December 14, 2014

    Early Saturday morning December 13, 2014.

    Not sure if there is a name for this Aura??

    Fracture line on Disease Ridge.

 

    Na result on Disease Ridge.

    Biggest line up on 7 Th Heaven Lift ever!!!

    Surface Hoar development Friday night \ Early Saturday.

    Last light of the day on Mount Currie. Official sunset was at 16:10 on December 13, 2014.


Weather observations for December 14, 2014, taken at 06:00 Hours this am.

2240 meters      -10, Winds were 0-10 KPH from the WSW
2180 meters        -8, Winds were 15-25 KPH from No WNW?
1860 meters        -4, Winds were 5-10 KPH from the E
1835 meters        -3, Winds were 10-20 KPH from the E
1650 meters        -8, No new snow,  Base 98 cm
1550 meters        -6, No new snow, Base 68 cm Relative Humidity 90%

  660 meters        -3, Valley Temp, Max Temp Yest +4.9, 1 mm of Precip recorded  Yest 

   As of 07:00 Hours this am we have clear skies and unlimited visibility.

For the forecast, an upper ridge will bring sunny conditions for today before shifting East Sunday evening allowing a cold front to move into our area for Monday into Tuesday, bringing unsettled conditions. Some cloud may be hanging around some of the peaks during the day.  A weak upper level trough will bring unsettled conditions to the area on Wednesday. Way long term, there is the possibility of a cold front moving in for next Thursday evening with some snow expected. Unfortunately the freezing levels will be hovering around the 1000 meter level to 1300 meter level for most of the week during daylight hours. We will see the FL drop to the valley for the next couple of days during the evening\early morning hours. 

    High pressure is holding off the Coastal precipitation for today.

    Some moisture for Monday night into Tuesday.

    Big Picture from Yesterday.

ARTICLES: 

Avalanche Danger downgraded ahead of the weekend: Avalanche Canada

Global Warming's influence on Extreme Weather: Science Daily

Windslab: Pistehors.com

After the Rain: Avalanche Canada Blog

Ski Touring the Callaghan Valley: Backcountry Skiing Canada

 

    Fracture Line in Whistler Bowl.                                                                        Tim Haggerty Photo

    Whistler Patrol doing a fracture line profile in Whistler Bowl.

                   Thanks to Tim for this profile from Whistler Bowl.

    Just a reminder, if you cross a closure you can loose your skiing\biking privileges for 1 Year. TH P

    There was some convective cloud development on Saturday.

    Must have been 150 Santa's on the hill.

    Santa on some wind affected snow.

    Many people heading up Pika's Traverse before the Peak chair was open.

    It was an awesome day, on a busy Saturday.

    Lots of cool light shows on Saturday.

    Stratus layer was very slow to dissipate, then convective clouds began to form.

    Cool ice formations on Lost lake.