October 1, 2016

   Glacial avalanche has injured a solo trekker on Mt Aoraki,(Mt Cook) story below-Al McDowell Pic

    Thursday September 29, 2016--Clouds dissipated for another awesome day.

    Thursday morning.

    Friday September 30, 2016--Thin stratus layer in the morning. +1 Deg at 1835 meters.

    A different perspective Friday morning.

    Layer lifted quickly.

    Another great day.

    Satellite image Friday morning.

    Still some snow on the highest peaks. Friday afternoon.

    Long Shadows!!

    Sunrise Saturday October 1, 2016


Weather Observations for October 1, 2016: taken at 07:00 Hours.

2180 meters    -3, Winds were 15-25 KPH SE        --Whistler Peak
1835 meters     0, Winds were 15-20 KPH ESE      --Roundhouse
1550 meters   +1, RH 86%  0.0 mm of rain this am --Catskinner

  660 meters   +3, Valley Temp, Max Temp Yesterday was +15.7 0.0 mm of Precip recorded yest

    As of 07:00 Hrs Saturday morning we have broken cloud and unlimited visibility.


For the forecast, low to the South will continue spinning offshore into Sunday in a Southerly flow aloft. Increasing cloud for today with some light intermittent rain showers. As the low moves onshore to the South we can expect unsettled weather for Sunday with a drying trend. A weak ridge will build for Monday with unsettled weather. Tuesday will likely see some showers but there are some inconsistencies in the models. Wednesday is looking unsettled as well with the low bringing a front onshore for Thursday into Friday. Overall a week of unsettled weather but looking fairly dry until later in the week. Will update before then!!

    Southerly flow aloft with overcast skies for today, showers to light rain by this afternoon.

    Low will spread some cloud and light precip into the area today.

    Unsettled Sunday with some cloud.

    Drying out Monday, likely some lingering cloud.

    Some moisture for Tuesday but again unsettled.

    Thursday into Friday, the low will likely bring some precipitation



ARTICLES:

Solo Trekker caught in larger glacial avalanche: New Zealand

Swiss Ski Resorts are losing their snow: The Local

Avalanches Aren't just a Winter Danger: Laura Bates

How climate variability will affect winters across the world: Alan Betts

Scientists anticipate another glacier collapse in Tibet from Satellite Data: Simon Gascion

Vail Resorts Posts $65.3 Million Quarterly Loss: Denver Post

    Sunrise Thursday morning.

    Friday late in the afternoon.

    Very Red!!

    Looking East Saturday morning.

    Birds eye looking East Saturday Am.

    Southern view Saturday morning.

    Birds eye looking South. Clouds are moving in!!