623 FPCN18 CWVR 292245 FORECASTS FOR THE PEACE RIVER DISTRICT IN BRITISH COLUMBIA ISSUED BY ENVIRONMENT CANADA AT 4.00 PM MST FRIDAY 29 AUGUST 2008 FOR TONIGHT SATURDAY AND SATURDAY NIGHT. THE NEXT SCHEDULED FORECAST WILL BE ISSUED AT 5.00 AM SATURDAY. --------------------------------------------------------------------- MAJOR REFERENCE ELEVATIONS: FORT ST. JOHN: 700 METRES. PINE PASS: 915 METRES. --------------------------------------------------------------------- B.C. NORTH PEACE RIVER. TONIGHT..CLOUDY WITH 60 PERCENT CHANCE OF SHOWERS. RISK OF THUNDERSHOWERS EARLY THIS EVENING. WIND BECOMING SOUTHWEST 30 KM/H GUSTING TO 50 EARLY THIS EVENING. LOW PLUS 4. SATURDAY..CLOUDY WITH SUNNY PERIODS. WIND WEST 20 KM/H. HIGH 11. UV INDEX 3 OR MODERATE. SATURDAY NIGHT..CLOUDY. 40 PERCENT CHANCE OF SHOWERS OVERNIGHT. WIND WEST 20 KM/H BECOMING LIGHT NEAR MIDNIGHT. LOW PLUS 3. B.C. SOUTH PEACE RIVER. TONIGHT..PERIODS OF RAIN. RISK OF THUNDERSHOWERS EARLY THIS EVENING. AMOUNT 10 TO 20 MM. WIND BECOMING SOUTHWEST 20 KM/H GUSTING TO 50 EARLY THIS EVENING. LOW PLUS 5. SATURDAY..CLOUDY WITH SUNNY PERIODS. WIND WEST 20 KM/H. HIGH 12. UV INDEX 3 OR MODERATE. SATURDAY NIGHT..CLOUDY PERIODS. 30 PERCENT CHANCE OF SHOWERS OVERNIGHT. WIND WEST 20 KM/H BECOMING LIGHT NEAR MIDNIGHT. LOW PLUS 1. END/RW