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The Tower Weather Forecast

Kananaskis Range · Canada
Issued: 11 am Sat 12 Sep Local Time
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Days 1–3 Weather Summary

Drizzle, on Sun afternoon followed by colder weather and a moderate fall of snow, heaviest on Sun night.. Freeze-thaw conditions (max 4°C on Sat afternoon, min -1°C on Sat morning). Wind will be generally light.

Days 4–6 Weather Summary

Mostly dry. Freeze-thaw conditions (max 9°C on Thu afternoon, min 0°C on Tue morning). Wind will be generally light.

Saturday
12
Sunday
13
Monday
14
Tuesday
15
Wednesday
16
Thursday
17
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
part cloud
rain showers
clear
rain showers
light snow
heavy snow
light snow
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
some clouds
rain shwrs
clear
rain shwrs
light snow
heavy snow
light snow
cloudy
cloudy
some clouds
some clouds
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Cloud base (m)
2200
2650
6450
2450
2200
2200
2200
2300
2300
2400
2350
2650
9200
km/h
5
WSW
5
WSW
5
SSE
10
SE
5
W
15
NNW
10
NW
5
W
5
SW
5
WNW
5
W
5
WSW
10
WSW
10
WSW
5
WSW
5
SSW
5
WSW
5
WSW
Weather map
Weather map
Weather map
Weather map
Weather map
Weather map
Snowflake cm
2
12
2
 mm
0.1
0.1
0.9
max °C
0
4
3
4
3
0
0
1
0
1
2
1
5
6
5
8
9
8
min °C
-1
2
2
3
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
3
6
5
6
9
7
 chill °C
-3
1
2
0
-1
-3
-4
-2
-2
0
1
-2
0
4
3
5
9
6
Freezing level m
2350
2750
2950
3250
2850
2500
2450
2500
2450
2500
2700
2650
3200
3400
3650
3650
3750
4000
Sea lvl1000m2000m3000m4000m5000m
-5-200-3-3-4-3-4-4-3-1223456-133420010121465798711610856667959138131711
Sunrise
7:11
7:11
7:13
7:15
7:16
7:18
Sunset
8:01
8:00
7:58
7:54
7:52
7:51

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The Tower Weather (Days 0-3):

The weather forecast for The Tower is: Drizzle, on Sun afternoon followed by colder weather and a moderate fall of snow, heaviest on Sun night.. Freeze-thaw conditions (max 4°C on Sat afternoon, min -1°C on Sat morning). Wind will be generally light.

The Tower Weather (Days 3-6):

Mostly dry. Freeze-thaw conditions (max 9°C on Thu afternoon, min 0°C on Tue morning). Wind will be generally light.

This table gives the weather forecast for The Tower at the specific elevation of 2500 m. Our advanced weather models allow us to provide distinct weather forecasts for several elevations of The Tower. 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
NakiskaRidgetop-Alta
11 km NE
1676m alt.
1 hour ago
1°C
No report.
9
Light winds from the SW
(9 kph at 220).
28 km NNE
1346m alt.
2 hours ago
8°C
clear
-
9
Light winds from the ENE
(9 kph at 60).
0.0 km
BowValley-Alta
30 km NNE
1298m alt.
1 hour ago
6°C
No report.
Wind obs. (11 kph from 250 degs) was rejected.
Banff Airport
40 km NW
1396m alt.
2 hours ago
-
Wind obs. (19 kph from 180 degs) was rejected.
0.0 km
BanffCs-Alta
42 km NW
1397m alt.
1 hour ago
3°C
No report.
4
Calm
(4 kph at 350).
4
42 km NW
1419m alt.
2 hours ago
13°C
clear
-
4
Calm
(4 kph at 160).
0.0 km
57 km ENE
1286m alt.
1 hour ago
-
0
Calm
(0 kph at 93).
10
58 km NE
1158m alt.
36 minutes ago
8°C
Dry
5
Calm
(5 kph at 152).
10
61 km SW
914m alt.
1 hour ago
20°C
Dry
2
Calm
(2 kph at 132).
3
68 km SSW
865m alt.
38 minutes ago
22°C
Dry
0
Calm
(0 kph at 228).
6

* 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.