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UPDATED FORECASTS FOR THE MACKENZIE DELTA AND ARCTIC COAST AREAS OF

THE NORTHWEST TERRITORIES ISSUED BY ENVIRONMENT CANADA AT

7:57 A.M. MDT TUESDAY 5 MAY 2026 FOR TODAY AND WEDNESDAY.

THE NEXT SCHEDULED FORECAST WILL BE ISSUED AT 11:00 A.M. MDT.



INUVIK REGION.

TODAY..CLOUDY. PERIODS OF SNOW MIXED WITH RAIN BEGINNING THIS MORNING

 THEN CHANGING TO RAIN THIS AFTERNOON. WIND EAST 20 KM/H. HIGH 6. UV

 INDEX 1 OR LOW.

TONIGHT..PERIODS OF RAIN ENDING THIS EVENING THEN PARTLY CLOUDY. WIND

 BECOMING NORTHWEST 20 KM/H OVERNIGHT. LOW MINUS 2.

WEDNESDAY..A MIX OF SUN AND CLOUD. WIND NORTHWEST 20 KM/H BECOMING

 LIGHT LATE IN THE MORNING. HIGH PLUS 2. WIND CHILL MINUS 8 IN THE

 MORNING. UV INDEX 2 OR LOW.



TUKTOYAKTUK - EAST CHANNEL REGION.

TODAY..CLOUDY WITH 30 PERCENT CHANCE OF FLURRIES THIS MORNING AND

 EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. PERIODS OF RAIN MIXED WITH SNOW BEGINNING THIS

 AFTERNOON. WIND EAST 20 KM/H INCREASING TO 40 GUSTING TO 60 NEAR

 NOON. HIGH PLUS 2. WIND CHILL MINUS 10 THIS MORNING. UV INDEX 2 OR

 LOW.

TONIGHT..PERIODS OF RAIN MIXED WITH SNOW ENDING NEAR MIDNIGHT THEN

 CLOUDY. WIND EAST 40 KM/H GUSTING TO 60 BECOMING WEST 20 GUSTING TO

 40 NEAR MIDNIGHT. LOW MINUS 2.

WEDNESDAY..MAINLY CLOUDY. WIND WEST 30 KM/H GUSTING TO 50. HIGH ZERO.

 WIND CHILL MINUS 10 IN THE MORNING. UV INDEX 2 OR LOW.



SACHS HARBOUR.

TODAY..MAINLY CLOUDY WITH 30 PERCENT CHANCE OF FLURRIES. WIND

 SOUTHEAST 20 KM/H. HIGH MINUS 2. WIND CHILL MINUS 14 THIS MORNING

 AND MINUS 8 THIS AFTERNOON. UV INDEX 2 OR LOW.

TONIGHT..MAINLY CLOUDY WITH 30 PERCENT CHANCE OF FLURRIES THIS

 EVENING AND AFTER MIDNIGHT. NEAR BLIZZARD DEVELOPING OVERNIGHT. WIND

 SOUTHEAST 40 KM/H GUSTING TO 60 INCREASING TO 60 GUSTING TO 80

 OVERNIGHT. TEMPERATURE STEADY NEAR MINUS 3. WIND CHILL NEAR

 MINUS 12.

WEDNESDAY..NEAR BLIZZARD ENDING IN THE AFTERNOON THEN CLOUDY WITH

 30 PERCENT CHANCE OF FLURRIES. SNOWFALL AMOUNT 2 TO 4 CM. BLOWING

 SNOW AT TIMES LATE IN THE AFTERNOON. WIND SOUTHEAST 60 KM/H GUSTING

 TO 80 BECOMING SOUTHWEST 40 GUSTING TO 60 IN THE AFTERNOON.

 HIGH ZERO. WIND CHILL MINUS 12 IN THE MORNING. UV INDEX 2 OR LOW.



REMAINDER UNCHANGED.



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