August 1, 2014

    Morning after Ironman, pretty clean considering how may people were there!

    A very quiet Lake compared to Sunday morning.  July 28, 2014.

    Looking to the East end of  Cheakamus Lake.

    Beginning of the Cheakamus River,

    Cheakamus Crossing.

    Over the past few days the sunrise has been pretty much the same each day.

    Temperatures of +35 in Pemberton over the past week, very little snow left on NW face of Currie!


Weather observations for August 1, 2014; taken at 07:00 Hrs.

2180 meters        +15, Winds were 5-10 KPH from the SE
1835 meters        +16, Winds were 0-5 KPH from the E
1550 meters        +14, Relative Humidity 54%
  660 meters        +11, Valley Temperature, Max Yest was +30.9

For the forecast, strong upper level ridge will continue to dominate the weather pattern well into next week. A small weak upper low to our South will allow some cloud development for today into Saturday. Still warm and mostly sunny over the weekend, with above normal temperatures.

    Cloud development this am to the South of our zone.

    Moisture in Washington State this morning.

    Satellite image from this morning at 07:30 Hrs.

    Big picture from Thursday evening.



Articles:

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Snow Shooter: Chris Christie: Backcountry

A brief history of climate panic and crisis: Both warming and cooling

What does the probability of precipitation mean: Mountain Weather





Video Fridays:

Endo results in a wee pile up: Crested Butte

Big jump into pool: 5 Stories Up

Flooding creates good surfing opportunity: Thor River, Switzerland

Tour de France: Wheelie

How to get hurt Kayaking: Vimeo

Insane Barefooting: Florida

    Narrows of Cheakamus Lake, beginning of the river.

    Creekside loading area.

    Geese were happy it was quiet Monday morning.