November 10, 2014

    Early Sunday morning, brief glimpse of the Tantalus Range. Snow line down into the trees.

  

   Very cloudy Sunday morning , but patches of blue!

   By days end it was sunny with the odd cloud. A few natural avalanches on Garibaldi.

    Sunset Sunday evening at the Tantalus Look Out.



Weather observations for November 10, 2014; taken at 06:00 Hours.

2240 meters    -11, Winds were 30-45 KPH from the NNE
1860 meters      -8, Winds were 30-40 KPH from the NNW
1550 meters      -4,  Relative Humidity 74 %
  660 meters      -3, Valley Temperature, Max Temp Yest was +6, 7.8 mm of rain recorded here      
                                between 12:00-06:00 Yesterday morning. Fianally a frost :)

    Clear skies and unlimited visibility, guns are on, expect some ground fog this morning.


For the Forecast, a dry northerly flow aloft with cold arctic air moving into our zone, will bring clear cold weather for at least one week. There is a disturbance to the South Thursday but it may not reach our zone as the high will be deeply embedded. Looking at the long term forecast we could see a snowy cold pattern by the middle of next week. Will be interesting to see how much water can be converted into snow in the next 7 days?!

    This mornings image. High amplitude ridge building off shore. Arctic air moving in from the NE.

    Cold temperatures in a Northerly flow, with off shore flow.



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    Cloudier South of Vancouver on Sunday afternoon.

   Snow above Lions Bay.

    Cool colours in the Fraser Valley, it was cloudy out there most of the day.

    Dusk, looking over Green Lake.

    Back side view of the Tantalus Range from Horseshoe Bay.