January 25, 2014

Not as much cloud yesterday, sunrise was not quite as spectacular as they have been!

The temperature at 1860 m was +8 at 06:00 in the am, maxed out at +12 at 13:45 Jan 24, 2014.

                         Hoar Frost near Shoal Lake, Claire Oliver Picture. Cold in the valley.

Days end, the glaze was forming.


Weather Observations for January 25, 2014; taken at 06:00 Hours.

2240 meters      +4, Winds were 15-20 KPH from the SSW
2180 meters      +5, Winds were 20-30 KPH from the SSW
1860 meters      +7, Winds were 10-20 KPH from the ESE
1835 meters      +7, Winds were 15-20 KPH from the SSW
1650 meters      +6, No new snow, Base 130 cm
1550 meters      +8, No new snow, Base 96 cm
  660 meters       -3,Valley Temp


For the repetative forecast, high pressure aloft will prevail over our zone through the weekend.  The pressure gradients may ease off allowing more stratus cloud to form.The high should weaken early next week and we are anticipating a front to arrive Late Monday into Tuesday.  Monday we will see high clouds develop as the weather in the North East Pacific approaches the coast. Models are in some agreement that the front will be weak with little precip. A series of weak fronts will continue into next week with light amounts forecasted at this point in time. Unsettled weather for Wednesday is likely. Freezing levels are still looking pretty high for the weekend, 3200-3000 meters. When the weak front arrives they should drop to around 1200 meters by Wednesday morning.

GFS model of front arriving Monday.

Stratus finally moved off the ocean, low lying inland areas are still in the stratus clouds.

The high is really big, but in this perspective looks kinda big.



Article on Wind loading: Powder Magazine

Skier falls into hidden stream: Norway ( Short Video)

Geoengineered Drought threatens Ski Hills: Chemtrails
Thanks to Simon for this link.

Could you self rescue from the Backcountry: SnowBrains

Facets, A documentry film : Abby Kent

Still some great skiing out there if you know where to go!

Bottom of Sudan Couloir in the sun, tricky to get in there right now.

Tricky conditions in some of the melt freeze areas. 

Great day to be sitting around in the warmth. Max temp here was +9 yesterday afternoon at 13:00 Hrs.