FPCN12 CWNT 201030

FORECASTS FOR THE MACKENZIE DELTA AND ARCTIC COAST AREAS OF THE

NORTHWEST TERRITORIES ISSUED BY ENVIRONMENT CANADA AT 5:00 A.M. MDT

FRIDAY 20 MARCH 2026 FOR TODAY AND SATURDAY.

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



SOUTH DELTA REGION INCLUDING FT. MCPHERSON - TSIIGEHTCHIC.

TODAY..SUNNY. WIND UP TO 15 KM/H. HIGH MINUS 19. WIND CHILL MINUS 45

 THIS MORNING AND MINUS 24 THIS AFTERNOON. FROSTBITE IN MINUTES. UV

 INDEX 1 OR LOW.

TONIGHT..INCREASING CLOUDINESS. 30 PERCENT CHANCE OF FLURRIES

 OVERNIGHT. WIND UP TO 15 KM/H. LOW MINUS 28. WIND CHILL MINUS 36

 THIS EVENING AND MINUS 30 OVERNIGHT. RISK OF FROSTBITE.

SATURDAY..MAINLY CLOUDY WITH 30 PERCENT CHANCE OF FLURRIES. WIND UP

 TO 15 KM/H. HIGH MINUS 17. WIND CHILL MINUS 30 IN THE MORNING AND

 MINUS 21 IN THE AFTERNOON. RISK OF FROSTBITE. UV INDEX 1 OR LOW.



AKLAVIK REGION.

TODAY..SUNNY. INCREASING CLOUDINESS LATE THIS AFTERNOON. WIND

 NORTHWEST 20 KM/H GUSTING TO 40 BECOMING LIGHT THIS MORNING. HIGH

 MINUS 24. WIND CHILL MINUS 43 THIS MORNING AND MINUS 34 THIS

 AFTERNOON. FROSTBITE IN MINUTES. UV INDEX 1 OR LOW.

TONIGHT..CLOUDY. PERIODS OF LIGHT SNOW BEGINNING THIS EVENING. LOCAL

 BLOWING SNOW BEFORE MORNING. WIND BECOMING NORTHWEST 30 KM/H GUSTING

 TO 50 BEFORE MORNING. TEMPERATURE RISING TO MINUS 22 BY MORNING.

 WIND CHILL NEAR MINUS 36. RISK OF FROSTBITE.

SATURDAY..PERIODS OF LIGHT SNOW AND LOCAL BLOWING SNOW. WIND

 NORTHWEST 30 KM/H GUSTING TO 50. HIGH MINUS 20. WIND CHILL NEAR

 MINUS 35. RISK OF FROSTBITE.



INUVIK REGION.

TODAY..SUNNY. INCREASING CLOUDINESS LATE THIS AFTERNOON. WIND

 BECOMING NORTHWEST 20 KM/H GUSTING TO 40 THIS AFTERNOON. HIGH

 MINUS 26. WIND CHILL MINUS 45 THIS MORNING AND MINUS 39 THIS

 AFTERNOON. FROSTBITE IN MINUTES. UV INDEX 1 OR LOW.

TONIGHT..CLOUDY. PERIODS OF LIGHT SNOW BEGINNING THIS EVENING. LOCAL

 BLOWING SNOW. WIND NORTHWEST 30 KM/H GUSTING TO 50. TEMPERATURE

 RISING TO MINUS 24 BY MORNING. WIND CHILL NEAR MINUS 40. FROSTBITE

 IN MINUTES.

SATURDAY..PERIODS OF LIGHT SNOW AND LOCAL BLOWING SNOW. WIND

 NORTHWEST 30 KM/H GUSTING TO 50. HIGH MINUS 22. WIND CHILL MINUS 38

 IN THE MORNING AND MINUS 30 IN THE AFTERNOON. RISK OF FROSTBITE.



TUKTOYAKTUK - EAST CHANNEL REGION.

TODAY..SUNNY. INCREASING CLOUDINESS THIS MORNING THEN BLIZZARD. WIND

 WEST 30 KM/H INCREASING TO 50 GUSTING TO 70 NEAR NOON. HIGH

 MINUS 27. WIND CHILL NEAR MINUS 49. FROSTBITE IN MINUTES.

