More avalanches in Europe, they have had 12 fatalities in one week, more info in articles below.
Moving through the stratus cloud to get above the layer.
There was good visibility above 1700 meters for most of the day.
There were some snow crystals in the air and frost on the trees in the very thick cloud layer.
Weather observations for this 30Th day of December taken at 06:00 Hrs.
2180 meters -1, winds were 30-40 KPH from the SSW
1860 meters 0, winds were 15-25 KPH from the SSE
1835 meters +.5, winds were 20-35 KPH from the SSE
1650 meters 0, trace of new snow, Base 89 cm
1550 meters -1, trace of new snow, Base 63 cm
660 meters +1, Valley Temp
Today we will see a West to Northwesterly flow aloft bring cloudy skies with the chance of 0-2 cm of snow in the upper elevations. A fairly warm air mass is associated with the moist weather. This will change on Tuesday as an upper ridge builds for late Tuesday into Wednesday. The next frontal system will arrive late Wednesday with light snow into the mix all day Thursday, we can expect 8-12 cm by Friday morning. Freezing levels will hover around 1300 meters on Thursday, slowly dropping to surface by Friday evening. A dry cool Northwesterly flow aloft will bring unsettled conditions Friday into the weekend.
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| Eventually the lower cloud and upper cloud became one thick layer. |
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| Looking down on some white trees in the cloud bank. |
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| Looking towards the peak, just above the cloud layer, lots of people in that zone yesterday. |
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| Village was busy at days end. |
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