17 Mar 2014

March 17, 2014




                                                                     Happy St Paddy's Day



    Raining in the valley yesterday am 08:30, by 21:00 hrs it was snowing in the valley 2 cm per hour.

    Another surprisingly mellow day, Glacier express just about to load, 09:45, March 16 Th.

    Wind affect from Saturday into early Sunday morning. What 160-80 KPH winds will do!

    Snowing and blowing around 11:30 yesterday at 1860 meters; -5.5, 55 KPH winds out of the S.

    Weather Plot on Whistler Mountain, 1650meters.


              Similar to the 24 hour viewable ruler at Aspen?

    Snow line yesterday was just above the tube park on Blackcomb.

Weather observations for St. Patrick's day, March 17 Th 2014; taken at 06:00 Hrs.

2240 meters      -11, Winds were 5-10 KPH from the WSW
2180 meters      -10, Winds were 25-40 KPH from the WNW
1860 meters        -9, Winds were 5-15 KPH from the E
1835 meters        -9, Winds were 15-25 KPH from the WSW
1650 meters        -7, 10 cm of new snow, 20 cm in 24 hours, Base 269 cm
1550 meters        -7, 10 cm of new snow, 17 cm in 24 hours, Base 217 cm
  660 meters        -1, Valley temperature, 9.5 mm of precip yesterday, Max temp +3.7

For the forecast an dirty upper level ridge is building into our zone with unsettled conditions for today, but fairly sunny until later this afternoon. A warm front in a Northwesterly flow will bring clouds and moisture into our zone for tonight into Tuesday. Another upper level trough moves in for Wednesday with  post frontal showers and cloudy conditions for Thursday. Weak upper level ridge and surface ridge combo will bring drier and brighter conditions for Friday into the weekend. Guesstimates 5-8 cm by Wednesday morning, 15-20 cm by Thursday morning, 3-5 cm for Thursday day. Freezing levels hover from 500 to 1100 meters for the next few days.


Yesterday in the corridor there were numerous size 1 avalanches, Sa (skier accidental), Sc (ski cutting), Xe (explosive control). Some size 2 avalanches were reported Xe and to the north there was a size 2.5 Va (vehicle accidental) reported. Looks like we are in for an amazing day, read the advisory!!




    Satellite image from 11:30 Sunday morning.


    Sunday morning was veery cloudy and snowing.




Snow Deformation: Earth Science

Ski Guide critically injured in Alaska avalanche: Haines, Alaska

Missoula volunteers finish avalanche cleanup: Montana

Avalanche footage of a skier caught in an avalanche: Colorado

More information on the avalanche involving the father and son from Quebec: Lake Louise

Snowmobiler injured in massive avalanche on Mount Abundance: Montana

Highway 21 Reopens after massive avalanche: Idaho

Avalanche in Troms County- Snowmobiler missing: Norway


                                          Wind affect outside an alpine building window.

    Tree skiing yesterday was very good!!

    If you are new to the sport Whistler Mountain is the place for you.






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