February 13, 2015

    Early Thursday morning, February 12, 2015.

    It was raining hard in Vancouver at times yesterday. They received 10 mm of rain.

    Ducks were having a fine day.

   16:30 Hours at 1835 meters Thursday afternoon, +2.5.



Weather Observations for February 13, 2015; taken at 06:00 Hours.

2240 meters        +1, Winds were 40-55 KPH from the SE
2180 meters        +2, Winds were 35-50 KPH from the SSW
1860 meters        +3, Winds were 20-35 KPH from the E
1835 meters        +4, Winds were 10-20 KPH from the SE
1650 meters        +4, No new new snow, 4 cm in 24 Hours Base 150 cm 7 mm of rain since 04:30
1550 meters        +3, No new new snow, Base 112 cm,  Relative Humidity 100%.

  660 meters        +4, Valley Temp, Max Temp Yesterday was +5.7, 6.7 mm recorded before midnight.

   As of 07:00 we have overcast skies, unlimited visibility and it is raining.

For the forecast, a cold front moved onshore early this morning bringing heavy to moderate precipitation in a Southwest flow aloft. The front will weaken as it moves East and we should see light precipitation by this evening as it exits our zone. Freezing levels will slowly lower to about 1800 meters this evening but should remain above most of the local peaks for the better part of the day. A strong upper level ridge will develop over the Pacific for Saturday bringing unsettled conditions with cooler temperatures. The FL should drop to around 1600 meters for Saturday as the flow becomes Northwesterly. Sunday into Wednesday looks mostly sunny with the possibility of some cloud development on Monday. FL were forecasted to drop but that has changed and it looks like the air mass will be fairly warm through the sunny weather. We may get some inverted temperatures. Guesstimates: 15-25 mm of precipitation by Saturday morning. We may see 3-5 cm at 1650 meters by tomorrow morning.

Yesterday a brief cooling occurred and we received 4 cm at 1650 meters. The temperature there dropped to +.5 between 13:00-13:30 Hours. 

   Satellite image from yesterday at 16:30.

   Big picture yesterday afternoon, 16:30 Hrs.

    Flow for today.

    More precipitation in our area than to the South.

    High strengthens Sunday.

    High pressure for Tuesday with warm temperatures expected.

VIDEO FRIDAY'S:

High Marking creates size able avalanche, awesome response, unable to deploy air bag: Afton, Wyoming

This is how injuries are created, a documented collision: Breckenridge, Colorado

You need big confidence, no hesitation to pull this off: Threading the Needle

Helmet-cam captures skier triggering an avalanche, deploys air bag: Val d'Isere, France

Skiers and Snowboarders don Wetsuits for Whistler Spoof Video:  Vimeo




ARTICLES:

Tignes Ski Director talks Avalanche Safety: France

North Shore Rescue Documentary kicks off Vancouver International Film Festival: Vancouver

Hedgehog-Inspired Full BodyAirbag: Gizmag

Military to hold inquiry into avalanche death of SAR Tech: Winnepeg

    Very grey day in Vancouver on Thursday.

    Not much to see in Howe sound either.

    Multi layers yesterday afternoon.