October 5, 2015

   An avalanche spotted on Mars--Story in article section below.                                      NASA Pic

    Friday October 2, 2015, just before sunrise which was at 07:13 Hours.

    Friday afternoon 15:45 just before the rain hit at around 16:00 Hours.

    Just prior to the rain on Friday afternoon. 3.1 mm fell in a short period of time.

    Satellite image from same time frame as above image.

    Soo Bluffs Saturday afternoon.

    Awesome day Saturday, High of 16.8 at 660 meters.

    Sunday morning, 07:00 Hrs.

    Nice day Sunday.

    Sunday afternoon, +15 at 1835 meters at 18:00 Hours.

    Moisture out in the Pacific will find its way here later in the week.



Weather Observations for October 5, 2015: taken at 06:00 Hours.

2180 meters     +7, Winds were 10-15 KPH from the S
1835 meters     +9, Winds were 5-10 KPH from the SSE
1650 meters     +7, Relative Humidity 48%

  660 meters     +2, Valley Temp, Max Temp Yesterday was +16.7.

For the forecast, the upper level ridge will maintain mostly sunny skies for today in a Northerly flow aloft with light offshore flow. The ridge will weaken Tuesday with onshore flow and high cloud will move into our zone but dry conditions should prevail for most of the day. There is a slight chance of showers starting Tuesday evening as weak warm front moves onto the coast. Wednesday will see a strong southwesterly flow as the upper low in the North Pacific begins to send moisture our way strengthening  into the weekend. Expect showers Wednesday into Thursday with light to moderate precipitation by Friday. Will have a better handle on the weekend forecast by Friday as model consistency becomes more accurate.

    High pressure for today with an off shore flow.

    Flow will switch to light Westerly this evening.

    Low in North Pacific will send high cloud our way Tuesday.

    Moisture should reach the coast by early Wednesday.

    South westerly flow with showers into Thursday.

    Light-Moderate precipitation by Friday.

    Strong low in the North Pacific.

    Looks like a wet weekend.



ARTICLES:

Eastern Snow and Avalanche Workshop: November 7, 2015

Another tough year on Whistler's Glaciers: Karl Ricker

Scientists spot an avalanche on Mars: NASA

In Switzerland, look before you leap: SwissInfo.ca

Avatech expands crowdsourced snow safety program in France: Park City, Utah

Review of avalanche accidents for winter of 2014-2015: France

7 week ski patrol program: Panorama, B.C.

    Stratus layer creeping into the valley Friday morning. Rainbow Glacier in the background.

    Cranberry Harvest in Pemberton, Friday afternoon.

    It was raining hard in the Upper Lilooett River Valley at around 14:45 Hours Friday.

    Meager Group first light Saturday morning.

    Ipsoot Glacier Saturday.

    Blue bird Saturday.

    Some great light Sunday morning at sunrise.

    Migrating Birds, likely heading South!!

    Still new snow in the North chutes, turns look possible here!!