FPCN13 CWVR 172345 FORECASTS FOR THE SOUTHWEST INTERIOR OF BRITISH COLUMBIA ISSUED BY ENVIRONMENT CANADA AT 4:00 P.M. PST TUESDAY 17 DECEMBER 2024 FOR TONIGHT WEDNESDAY AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT. THE NEXT SCHEDULED FORECAST WILL BE ISSUED AT 5:00 A.M. PST WEDNESDAY. --------------------------------------------------------------------- MAJOR REFERENCE ELEVATIONS: OKANAGAN AND KAMLOOPS LAKES: 340 METRES. COQUIHALLA - HOPE TO MERRITT: 1230 METRES. COQUIHALLA - MERRITT TO KAMLOOPS: 1440 METRES. CONNECTOR - PENNASK SUMMIT: 1728 METRES. ALLISON PASS: 1340 METRES. --------------------------------------------------------------------- NORTH OKANAGAN - INCLUDING VERNON. TONIGHT..SNOW BECOMING MIXED WITH RAIN AFTER MIDNIGHT. SNOWFALL AMOUNT 2 TO 4 CM. TEMPERATURE STEADY NEAR ZERO. WEDNESDAY..SNOW MIXED WITH RAIN ENDING IN THE MORNING THEN CLOUDY WITH 60 PERCENT CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS. BECOMING A MIX OF SUN AND CLOUD IN THE AFTERNOON. SNOWFALL AMOUNT 2 CM. SNOW LEVEL RISING TO 1300 METRES IN THE MORNING. WIND BECOMING SOUTH 20 KM/H LATE IN THE MORNING. HIGH PLUS 4. WEDNESDAY NIGHT..PARTLY CLOUDY. WIND SOUTH 20 KM/H BECOMING LIGHT IN THE EVENING. LOW MINUS 3. WIND CHILL MINUS 5 OVERNIGHT. CENTRAL OKANAGAN - INCLUDING KELOWNA. TONIGHT..PERIODS OF SNOW OR RAIN CHANGING TO PERIODS OF RAIN BEFORE MORNING. SNOWFALL AMOUNT 2 CM EXCEPT 5 CM OVER HIGHER TERRAIN. SNOW LEVEL RISING TO 1000 METRES BEFORE MORNING. TEMPERATURE RISING TO PLUS 2 BY MORNING. WEDNESDAY..PERIODS OF RAIN ENDING LATE IN THE MORNING THEN CLEARING. SNOW LEVEL 1000 METRES RISING TO 1300 METRES IN THE MORNING. WIND BECOMING SOUTHEAST 30 KM/H GUSTING TO 50 IN THE MORNING. HIGH 8. WEDNESDAY NIGHT..A FEW CLOUDS. WIND SOUTHEAST 30 KM/H GUSTING TO 50 BECOMING LIGHT EARLY IN THE EVENING. LOW MINUS 2. WIND CHILL MINUS 4 OVERNIGHT. SOUTH OKANAGAN - INCLUDING PENTICTON. TONIGHT..PERIODS OF RAIN. AMOUNT 5 TO 10 MM. SNOW LEVEL RISING TO 1000 METRES AFTER MIDNIGHT. WIND SOUTH 30 KM/H GUSTING TO 50. TEMPERATURE RISING TO 6 BY MORNING. WEDNESDAY..CLOUDY WITH 60 PERCENT CHANCE OF SHOWERS IN THE MORNING. CLEARING NEAR NOON. SNOW LEVEL 1000 METRES. WIND SOUTH 40 KM/H GUSTING TO 70 BECOMING NORTH 30 GUSTING TO 50 IN THE AFTERNOON. HIGH 7. WEDNESDAY NIGHT..A FEW CLOUDS. WIND NORTH 30 KM/H GUSTING TO 50 BECOMING SOUTH 20 GUSTING TO 40 EARLY IN THE EVENING THEN LIGHT NEAR MIDNIGHT. LOW MINUS 3. WIND CHILL NEAR MINUS 7. SIMILKAMEEN. TONIGHT..PERIODS OF SNOW. RISK OF FREEZING RAIN OVERNIGHT. SNOWFALL AMOUNT 10 TO 15 CM. TEMPERATURE RISING TO ZERO BY MORNING. WEDNESDAY..A FEW FLURRIES AND RAIN SHOWERS ENDING IN THE MORNING THEN CLOUDY WITH 60 PERCENT CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS. CLEARING LATE IN THE AFTERNOON. SNOW LEVEL RISING TO 1300 METRES IN THE MORNING. WIND BECOMING SOUTHWEST 20 KM/H IN THE MORNING. HIGH PLUS 4 WITH TEMPERATURE FALLING TO ZERO IN THE AFTERNOON. WEDNESDAY