April 19, 2015

    Sunrise Saturday April 18, 2015 was at 06:13 Hours.

    Another amazing morning in Whistler.

    Today is the last day for Blackcomb for the 2014-2015 season!! Excellent conditions in the alpine.

    Hard to believe there was a ski out at the beginning of April.

    Probably good room rates after today at the Chateau.

   There were some cirrus clouds in the area later in the day.

    Sunset Saturday evening was at 20:09 Hours.


Weather Observations for April 19, 2015; taken at 06:00 Hours.

2240 meters       0, Winds were 0-5 KPH from the SE
2180 meters     +2, Winds were 5-10 KPH from the SSW
1860 meters     +3, Winds were 0-5 KPH from the E
1835 meters     +2, Winds were 0-5 KPH from the NNE
1650 meters     +1, No new snow, Base 186 cm.
1550 meters     +3, No new snow, Base 140 cm, Relative Humidity 58%. 

  660 meters     +1, Valley Temp, Max Temp Yesterday was +18.9.Trace of precip recorded on Sat.

Normal maximum temperature for this time of the year is +12. Today sunrise is officially at 06:11 hours-Sunset is at 20:11 Hours. 14 Hours of daylight , get out there and enjoy it!!

    As of 07:00 Hours this am we have sunny skies with some scattered cirrus cloud and unlimited vis.



For the forecast, the high pressure aloft will continue to bring warm sunny weather into Monday night in a Northwesterly flow aloft. We may see some high cirrus cloud in the area again today and Monday. The high will migrate East on Monday evening allowing some marine moisture and associated cloud to move in for Tuesday in a Southerly flow aloft. We can expect unsettled conditions for the remainder of the week as a weak cold front and several troughs move through the zone with light spring showers. At this time Thursday could be the cloudiest day and we may see cooler temperatures than we have been experiencing. Freezing levels will remain near and above the local peaks for most of the week, dropping to around 1800 meters on Thursday.

    High pressure remains until Tuesday.

    Some moisture to the North.

    Clouds will slowly roll in on Tuesday.

    Unsettled for Wednesday.

ARTICLES:

Greenland continuing to Darken: Science Daily

Nepal marks anniversary of Deadliest Everest Avalanche: Katmandu

Fifty years ago, 26 miners died in the Granduc Avalanche: Stewart, B.C.

    You could see some thin upper cloud in the satellite image yesterday morning.

    Squamish dock was still smouldering yesterday morning.

    Tantalus Range yesterday morning.

    Blue sky over Rumbling glacier.

    Scatterd cirrus cloud yesterday afternoon.

    Golden Eye high and dry on Green Lake.