FPCN12 CWVR 201145
FORECASTS FOR THE CENTRAL AND NORTH COASTS OF BRITISH COLUMBIA ISSUED
BY ENVIRONMENT CANADA AT 5:00 A.M. PDT FRIDAY 20 MARCH 2026 FOR TODAY
AND SATURDAY.
THE NEXT SCHEDULED FORECAST WILL BE ISSUED AT 11:00 A.M. PDT.

NORTH VANCOUVER ISLAND.
TODAY..PERIODS OF RAIN ENDING NEAR NOON THEN CLOUDY WITH 60 PERCENT
 CHANCE OF SHOWERS. WIND NORTHWEST 30 KM/H EXCEPT GUSTING TO 50 OVER
 EXPOSED COASTAL SECTIONS. HIGH 7. UV INDEX 2 OR LOW.
TONIGHT..PARTLY CLOUDY. 30 PERCENT CHANCE OF SHOWERS EARLY THIS
 EVENING. WIND NORTHWEST 20 KM/H BECOMING LIGHT NEAR MIDNIGHT. LOW
 MINUS 1.
SATURDAY..BECOMING CLOUDY IN THE MORNING. PERIODS OF RAIN BEGINNING
 NEAR NOON. WIND SOUTHEAST 30 KM/H GUSTING TO 50 EXCEPT GUSTING TO 70
 OVER EXPOSED COASTAL SECTIONS IN THE AFTERNOON. HIGH 7. UV INDEX 1
 OR LOW.

CENTRAL COAST - COASTAL SECTIONS.
TODAY..PERIODS OF RAIN ENDING NEAR NOON THEN A MIX OF SUN AND CLOUD.
 RAIN AT TIMES MIXED WITH WET SNOW EARLY THIS MORNING. 60 PERCENT
 CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS. WIND WEST 20 KM/H GUSTING TO 40. HIGH
 PLUS 5. UV INDEX 2 OR LOW.
TONIGHT..PARTLY CLOUDY. WIND BECOMING SOUTHWEST 20 KM/H NEAR
 MIDNIGHT. LOW PLUS 1.
SATURDAY..BECOMING CLOUDY IN THE MORNING WITH 30 PERCENT CHANCE OF
 SHOWERS LATE IN THE MORNING AND EARLY AFTERNOON. RAIN BEGINNING IN
 THE AFTERNOON. WIND SOUTHEAST 30 KM/H GUSTING TO 50 INCREASING TO 50
 GUSTING TO 70 NEAR NOON. HIGH PLUS 4. UV INDEX 1 OR LOW.

CENTRAL COAST - INLAND SECTIONS.
TODAY..PERIODS OF WET SNOW MIXED WITH RAIN ENDING NEAR NOON THEN
 CLOUDY WITH 40 PERCENT CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS OR WET FLURRIES. LOCAL
 SNOWFALL AMOUNT 2 TO 4 CM. FOG PATCHES DISSIPATING THIS MORNING.
 WIND BECOMING WEST 20 KM/H GUSTING TO 40 LATE THIS MORNING. HIGH 6.
 UV INDEX 2 OR LOW.
TONIGHT..PARTLY CLOUDY. 30 PERCENT CHANCE OF WET FLURRIES EARLY THIS
 EVENING. WIND WEST 20 KM/H GUSTING TO 40 BECOMING LIGHT THIS
 EVENING. LOW ZERO.
SATURDAY..INCREASING CLOUDINESS. 60 PERCENT CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS OR
 WET FLURRIES IN THE AFTERNOON. WIND BECOMING WEST 30 KM/H GUSTING TO
 50 IN THE MORNING. HIGH PLUS 5. UV INDEX 1 OR LOW.

NORTH COAST - COASTAL SECTIONS.
TODAY..A MIX OF SUN AND CLOUD. WIND LIGHT EXCEPT NORTHEAST 30 KM/H
 NEAR MAINLAND VALLEYS AND INLETS EARLY THIS MORNING. WIND BECOMING
 SOUTHWEST 20 KM/H THIS MORNING. HIGH PLUS 5. WIND CHILL MINUS 7 THIS
 MORNING. UV INDEX 2 OR LOW.
TONIGHT..MAINLY CLOUDY. 30 PERCENT CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS OR WET
 FLURRIES LATE THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT. WIND SOUTHEAST 30 KM/H
 GUSTING TO 50. LOW PLUS 2.
SATURDAY..CLOUDY. 40 PERCENT CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS OR WET FLURRIES
 IN THE MORNING. PERIODS OF RAIN BEGINNING LATE IN THE MORNING. WIND
 SOUTHEAST 30 KM/H GUSTING TO 50 EXCEPT GUSTING TO 70 OVER EXPOSED
 COASTAL SECTIONS. HIGH 6.