NIGHT..PARTLY CLOUDY. LOW MINUS 6. FRASER CANYON - NORTH INCLUDING LILLOOET. TONIGHT..PERIODS OF SNOW. AMOUNT 2 TO 4 CM. WIND UP TO 15 KM/H. TEMPERATURE STEADY NEAR MINUS 1. WIND CHILL NEAR MINUS 7. WEDNESDAY..PERIODS OF LIGHT SNOW AND A FEW RAIN SHOWERS ENDING IN THE MORNING THEN CLEARING. WIND WEST 20 KM/H GUSTING TO 40 BECOMING SOUTH 20 GUSTING TO 40 NEAR NOON. HIGH PLUS 3. WIND CHILL MINUS 7 IN THE MORNING. WEDNESDAY NIGHT..A FEW CLOUDS. INCREASING CLOUDINESS BEFORE MORNING. WIND UP TO 15 KM/H. LOW MINUS 3. WIND CHILL MINUS 8 OVERNIGHT. FRASER CANYON - SOUTH INCLUDING LYTTON. TONIGHT..FLURRIES. AMOUNT 5 TO 10 CM. WIND BECOMING SOUTH 30 KM/H GUSTING TO 60 BEFORE MORNING. TEMPERATURE STEADY NEAR ZERO. WEDNESDAY..PERIODS OF RAIN MIXED WITH WET SNOW ENDING IN THE MORNING THEN A MIX OF SUN AND CLOUD. 30 PERCENT CHANCE OF SHOWERS NEAR BOSTON BAR LATE IN THE MORNING AND EARLY AFTERNOON. WIND SOUTH 30 KM/H GUSTING TO 60. HIGH 6. WEDNESDAY NIGHT..A FEW CLOUDS. WIND SOUTH 20 KM/H GUSTING TO 40 BECOMING LIGHT IN THE EVENING. LOW MINUS 2. NICOLA. TONIGHT..SNOW. RISK OF FREEZING RAIN OVERNIGHT. SNOWFALL AMOUNT 5 CM. WIND UP TO 15 KM/H. LOW MINUS 2 WITH TEMPERATURE RISING TO ZERO BY MORNING. WIND CHILL MINUS 6 THIS EVENING. WEDNESDAY..SNOW ENDING IN THE MORNING THEN CLOUDY WITH 60 PERCENT CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS. CLEARING IN THE AFTERNOON. RISK OF FREEZING RAIN EARLY IN THE MORNING. SNOW LEVEL RISING TO 1300 METRES IN THE MORNING. WIND BECOMING SOUTHWEST 30 KM/H GUSTING TO 50 IN THE MORNING. HIGH 6. WEDNESDAY NIGHT..A FEW CLOUDS. WIND SOUTHWEST 30 KM/H GUSTING TO 50 BECOMING LIGHT LATE IN THE EVENING. LOW MINUS 5. SOUTH THOMPSON. TONIGHT..PERIODS OF SNOW OR RAIN CHANGING TO PERIODS OF RAIN AFTER MIDNIGHT. SNOW LEVEL NEAR VALLEY BOTTOM. WIND EAST 30 KM/H GUSTING TO 50 BECOMING LIGHT BEFORE MORNING. TEMPERATURE RISING TO PLUS 4 BY MORNING. WEDNESDAY..PERIODS OF RAIN ENDING IN THE MORNING THEN CLEARING. SNOW LEVEL NEAR VALLEY BOTTOM. HIGH 6. WEDNESDAY NIGHT..A FEW CLOUDS. INCREASING CLOUDINESS BEFORE MORNING. LOW MINUS 1. SHUSWAP. TONIGHT..CLOUDY. RAIN BEGINNING EARLY THIS EVENING. RAIN OR SNOW THIS EVENING. TEMPERATURE RISING TO PLUS 3 BY MORNING. WEDNESDAY..SHOWERS ENDING NEAR NOON THEN CLOUDY. AMOUNT 5 TO 10 MM. HIGH PLUS 4. WEDNESDAY NIGHT..CLOUDY. BECOMING PARTLY CLOUDY LATE IN THE EVENING. WIND UP TO 15 KM/H. LOW MINUS 2. WIND CHILL MINUS 4 OVERNIGHT. MANNING - SKAGIT VALLEY. TONIGHT..PERIODS OF SNOW MIXED WITH RAIN CHANGING TO RAIN MIXED WITH SNOW NEAR MIDNIGHT. RISK OF FREEZING RAIN THIS EVENING. SNOWFALL AMOUNT 5 TO 10 CM. RAINFALL AMOUNT 10 TO 20 MM. SNOW LEVEL RISING TO 2000 METRES BEFORE MORNING. FOG PATCHES DISSIPATING THIS EVENING. TEMPERATURE RISING TO PLUS 4 BY MORNING. WEDNESDAY..PERIODS OF RAIN ENDING IN THE MORNING THEN CLOUDY. WIND SOUTHWEST 20 KM/H GUSTING TO 40. HIGH PLUS 5. WEDNESDAY NIGHT..PARTLY CLOUDY. LOW ZERO WITH TEMPERATURE RISING TO PLUS 2 BY MORNING. END