May 14, 2014

    May 13, 2014 started with a mostly overcast sky.

    As the morning progressed the cloud dissipated. Sunny and hot in the afternoon

    There were some cool looking clouds around in the morning.

    Ski out to the bottom of the Wizard chair is gone. Spring skiing has been very good!

    Sunset May 13 Th.



Weather observations for may 14, 2014; taken at 07:00 Hrs.5
2240 meters      +6, Winds were 10-20 KPH from the W
1860 meters      +8, Winds were 5-10 KPH from the S
1550 meters      +9, No new snow, Base 156 cm
  660 meters      +8, Valley temperature, Max Temp Yest +23.



For the forecast, the strong upper ridge will give us sunny warm conditions into Thursday. The high cirrus cloud above us this morning should burn off fairly quickly.  Good chance we will see a mix of sun and cloud for Thursday. We will see cool cloudy marine air move into our area for Thursday evening, prior to an upper trough moving in from the Pacific Northwest for the weekend. Friday is presently looking unsettled with the possibility of some showers. Saturday is looking like the wettest day with cloudy skies and light precipitation during the day, changing to moderate precipitation Saturday evening.  Cooler temperatures and showery weather will continue through Sunday. Freezing levels today will reach 3600 meters, slowly dropping Thursday, then dropping to 2200 meters by Friday night.

    As of 08:00 hrs in the alpine we have some high thin cloud and unlimited visibility.

    Thin high cirrus cloud in our zone this morning.

    Onshore flow of cooler marine air moving in on Thursday.

    Image from yesterday morning.

    Big picture, still lots of moisture in the Pacific.

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Powerful eruption of Shiveluch Volcano: Kamchatka Peninsula

Community Ski Area Survey Results: Ski Essentials.com

Climbing accident on Mount Hood: Avalanche risk hampering body recovery

    More cornice control in Blackcomb Bowl.

    The plowing of the road to the Peak of Whistler is moving along!

    Valley is looking summer like!! High temperature yesterday was +23.