October 16, 2015

    Snowing Monday morning.

    After the rains on Monday afternoon. We received 7.1 mm of rain at the Nesters weather stn Mon.

    Cloud early Tuesday morning quickly dissipated.

    New snow still hanging in on North facing slopes, despite warmish alpine temperatures.

    Some cloud around on Wednesday morning.

    Sunset Wednesday evening.

    Thursday afternoon, October 15, 2015--High cirrus cloud developed.

    Satellite image from Thursday afternoon.



Weather Observations for October 16, 2015: taken at 06:00 Hours.

2180 meters     New station toasted by lightning last Saturday
1835 meters   +11, Winds were 15-20 KPH from the SE
1650 meters     +9, Relative Humidity 45%

  660 meters     +3, Valley Temp, Max Temp Yesterday was +14.2.

For the forecast, the high pressure system will migrate eastward today allowing some cloud into the area later this afternoon.  A weakening trough will split North and South bringing cloudy conditions to our zone for Saturday in a Southwesterly flow aloft. Still a chance of some isolated showers for Saturday but it is looking fairly dry.  As of now Sunday looks unsettled with a mix of sun/cloud and the chance of some isolated rain showers. Monday is looking like a cloudy day and light rain is forecasted into Monday night. Next week looks unsettled but more on that in Mondays post as confidence in the models is low for next week. An occluded front may bring unsettled conditions Tuesday.

    As of 07:30 this am we have mostly clear skies and unlimited visibility.

    Sunny conditions for today with clouds developing later in the day.

    Cloud will move into the area for Saturday with the chance of some isolated showers.

    Moisture heading our way Sunday but no precipitation until Monday morning.

    We can expect cloud on Monday likely moving away by Monday evening.


Video Friday:

Taming atmospheric chaos with big data: Chris Danforth

Whistler Bike Park: # 1 in the World

US Army Avalanche Training: 1965

Wet snow avalanche moving down a mountain: You Tube


Articles:

Still recovering human remains from avalanche on April 25 Th: Nepal

Micro Search Box and Micro Search Strips: Mammut

Should Ski Resorts be liable for deaths and injuries from Avalanches: ELetters--Colorado

Some great topics at the Utah Snow and Avalanche Workshop: October 29, 2015

New Guide to avoid future avalanche tragedies: France

Mountain Skills-How to really read the Avalanche Forecast: Backcountry Magazine

    Shale slope as it warmed up after the morning snow on Sunday/Monday.

    Guns are ready to go!!

    Glaciers are still melting. This waterfall coming out of Northwest Ipsoot Glacier.

    Still lots of new snow on the Meager Group.

    Whistler Mountain Thursday morning.