November 25, 2014

    No line ups and snowmaking early Monday.  Life is good!!

    Pig Alley weather plot. 1650 meters? Maximum Temp Yest -1, Minimum Temp -4.5.

    Skiers and snowboarders leaving area boundary on Whistler, November 23, 2014.

    Snowed to the valley on Monday.



Weather observations for November 25, 2014, taken at 06:00 Hours this am.

2240 meters      -6, Winds were 5-10 KPH from the NNE
2180 meters      -5, Winds were 15-30 KPH from the WNW
1860 meters      -3, Winds were 5-10 KPH from the NNE
1835 meters      -2, Winds were 5-10 KPH from the ESE
1650 meters      -2, 10 cm of new snow, 19 cm in 24 Hours, Base 58 cm
1550 meters      -1, Relative Humidity 97%
  660 meters       0,Valley Temp, Max Temp Yest +2.3, 12.7 mm recorded there Yest.

    As of 06:30 we have overcast conditions with limited visibility.

For the forecast, weak front continues to move through the area in a Northwesterly flow aloft, with a warm front approaching later today, becoming a Southwest flow. We can expect another 8-10 cm above 1500 meters by tonight. Freezing levels will rise to 2200 meters briefly Wednesday morning than begin to drop to 2000 meters by Thursday morning. Wednesday will see periods of moderate to heavy precipitation.  The heavy precipitation warning is easing off to 60-90 mm of free water, and for a shorter duration. Would still like to see it go South or North!! By Thursday afternoon a trailing cold front will lower Freezing levels to 1800 meters with some wet snow above that mark. Friday will be unsettled, mostly cloudy with some very light flurries clearing up by the evening. At this time Saturday is still looking like a clear cold day with FL below 660 meters. As always stay tuned for the update tomorrow morning.

    Looking moist for today, with light snow in the alpine!!

    Warm front followed by a cold front.

    Cold front by Thursday.

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    Snowing to the valley Monday afternoon.

    Snow Measurement at 1650 Meters, Pig Alley, November 25 Th- At 14:30 Hours there was 45 cm.

    Stair tracks on a snowy Monday afternoon!!