Wayne Flann Avalanche Blog: July 25, 2016

An avalanche on Huascaran in Peru has killed 4 climbers, story in article section. Net Pic

Update on the avalanche in Tibet, glacial surge--story below in articles: Net Pic

Tuesday July 19, 2016--+7 Deg overcast and raining lightly. 4.1 mm of rain recorded at 660 M.

Broad upper low Tuesday morning with light Southwest flow aloft.

Wednesday July 20, 2016--another overcast day.

Wednesday morning, upper level low slowly creeping East.

Much nicer to the South on Wednesday afternoon.

Clouds were clinging to the mountains on Wednesday.

Awesome day Thursday, July 21, 2016.

Mount Sir Richard and Castle Towers from Decker Tarn..

In another two weeks the alpine flowers should be spectacular.

Alpin glow Thursday evening on Fissile.

Thursday evening sunset.

Friday Morning, July 22, 2016. Decker Tarn.

Friday, July 22, 2016 15:00 Hours.

Friday afternoon.

Clouds did build on Friday.

Hiking up Decker Basin.

Bottom of Decker Glacier.

Sunset Friday Night.

Saturday morning, July 23, 2016. Mostly cloudy day.

Saturday--15:00 Hrs.

Saturday afternoon.

Dark clouds Saturday morning.

Sunday July 24, 2016--inversion-+11 at 1835 meters at 07:00 hrs--+9 at 660 meters.

High pressure in Southern BC, Sun am. Stratus cloud layer out in the Pacific, cloudy to the North.

Sunday morning with just a few clouds to the North.

By Sunday evening some cloud began to push into our zone from the Northwest.

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

2240 meters +12, Winds were 5-10 KPH S--Horstman Hut
1860 meters +13, Winds were 0-5 KPH S--Rendevous
1550 meters +13, RH 60% --Catskinner

660 meters +13, Valley Temp, Max Temp Yesterday was +27.5. 0.0 mm of Precip recorded yest

As of 06:30 Hrs this am we have broken cloud and unlimited visibility.

Satellite image from 07:00 Hrs this am.

For the forecast, a weak trough moving through the area for today in a Westerly flow aloft will bring unsettled conditions. We can expect mostly cloudy skies this morning with the slight chance of some thunder and lightning, but that should stay closer to the interior of Southern BC. As the day progresses we should get more sunny breaks as the trough moves East. The Westerly flow will send some marine air our way Tuesday as well, with some cloud but mostly sunny conditions. The ridge strengthens Wednesday for warm sunny conditions into the weekend. Thursday and Friday have the potential to be the hottest days of July. Enjoy some nice summer weather!!

A weak trough will pass through the area today with some cloud but dry.

Lingering cloud for Tuesday with the ridge building to the South.

High pressure to the South will dominate the weather pattern into the weekend.

Ridge of high pressure with warm temperatures for Friday July 29, 2016.

May be in for a change on Sunday, but that is a ways off!!

ARTICLES:

Avalanche shakes Otago Mountain Range: New Zealand

Footage of rock slide/avalanche on Colchuck Glacier Washington State: July 16, 2016

Five climbers rescued 4 killed after avalanche on Huarascan Mtn: Peru

Bodies of two mountaineers hit by avalanche in Peru found: Huascaran

Swedish Free Skier has passed from injuries sustained in an avalanche: Farellones, Chile

Large avalanche stops summit attempt on K2 & Karakorum: Pakistan

More info on avalanche in Tibet: Dungru Village

Khion Touring Boot Recall: Dynafit

Record snowfall for July in parts of Northern Canada: N.W.T.

La Nina according too: Canadian Encyclopedia