October 26, 2015

    Do drones have a future in avalanche control?- Story below in article section. Travis Coburn Image

    An avalanche in Pakistan has killed one injured 9. Story in articles below. Early Snow   Net Pic

    Friday morning, October 23, 2015--Alta Lake looking NE. Another awesome day in Whistler.

    Friday morning.

    Friday evening.

    Frost on Rainbow Beach Early Saturday morning. -1 at 660 meters.

    High scattered cirrus cloud Saturday morning.

    Satellite image Saturday.

    Wee dusting of snow early Sunday morning.

    Broken cloud Sunday, still a nice day. Its been dry and warm so far this month. Change for Friday.

    Joffre Glacier Sunday afternoon.

    Just before sunset Sunday October 25, 2015.


Weather Observations for October 26, 2015: taken at 06:00 Hours.

2240 meters      -1, Winds were 15-20 KPH S--Horstman Hut Station
1835 meters     +2, Winds were 0-5 KPH from the W
1650 meters     +4, Relative Humidity 95%

  660 meters     +6, Valley Temp, Max Temp Yesterday was +11.6. Trace of rain recorded.

    As of 07:45 Hrs at 1835 meters we have overcast skies with variable visibility. Showers may occur.

   At 2180 meters we have obscured skies with another fresh dusting of the white stuff.

For the forecast,  low pressure to our South will bring cloudy conditions for this morning, with unsettled conditions later today as it moves East. Ridge of high pressure will begin to rebuild this evening with sunny conditions for Tuesday. Clouds will begin to build for Tuesday night as another Pacific front moves onshore for cloudy wet conditions on Wednesday.  A brief flat dirty ridge may develop for Thursday with unsettled conditions and some showers, before a wet upper level trough with a tropical Pacific influence moves onshore for Friday into Saturday. We can expect light to moderate precipitation with the Freezing level hovering around the local peaks. Will have an update on the wet Halloween on Friday.

    Image from 09:45 hours this am, October 26, 2015.

    Cloudy this morning from the low to our South.

    Very weak ridge rebuilds later this afternoon.

    Significant low in the Gulf of Alaska. High pressure still over the Pacific.

   Weak high pressure once again with mostly sunny weather for Tuesday.

    Front moves onshore by early Wednesday morning.

    Upper trough moving through on Thursday. Unsettled during the day cloudy by the evening.

    Friday and Saturday will be overcast and wet. More on that in Fridays post.

ARTICLES:

An avalanche in Kaghan has killed one and injured 9: Pakistan

Forecasters daily routine: WildSnow

Drones and Avalanche control: Colorado

Avy Awareness--November 6, 2015: Whistler, B.C.

Global Temperatures smash September Record by widest margin in history: GeoEngineering

American Avalanche Institute partners with Backcountry Access: BCA

Use Snowpack tests to make better decisions: PowderCanada

    Rainbow Dock early Friday morning. Drone shots-- no bombs just a camera.

    Alta Lake as the mist dissipates.

 

    First frost Saturday October 24, 2015. Sunrise was at 07:48.

    Patricia flooding Texas, Remnant of Olaf off our coast. High pressure prevailed in split flow!

    Posted this article last year: DesignMind   Another related article: Drones for avalanche mitigation

    Upper Joffre Lake.

    Anniversary Glacier Sunday October 25, 2015.