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The Fortress
Weather Forecast, Canada

Issued: 11 am Fri 27 Mar Local Time
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Days 1–3 Weather Summary

A heavy fall of snow, heaviest during Sun night. Temperatures will be well below freezing (max -8°C on Fri night, min -16°C on Sun night). Winds decreasing (strong winds from the WSW on Fri morning, calm by Sun night).

Days 4–6 Weather Summary

A heavy fall of snow, heaviest during Mon morning. Extremely cold (max -11°C on Wed afternoon, min -19°C on Mon morning). Wind will be generally light.

Friday
27
Saturday
28
Sunday
29
Monday
30
Tuesday
31
Wednesday
1
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
light snow
snow showers
light snow
heavy snow
light snow
light snow
snow showers
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
light snow
mod snow
clear
clear
some clouds
some clouds
cloudy
light snow
snow shwrs
light snow
heavy snow
light snow
light snow
snow shwrs
some clouds
cloudy
some clouds
some clouds
light snow
mod. snow
 km/h
40
WSW
40
WSW
30
WSW
25
SW
25
SW
25
SW
25
SW
15
WSW
15
S
10
NE
15
N
5
WSW
10
WSW
10
WSW
10
WSW
10
SW
15
S
10
S
5
2
4
18
5
3
3
3
6
max °C
-10
-10
-8
-8
-8
-9
-11
-10
-11
-18
-18
-18
-18
-15
-15
-14
-11
-11
min °C
-11
-10
-9
-8
-9
-11
-11
-11
-16
-19
-18
-19
-18
-16
-15
-14
-12
-13
-22
-21
-19
-16
-16
-19
-20
-18
-20
-26
-26
-23
-24
-22
-22
-19
-19
-18
400
1500
450
1050
1850
1050
1150
1650
900
400
700
0
0
1000
0
500
1400
700
Cloud base (m)
2200
2600
2350
2200
2500
2200
2200
2650
2200
2200
2200
2200
2200
2600
2500
2200
2250
2200
Sea lvl1000m2000m3000m4000m5000m
-11-10-9-8-9-10-11-11-14-19-18-19-18-16-15-14-12-12-7-3-8-4-2-6-4-3-7-11-10-14-11-8-12-8-5-7
Sunrise
7:28
7:26
7:24
7:22
7:18
7:16
Sunset
8:04
8:06
8:07
8:08
8:10
8:13

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The Fortress Weather (Days 0-3):

The weather forecast for The Fortress is: A heavy fall of snow, heaviest during Sun night. Temperatures will be well below freezing (max -8°C on Fri night, min -16°C on Sun night). Winds decreasing (strong winds from the WSW on Fri morning, calm by Sun night).

The Fortress Weather (Days 3-6):

A heavy fall of snow, heaviest during Mon morning. Extremely cold (max -11°C on Wed afternoon, min -19°C on Mon morning). Wind will be generally light.

This table gives the weather forecast for The Fortress at the specific elevation of 3000 m. Our advanced weather models allow us to provide distinct weather forecasts for several elevations of The Fortress. To see the weather forecasts for the other elevations, use the tab navigation above the table. For a wider overview of the weather, consult the Weather Map of Alberta.

Live conditions reported by 10 closest weather stations

Weather StationTemp.WeatherWindGusts
Cloud
Visibility
Cloud / Visibility
Nakiska Ridgetop- Alta
12 km NNE
1676m alt.
1 hour ago
1° C
No report.
29 km NNE
1346m alt.
2 hours ago
0° C
clear
-
15
Light winds from the WSW
(15 kph at 240).
0.0 km
BowValley-Alta
31 km NNE
1298m alt.
1 hour ago
6° C
No report.
11
Light winds from the WSW
(11 kph at 250).
25
44 km ENE
1317m alt.
25 minutes ago
5° C
Dry
2
Calm
(2 kph at 62).
2
Banff Airport
44 km NW
1396m alt.
2 hours ago
-9° C
clear
-
Wind obs. (9 kph from 330 degs) was rejected.
0.0 km
BanffCs-Alta
46 km NW
1397m alt.
1 hour ago
3° C
No report.
4
Calm
(4 kph at 350).
4
46 km NW
1419m alt.
2 hours ago
-3° C
clear
-
17
Light winds from the SW
(17 kph at 230).
0.0 km
55 km ENE
1286m alt.
3 hours ago
1° C
-
0
Calm
(0 kph at 135).
10
58 km NE
1158m alt.
50 minutes ago
2° C
-
19
Light winds from the SSW
(19 kph at 192).
26
Swansea Mtn
62 km SSW
1730m alt.
1 hour ago
-2° C
-
46
Strong winds from the SE
(46 kph at 138).
76

* NOTE: not all weather observatories update at the same frequency which is the reason why some locations may show data from stations that are further away than known closer ones.