August 31, 2015

    Avalanches melted after sliding into My Ruapehu's crater lake in New Zealand-- Story below.

    Friday's view from Whistler Peak after the rains subsided. 11 mm recorded in 24 hours at 660 M.
    Squamish received 14.1 mm on Friday while Pemberton received 6.0 mm.

    Satellite image taken at same time as image above.

    Image from Saturday morning.

    Looking Southwest Saturday morning.

    Satellite image from Saturday morning.

    A break in the rain Saturday afternoon.

    Dusting of snow at 2180 meters Sunday morning. 0 deg early in the am.

   Sunday August 30, 2015--Rains eased off--29.5 mm recorded at Nesters Weather station on Sat.
   Squamish received 36.0 mm on Saturday and Pemberton recorded 34.5 mm.

    We did have some breaks on Sunday.

    Big picture Sunday afternoon.


Weather Observations for August 31, 2015: taken at 06:00 Hours.

2180 meters       +3, Winds were 35-60 KPH from the SSW
1835 meters       +5, Winds were 20-40 KPH from the SE
1650 meters       +6, Relative Humidity 97%

  660 meters     +10, Valley Temp, Max Temp Yesterday was +14.2, 9.7mm of rain recorded Yest.

    As of 07:00 Hours this am we have overcast skies, variable visibility, and raining lightly.

    Satellite image from 07:45 Monday August 31.

For the forecast, a broad upper trough will remain over the area for the next several days with bands of cool moisture moving through our zone. We may see a shift by Thursday as the high pressure begins to migrate towards us. Today we will be in a moist Westerly flow associated with a warm front with periods of light rain expected for most of the day, a cold front will follow this evening into Wednesday with the freezing level dropping well below the local peaks. There is a slight  chance of a break Tuesday afternoon. As of now Wednesday looks mostly cloudy with intermittent showers and cooler temperatures. Thursday will likely be unsettled and the ridge should strengthen by Friday. Models are not in agreement beyond Thursday so hope to have a better picture by Friday.

    Deep upper trough in the area with a 5270 m low over the Northwest corner of BC.

    Light rain with an associated warm front today.

    Cooler weather tomorrow with the FL dropping to 1800 meters.

    Light intermittent showers for Wednesday. FL down to around 1800 meters.

    Weak high pressure forecasted to build for Thursday.

   Drier conditions for Saturday, with a Northwest flow aloft.

   Looks like the high strengthens for Sunday.



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    Dried out Friday afternoon.

    10:00 hours Saturday morning, where is everyone--by 11:00 the light to moderate rain had ceased.

    Horstman Creek was flowing on Saturday afternoon.

    Blue Rodeo put on a great concert Saturday evening.

    Despite the rain showers the crowd was very enthusiastic.

    Great  performance, several rain songs!!

    View late Sunday afternoon on Green Lake.

    Looking up at the Mountains Monday morning.