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The Tower Weather Forecast

Kananaskis Range · Canada
Issued: 5 am Sun 27 Sep Local Time
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Days 1–3 Weather Summary

A light covering of new snow mostly falling on Tue night. Temperatures will be below freezing (max 0°C on Mon night, min -7°C on Tue night). Winds increasing (light winds from the SW on Sun morning, stormy winds from the WSW by Mon night).

Days 4–6 Weather Summary

A light covering of new snow mostly falling on Wed morning. Freeze-thaw conditions (max 4°C on Thu night, min -9°C on Wed morning). Winds increasing (light winds from the WSW on Thu morning, near gales from the W by Fri night).

Sunday
27
Monday
28
Tuesday
29
Wednesday
30
Thursday
1
Friday
2
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
mod snow
snow showers
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
some clouds
clear
some clouds
some clouds
some clouds
clear
some clouds
mod. snow
snow shwrs
clear
some clouds
clear
clear
clear
cloudy
clear
some clouds
Cloud base (m)
2350
6850
6700
6100
2400
2400
2200
2250
2500
2450
2200
8700
8700
km/h
10
SW
10
SW
15
WSW
20
WSW
25
WSW
35
WSW
70
WSW
40
WSW
35
WSW
30
W
20
W
10
WSW
10
WSW
10
WSW
15
WSW
15
SW
20
WSW
50
W
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Snowflake cm
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
6
5
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
 mm
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
max °C
-1
-1
-1
-1
-2
0
-1
-2
-4
-8
-8
-7
-6
-4
4
4
4
2
min °C
-3
-1
-1
-2
-2
-2
-2
-3
-7
-9
-8
-8
-6
-5
-2
4
3
-1
 chill °C
-7
-5
-6
-8
-8
-8
-11
-12
-13
-18
-15
-14
-10
-9
-6
1
-2
-5
Freezing level m
2200
2950
2950
2800
2800
2650
2800
2750
2300
1800
2100
1400
1800
2500
2800
3750
3650
3200
Sea lvl1000m2000m3000m4000m5000m
-2-1-1-2-2-1-2-3-6-9-8-8-6-5144113123121-2-4-3-5-2126735104711478436-14938136
Sunrise
7:33
—
—
7:35
—
—
7:37
—
—
7:39
—
—
7:41
—
—
7:41
—
—
Sunset
—
7:28
—
—
7:25
—
—
7:23
—
—
7:22
—
—
7:19
—
—
7:16
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The Tower Weather (Days 0-3):

The weather forecast for The Tower is: A light covering of new snow mostly falling on Tue night. Temperatures will be below freezing (max 0°C on Mon night, min -7°C on Tue night). Winds increasing (light winds from the SW on Sun morning, stormy winds from the WSW by Mon night).

The Tower Weather (Days 3-6):

A light covering of new snow mostly falling on Wed morning. Freeze-thaw conditions (max 4°C on Thu night, min -9°C on Wed morning). Winds increasing (light winds from the WSW on Thu morning, near gales from the W by Fri night).

This table gives the weather forecast for The Tower at the specific elevation of 3117 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.
2 hours ago
1°C
No report.
22
Moderate winds from the WSW
(22 kph at 240).
Bow Valley Airport
28 km NNE
1346m alt.
3 hours ago
-4°C
clear
-
7
Light winds from the WSW
(7 kph at 240).
0.0 km
BowValley-Alta
30 km NNE
1298m alt.
2 hours ago
6°C
No report.
11
Light winds from the WSW
(11 kph at 250).
25
Banff Airport
40 km NW
1396m alt.
2 hours ago
10°C
clear
-
Wind obs. (7 kph from 10 degs) was rejected.
0.0 km
BanffCs-Alta
42 km NW
1397m alt.
2 hours ago
3°C
No report.
4
Calm
(4 kph at 350).
4
Banff Airport
42 km NW
1419m alt.
3 hours ago
0°C
clear
-
9
Light winds from the SW
(9 kph at 220).
0.0 km
57 km ENE
1286m alt.
26 minutes ago
1°C
-
0
Calm
(0 kph at 121).
3
58 km NE
1158m alt.
21 minutes ago
-2°C
-
3
Calm
(3 kph at 182).
3
61 km SW
914m alt.
38 minutes ago
-2°C
-
0
Calm
(0 kph at 281).
0
68 km SSW
865m alt.
1 hour ago
4°C
Dry
0
Calm
(0 kph at 70).
0

* 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.