NORTH COAST - INLAND INCLUDING STEWART.
TODAY..MAINLY SUNNY. INCREASING CLOUDINESS THIS AFTERNOON THEN
 60 PERCENT CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS OR WET FLURRIES LATE THIS
 AFTERNOON. FOG PATCHES DISSIPATING THIS MORNING. WIND BECOMING
 SOUTHWEST 20 KM/H GUSTING TO 40 THIS AFTERNOON. HIGH PLUS 4. WIND
 CHILL MINUS 7 THIS MORNING. UV INDEX 2 OR LOW.
TONIGHT..MAINLY CLOUDY. 60 PERCENT CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS OR WET
 FLURRIES THIS EVENING. A FEW FLURRIES BEGINNING LATE THIS EVENING.
 LOCAL SNOWFALL AMOUNT 2 CM. WIND SOUTHWEST 20 KM/H GUSTING TO 40
 BECOMING LIGHT THIS EVENING. LOW MINUS 2.
SATURDAY..CLOUDY. 40 PERCENT CHANCE OF FLURRIES IN THE MORNING.
 FLURRIES AND RAIN SHOWERS BEGINNING NEAR NOON. LOCAL SNOWFALL AMOUNT
 2 CM. WIND BECOMING SOUTHWEST 20 KM/H GUSTING TO 40 IN THE
 AFTERNOON. HIGH PLUS 3. WIND CHILL MINUS 4 IN THE MORNING. UV
 INDEX 1 OR LOW.

NORTH COAST - INLAND INCLUDING TERRACE
NORTH COAST - INLAND INCLUDING KITIMAT.
TODAY..MAINLY CLOUDY. 30 PERCENT CHANCE OF WET SNOW THIS MORNING THEN
 30 PERCENT CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS THIS AFTERNOON. FOG PATCHES
 DISSIPATING THIS MORNING. WIND BECOMING SOUTHWEST 20 KM/H GUSTING TO
 40 THIS AFTERNOON. HIGH PLUS 5. WIND CHILL MINUS 7 THIS MORNING. UV
 INDEX 2 OR LOW.
TONIGHT..PARTLY CLOUDY. 30 PERCENT CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS CHANGING TO
 30 PERCENT CHANCE OF FLURRIES LATE THIS EVENING. WIND SOUTHWEST
 20 KM/H GUSTING TO 40 BECOMING LIGHT NEAR MIDNIGHT. LOW MINUS 3.
 WIND CHILL MINUS 5 OVERNIGHT.
SATURDAY..CLOUDY WITH 30 PERCENT CHANCE OF FLURRIES IN THE MORNING
 AND EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON. FLURRIES OR RAIN SHOWERS BEGINNING IN
 THE AFTERNOON. LOCAL SNOWFALL AMOUNT 2 CM. WIND BECOMING SOUTHWEST
 20 KM/H GUSTING TO 40 NEAR NOON. HIGH PLUS 4. WIND CHILL MINUS 4 IN
 THE MORNING. UV INDEX 1 OR LOW.

HAIDA GWAII.
TODAY..A MIX OF SUN AND CLOUD. 30 PERCENT CHANCE OF WET FLURRIES OR
 RAIN SHOWERS CHANGING TO 30 PERCENT CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS NEAR
 NOON. WIND NORTHWEST 20 KM/H BECOMING SOUTHWEST 20 GUSTING TO 40
 THIS MORNING. HIGH 6. UV INDEX 2 OR LOW.
TONIGHT..MAINLY CLOUDY WITH 40 PERCENT CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS OR WET
 FLURRIES. WIND SOUTHWEST 40 KM/H BECOMING SOUTHEAST 40 GUSTING TO 60
 AFTER MIDNIGHT. LOW PLUS 3.
SATURDAY..RAIN SHOWERS AND WET FLURRIES. RISK OF A THUNDERSTORM LATE
 IN THE MORNING AND EARLY AFTERNOON. WIND SOUTHEAST 40 KM/H GUSTING
 TO 60 EXCEPT GUSTING TO 80 OVER EXPOSED COASTAL SECTIONS IN THE
 MORNING. WIND BECOMING SOUTHWEST 40 GUSTING TO 60 NEAR NOON. HIGH
 PLUS 5. UV INDEX 1 OR LOW.

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