Early Thursday morning May 12, 2016.
Good night for crust recovery, firm in the morning with good spring conditions.
Clouds thickened as the day progressed.
Mostly cloudy by 17:00 Hours.
Scattered cloud by sunset which was at 20:47 Hours.
Weather Observations for May 13, 2016: taken at 06:00 Hours.
2240 meters +1, Winds were 15-30 KPH E --Horstman Hut
1860 meters +3, Winds were 20-35 KPH E --Rendevous
1550 meters +3, 0 cm of new snow, 0 cm in 24 hrs, 150 cm Base, RH 75% --Catskinner
660 meters +5, Valley Temp, Max Temp Yesterday was +21.2. trace of Precip recorded yest
As of 06:30 Hrs this am we have some high scattered cloud and unlimited visibility.
For the forecast, the battle of the high and lows will continue with the high winning today. We will see mostly sunny skies with some cloud development in the afternoon . The FL will likely hit 3000+ meters in a Southwesterly flow for today. Offshore flow should bring warm temperatures to the area today. Saturday should see a mix of sun and cloud with the slight chance of some isolated showers Saturday night/early Sunday. Sunday is also unsettled with more cloud than sun with the slight chance of some isolated rain showers. By Monday we should be into a slightly cooler weather pattern with some precipitation.
A high over low block will bring sunny warm weather to the area today.
We may see some cloud development later this afternoon.
Saturday starts out sunny with clouds by the afternoon and the possibility of some showers later.
Unsettled with the possibility of some showers for Sunday.
500 MB into next week.
Flow for today into Saturday.
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12:30 Thursday afternoon.
16:15 Hours Thursday, not much change!!
Have heard of more cougar sightings.
Certainly lots of food for them!! Thursday morning on Blackcomb.
Maintenance on the Peak to Peak Lift.
Looking North Thursday morning.
Looking North at 17:00 Hours. Layers of cloud!
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