January 28, 2015

    Some breaks by 07:30, January 27 2015.

    Sun made its presence early in the morning.

    Sucker hole did move through in the morning!

    Cloudier around noon on Tuesday.

    Upper elevations had some challenging light at times.

    Sunset January 27, 2015.

Weather Observations for January 28, 2015; taken at 06:00 Hours.

2240 meters        -6, Winds were 10-15 KPH from the S
2180 meters        -5, Winds were 5-10 -KPH from the S
1860 meters        -6, Winds were 0-5 KPH from the S
1835 meters        -5, Winds were 5-10 KPH from the SE
1650 meters        -4, No new new snow, Base 122 cm
1550 meters        -2, No new new snow, Base 98 cm,  Relative Humidity 92%.

  660 meters        -1, Valley Temp, Max Temp Yesterday +7.3.

For the Forecast, the upper ridge will bring unsettled conditions (mix of sun and cloud) in a dry and warm airmass into Saturday. The ridge will break down late Saturday\early Sunday morning allowing a weak cold front to spread light precipitation into the area Sunday with a freezing level around 1200 meters. The ridge may rebuild for Monday prior to a series of weak frontal bands to move through the area next week with cooler temperatures than we have been experiencing. Freezing levels for the next few days will fluctuate from 1500-1900 meters, dropping to 1000 meters on Saturday. Guesstimates 2-4 cm by Sunday morning, 3-5 cm by Monday morning. These amounts will likely change as we get closer to the less than needed event!

    Mostly cloudy yesterday in the satellite image.

   Big picture has some cloud way out in the Pacific that may reach us by Sunday.

    Dry and cooler for today, short wave trough  moving down the coast.

    Cold front forecasted to arrive late Saturday night early Sunday morning.

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    Whistler mountain engulfed in cloud at days end, Tuesday.

    At sunset there was some large holes and awesome light on the cloud tops.