April 23, 2014

    Very cloudy yesterday morning in the valley.

    There were some breaks in the morning.

    1 Kg shot detonating using one of many bomb trams on Blackcomb.

    There were some decent turns to be had Tuesday, April 22, 2014.

    Natural Size 1 avalanche in Banana Chute on Fissile yesterday.

    Unsettled later in the day, eventually cleared out by last night.

Weather observations for April 22, 2014; taken at  06:00 Hrs.

2240 meters      -6, Winds were 15-25 KPH from the S
1860 meters      No Data at this time
1550 meters      3cm of new snow, Base 196 cm
  660 meters       0, Valley Temperature, Max Temp Yest +10


For the forecast, a short wave trough is moving through the area, unsettled for a while this morning but still a chance of light precipitation throughout the day with overcast skies. Cloudier later on this afternoon as a stronger low moves in for this evening into tomorrow with a moderate Southwest flow.  An active weather pattern will persist in our zone for the next week, several fronts will move through with short lived breaks in between. Guesstimates 2-4 cm by Thursday morning, 3-5 cm by Friday morning, trace to 1 cm by Saturday morning, 3-5 cm by Sunday morning. Freezing levels for the next few days will fluctuate from 800 to 1300 meters.

                               As of 07:00 hours we have overcast skies with variable visibility.


Yesterday Xe, Sc, Na size 1 avalanches were observed around the Whistler area.

    Satellite image from yesterday afternoon. Very unsettled.

    Break this morning, more clouds heading our way later today.

    Big picture from yesterday.


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Avalanche Formation: Institute for Snow and Avalanche Research

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    Evidence of a natural avalanche from Monday in Lakeside Bowl.

    Amazing amount of convection yesterday around noon.

    Power flurry yesterday afternoon.

    Tracks off Disease ridge yesterday.