May 25, 2016

    Ground hog day, in the cloud again Tuesday May 24, 2016.

    Visibility was less than desirable.

    There was some blue sky above 2000 meters. Powder Mountain.

    Looking Southwest.

    View North.

    Black Tusk---Info on this Stratovolcano

    Visibility did improve later in the afternoon at closing, briefly!!

    Started breaking at around 17:00 Hours in the valley.



Weather Observations for May 25, 2016: taken at 07:00 Hours.

2240 meters      0, Winds were 5-10 KPH W --Horstman Hut
1860 meters    +3, Winds were   0-5 KPH W --Rendevous
1550 meters    +4, 0 cm of new snow, 0 cm in 24 hrs, 100 cm Base, RH 97%

  660 meters  +10, Valley Temp, Max Temp Yesterday was +14.7. 0.2 mm of Precip recorded yest

Clearing should bring some decent crust recovery this am.

    As of 08:00 Hrs we have broken cloud and unlimited visibility.

    Mid level cloud should rise as the morning progresses.



For the forecast, a mix of sun and cloud for today with a low level onshore flow and light Northwesterly flow aloft. Cloud cover should increase with the onshore flow later today, the air mass appears to be fairly dry. The FL will likely hover in the 2200 meter range.  The upper trough in the area will bring overcast conditions and the chance of some intermittent showers for Thursday. The low to the North will slide through the zone Friday bringing unsettled weather to the area for the weekend with cool showery spring like conditions.  A weak ridge may bring some sunny breaks in the unsettled pattern for Sunday into Monday. The ridge should strengthen for Tuesday with mostly sunny skies.

    IR image from 06:00 Hrs this am.

    This image was also taken at 06:00 Hrs.

    500 MB projection into Saturday.

     Cool trough will bring unsettled conditions to the area today.

    Onshore flow for today with unsettled conditions.

    Low moves through Thursday into Friday.

    Mostly cloudy Friday with some possible breaks.

    Overcast Sunday.

    Ridge strengthens for Tuesday.



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    11:00 Hrs Tuesday morning.

    13:15 Hours

    13:15 Hours

   Looking into Horstman Glacier above the cloud layer.

   Top pf Whistler mountain Wednesday afternoon .

    There were some cool clouds around at 17:00 Hours.

    Black Tail deer under the Wizard Chair.