May 6, 2014

    Monday morning was unsettled with some nice breaks in the clouds.

    Cloud cover became thicker as the morning progressed.

    Snow showers later in the morning into the afternoon. Convective activity!

    Cornice noses still fragile and are falling! Some pinwheeling when the sun came out yesterday.

    Sundog in the late afternoon, clouds began to break!

    Sunset May 5, 2014.

    Snowing in Argentina, good looking start to their season!(Las Lenas)







Weather observations for May 6, 2014; taken at 07:00 Hrs.

2240 meters      -4, Winds were 10-20 KPH from the NNE
1860 meters      -3, Winds were 0-10 KPH from the E
1550 meters       0, No new snow, Base 173 cm
  660 meters     +5, Valley Temperature, Max Temp Yest +13




For the forecast, unsettled conditions for today as an upper level ridge off shore and an upper level trough to the East influences our zone with a North to Northwest flow. A stratus layer has formed which should allow sunny breaks in the valley later this morning. It will lift later and we will likely see some convective cloud build later this morning. The ridge will move East later today bringing sunny skies for Wednesday morning. Convective activity in the afternoon will bring in clouds with the possibility of showers Wednesday afternoon. Unsettled again for Thursday with the offshore flow bringing clouds and showers in the afternoon. The next front will arrive early Friday morning with overcast skies and light precipitation into early Saturday morning. As of now Saturday is looking unsettled, the models are all over the map for the weekend so more on that as we get closer to that time frame. Freezing levels will rise to 2000 meters today, 2300 meters for Wednesday and Thursday. Friday should see a drop in the freezing level to 1900 meters.

    As of 07:30hours in the alpine we have clear skies with unlimited visibility.

    Moisture heading our way for Late Thursday night.

    Image from yesterday at 09:00 Hrs.

    High pressure building for today. Should be a nicer day on Wednesday.


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    Almost to the Roundhouse!

    As the day went on, the clouds began to grow.

    Cumulus nimbus brought some flurries to the area yesterday.