March 2, 2014

    Sa March 1, 2014 2000 m level Phalanx Glacier convex roll, 30 meters wide 30-40 cm deep stiff  
    slab, Ryan Bougie Photo.

    Natural snow and man made on Blackcomb Mountain yesterday morning.

    A cold grey day for the most part Saturday.

    Cloudy morning, March 2, 2014.


Weather observations for March 2, 2014, taken at 06:00 Hrs this am.

2240 meters     -10, Winds were 20-35 KPH from the SSW
2180 meters       -9, Winds were 30-40 KPH from the S
1860 meters       -9, Winds were 20-30 KPH from the SSE
1835 meters       -8, Winds were 10-25 KPH from the SSE
1650 meters       -6, 5 cm of new snow. Base 214 cm
1550 meters       -9, 5 cm of new snow. Base 162 cm
  660 meters       -8, Valley Temperature,


There has been some disagreement in the models, one thing is certain, several moist pacific fronts will affect our area for the next week. Today a warm front will bring light snow this morning and become heavy snow this evening as a trailing cold front moves through. The flow will shift from a Northwesterly this morning to a Westerly flow, this will change to a Southwesterly flow this evening. Has the potential for some real snow by tomorrow morning. Most of the precip looks like it will go south of our area but there is the chance we could see more than some of the parties are calling for.
Guesstimates: 20-25 cm by Monday morning, 5-8 cm by Tuesday morning, Unsettled weather Tuesday , snow again Wednesday with 15-20 cm by Thursday morning, 5-10 cm by Friday morning.

    NAM is showing snow for this evening.

    Satellite image from yesterday afternoon, the front moved in very quickly.

    MM5 is showing snow for this evening.



Montana avalanche rescue included neighbourhood: Missoula

Snowboarder may have caused Montana avalanche that buried three: Mount Jumbo

March 2014 French Snow Cover: Pistehors.com

Whats the Problem: CAC Forecasters Blog

Create an avalanche safety video: Win some prizes

Chairlift accident at Crystal Mountain send 4 to hospital: CTV News

    Kitting on Green Lake is not the same as the picture below.

    Maui February 27 Th.