May 12, 2016

    Early Wednesday morning, raining in the Alpine. May 11, 2016

    3.7 mm of rain recorded at the Nester's Weather station yesterday morning.

    Started snowing just before noon!!

    Big hole once it stopped snowing.

    Unsettled in the afternoon but it did dry out.

    Just before sunset Wednesday evening.



Weather Observations for May 12, 2016: taken at 06:00 Hours.

2240 meters     -1, Winds were  10-20 KPH E --Horstman Hut
1860 meters      0, Winds were    0-10 KPH S --Rendevous
1550 meters    +2, 0 cm of new snow, 0 cm in 24 hrs, 152 cm Base, RH 84%  --Catskinner

  660 meters    +4, Valley Temp, Max Temp Yesterday was +16.9. 3.7 mm of Precip recorded yest

Should see some good crust recovery this morning.

    As of 07:00 Hrs this am we have some scattered cloud in the distance and unlimited visibility.

For the forecast, high pressure will bring sunny skies this morning but there is a low off the coast which will send some cloud our way this afternoon in a light Westerly flow aloft. The FL will rise to the 2500 meter range for today. On Friday a high pressure to the Southeast of our zone will likely make a push into the area but the low being close we will see some cloud development and warm temperatures. Saturday is looking unsettled with a good chance of some rain showers later in the day. The showers will continue into Sunday with overcast skies and light precipitation by Sunday afternoon. Expect cool and showery conditions by early next week as an upper level low dominates the pattern, bringing near normal temperature values to the area.

    Looking dry this morning.

    Flow for today.

    Image for today.

    Image for Friday. Southerly flow with high from the South.

    Saturdays image. Cloudier as the low moves closer to our zone.

    Moisture in the area for early next week.




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    Just before noon Wednesday. Wet snow at 1865 meters +2 degrees.

    14:15 Hours mostly cloudy with the odd break at 1860 Meters.

    Everyone was digging the snow.

    Visibility in the morning/early afternoon was variable at times mid mountain.

    Bump patrollers.

     Wednesday afternoon.