TONIGHT..BLIZZARD. WIND WEST 50 KM/H GUSTING TO 70. TEMPERATURE

 RISING TO MINUS 24 BY MORNING. WIND CHILL MINUS 45 THIS EVENING AND

 MINUS 39 OVERNIGHT. FROSTBITE IN MINUTES.

SATURDAY..BLIZZARD ENDING NEAR NOON THEN LIGHT SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW.

 WIND NORTHWEST 40 KM/H GUSTING TO 60 DIMINISHING TO 20 GUSTING TO 40

 NEAR NOON. HIGH MINUS 22. WIND CHILL MINUS 39 IN THE MORNING AND

 MINUS 33 IN THE AFTERNOON. RISK OF FROSTBITE.



PAULATUK.

TODAY..INCREASING CLOUDINESS. BLIZZARD DEVELOPING NEAR NOON. WIND

 SOUTHWEST 30 KM/H BECOMING WEST 50 GUSTING TO 70 NEAR NOON. HIGH

 MINUS 25. WIND CHILL MINUS 48 THIS MORNING AND MINUS 42 THIS

 AFTERNOON. FROSTBITE IN MINUTES.

TONIGHT..BLIZZARD ENDING AFTER MIDNIGHT THEN CLEARING. WIND WEST

 50 KM/H GUSTING TO 70 DIMINISHING TO 20 GUSTING TO 40 AFTER

 MIDNIGHT. LOW MINUS 32. WIND CHILL NEAR MINUS 46. FROSTBITE IN

 MINUTES.

SATURDAY..SUNNY. WIND WEST 20 KM/H GUSTING TO 40. HIGH MINUS 30. WIND

 CHILL MINUS 46 IN THE MORNING AND MINUS 40 IN THE AFTERNOON.

 FROSTBITE IN MINUTES. UV INDEX 1 OR LOW.



SACHS HARBOUR.

TODAY..BLIZZARD ENDING THIS AFTERNOON THEN CLEARING. BLOWING SNOW AT

 TIMES LATE THIS AFTERNOON. WIND WEST 50 KM/H GUSTING TO 70 BECOMING

 NORTHWEST 30 GUSTING TO 50 THIS AFTERNOON. HIGH MINUS 25. WIND CHILL

 MINUS 50 THIS MORNING AND MINUS 39 THIS AFTERNOON. FROSTBITE IN

 MINUTES.

TONIGHT..CLEAR. BLOWING SNOW AT TIMES. WIND NORTHWEST 30 KM/H GUSTING

 TO 50. LOW MINUS 36. WIND CHILL MINUS 43 THIS EVENING AND MINUS 53

 OVERNIGHT. FROSTBITE IN MINUTES.

SATURDAY..SUNNY. BLOWING SNOW AT TIMES. WIND NORTH 30 KM/H GUSTING TO

 50. HIGH MINUS 33. WIND CHILL NEAR MINUS 53. FROSTBITE IN MINUTES.



ULUKHAKTOK.

TODAY..BLIZZARD. WIND WEST 30 KM/H GUSTING TO 50 INCREASING TO 60

 GUSTING TO 80 NEAR NOON. HIGH MINUS 26. WIND CHILL MINUS 50 THIS

 MORNING AND MINUS 45 THIS AFTERNOON. FROSTBITE IN MINUTES.

TONIGHT..BLIZZARD ENDING THIS EVENING THEN CLEARING. BLOWING SNOW AT

 TIMES. WIND WEST 60 KM/H GUSTING TO 80 BECOMING NORTHWEST 30 GUSTING

 TO 50 THIS EVENING. LOW MINUS 33. WIND CHILL MINUS 41 THIS EVENING

 AND MINUS 50 OVERNIGHT. FROSTBITE IN MINUTES.

SATURDAY..SUNNY. BLOWING SNOW AT TIMES. WIND NORTHWEST 30 KM/H

 GUSTING TO 50. HIGH MINUS 28. WIND CHILL MINUS 50 IN THE MORNING AND

 MINUS 43 IN THE AFTERNOON. FROSTBITE IN MINUTES.



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