September 14, 2015

    Friday September 11, 2015--Awesome day in the Alpine.

    Overlord Glacier.

    Saturday morning, leaves are starting to change colour.

    Satellite image from Saturday. High of +26 on Saturday, +29.5 on Friday.

    Just before sunrise on Sunday morning.

    Sunrise was officially at 06:44 Sunday September 13, 2015.


Weather Observations for September 14, 2015: taken at 06:00 Hours.

2180 meters      -1, Winds were 5-15 KPH from the SSE
1835 meters        0, Winds were 0-5 KPH from the W
1650 meters        0, Relative Humidity 100%

  660 meters      +4, Valley Temp, Max Temp Yesterday was +19.

For the forecast, a series of cool troughs will bring unsettled weather to the area for most of the week. Today we will see mostly cloudy skies with the chance of a shower later in the day. Tuesday will be similar with cloudy skies, intermittent showers and cooler temperatures. The freezing level at night will drop down to below 1800 meters this evening and Tuesday evening. A weak front will move into the area on Wednesday and Thursday with periods of light rain with the occasional break. A very weak ridge may form for Friday but the model solutions are inconsistent so there is low confidence in the forecast. The series of troughs may continue into next weekend.  More on that in Fridays post.

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

    Sattelite image from this morning.

    Brunt of the moisture today is South of our zone.

    Some breaks tomorrow but likely cloudier.

    More moisture in the area on Wednesday.

    Fairly large low but precip levels in our area ware looking low.


Articles:

Supreme Court to hear avalanche death case: Colorado

A monster El Nino is likely, but there are no guarantees: LA Times

Cornet Peak's spring snow breaks record: New Zealand

NOAA'S 3 month outlook for November-January: Temperature & Precipitation

Man made snow avalanches in the Eastern USA: Paper by Roger Damon

    Fissile Mountain, heather is beginning to change colour.

    Snow making hydrant at 2240 meters over the Horstman Glacier.

    Realignment of the showcase T-Bar. That was ice just 2 years ago where the structure is!!

    Awesome day for the Grand Fondo on Saturday.

    Rainbow Glacier early Sunday morning.

    Marine cloud Sunday morning.