGHT..SHOWERS ENDING LATE THIS EVENING THEN CLOUDY. WIND SOUTHWEST
 20 KM/H GUSTING TO 40 INCREASING TO 50 GUSTING TO 80 LATE THIS
 EVENING. TEMPERATURE STEADY NEAR PLUS 4 EXCEPT TEMPERATURE RISING
 TO 7 NEAR THE ROCKIES.
SATURDAY..MAINLY CLOUDY. WIND SOUTHWEST 50 KM/H GUSTING TO 80
 DIMINISHING TO 30 GUSTING TO 50 IN THE MORNING. HIGH 8. UV INDEX 1
 OR LOW.
SATURDAY NIGHT..PARTLY CLOUDY. 30 PERCENT CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS IN
 THE EVENING AND AFTER MIDNIGHT THEN 30 PERCENT CHANCE OF FLURRIES
 OVERNIGHT. WIND SOUTHWEST 40 KM/H GUSTING TO 60 BECOMING WEST 60
 GUSTING TO 90 NEAR MIDNIGHT. LOW MINUS 4. WIND CHILL MINUS 13
 OVERNIGHT.

B.C. SOUTH PEACE RIVER.
TONIGHT..SHOWERS ENDING LATE THIS EVENING THEN CLOUDY. WIND WEST
 20 KM/H GUSTING TO 40 BECOMING SOUTHWEST 50 GUSTING TO 80 THIS
 EVENING. TEMPERATURE RISING TO 9 BY MORNING.
SATURDAY..MAINLY CLOUDY. WIND SOUTHWEST 50 KM/H GUSTING TO 80.
 TEMPERATURE STEADY NEAR 9. UV INDEX 1 OR LOW.
SATURDAY NIGHT..MAINLY CLOUDY. 40 PERCENT CHANCE OF FLURRIES
 OVERNIGHT. WIND SOUTHWEST 40 KM/H GUSTING TO 60 BECOMING WEST 70
 GUSTING TO 90 LATE IN THE EVENING. LOW MINUS 4. WIND CHILL MINUS 14
 OVERNIGHT.

FORT NELSON.
TONIGHT..SNOW ENDING LATE THIS EVENING THEN CLOUDY WITH 40 PERCENT
 CHANCE OF FLURRIES. CLEARING BEFORE MORNING. 40 PERCENT CHANCE OF
 ICE PELLETS OVER EASTERN SECTIONS LATE THIS EVENING AND AFTER
 MIDNIGHT. WIND EAST 20 KM/H BECOMING NORTHWEST 20 GUSTING TO 40
 EXCEPT GUSTING TO 80 OVER SOUTHERN SECTIONS LATE THIS EVENING AND
 OVERNIGHT. LOW MINUS 15. WIND CHILL MINUS 18 THIS EVENING AND
 MINUS 24 OVERNIGHT.
SATURDAY..SUNNY. INCREASING CLOUDINESS IN THE AFTERNOON. WIND
 NORTHWEST 20 KM/H GUSTING TO 40 EXCEPT GUSTING TO 80 OVER SOUTHERN
 SECTIONS EARLY IN THE MORNING. WIND BECOMING NORTHEAST 20 IN THE
 AFTERNOON. HIGH ZERO. WIND CHILL MINUS 24 IN THE MORNING. UV INDEX 1
 OR LOW.
SATURDAY NIGHT..CLOUDY. SNOW AT TIMES HEAVY BEGINNING EARLY IN THE
 EVENING. AMOUNT 5 TO 10 CM EXCEPT LOCALLY 15 CM OVER SOUTHEASTERN
 SECTIONS. WIND NORTHEAST 20 KM/H BECOMING NORTHWEST 30 GUSTING TO 50
 EXCEPT GUSTING TO 80 OVER SOUTHERN SECTIONS. LOW MINUS 15. WIND
 CHILL MINUS 7 IN THE EVENING AND MINUS 26 OVERNIGHT.

END