October 3, 2016

    An avalanche on Shishapangma (click for info) has killed a sherpa, story in articles below.  Net Pic

    Saturday October 1, 2016.

    Satellite image Saturday morning.

    Snow flurries at 1835 meters Saturday morning. 11:00 Hrs -2 at 2180 Meters.

    Sunrise Sunday morning--Pemberton Valley.

    Sunday October 2, 2016--dusting overnight. Most of the precipitation was South of Whistler.

    Satellite image Sunday morning.

    Snow was gone by Sunday afternoon.

    Fresh snow in the upper elevations on the Duffy Lake Road early Sunday morning.

    Blue bird along the Fraser River Sunday morning.

    Sunday afternoon at 1835 meters.


Weather Observations for October 3, 2016: taken at 07:00 Hours.

2180 meters    -1, Winds were 10-20 KPH ESE       --Whistler Peak
1835 meters   +2, Winds were     0-5 KPH E            --Roundhouse
1550 meters   +2, RH 78%  0.0 mm of rain this am --Catskinner

  660 meters   +2, Valley Temp, Max Temp Yesterday was +15.1,  trace of Precip recorded yest

    As of 07:00 Hrs this am we have broken cloud and unlimited visibility.



For the forecast, a slow moving upper low will bring a mixed bag of weather to the area this week in a Westerly flow aloft. Today we can expect unsettled conditions early this am as a spit flow moves through, with cloudier conditions this afternoon (cold front) into Tuesday morning with intermittent showers and a lowering freezing level. We will likely see a drier pattern by Tuesday afternoon with unsettled conditions by the evening into Wednesday. Low will strengthen Thursday in a stronger Westerly flow with rain expected Thursday evening into the weekend. The European model is in disagreement with the NAM and GFS for the coming weekend so more on that later in the week.

    Weak front for later this morning.

    Image from this am. Split flow.

    Slow moving low coming down the coast.

    Overcast and showery for later today into Tuesday morning.

    Unsettled Wednesday.

    Low will move inland late Wednesday or sometime Thursday.

    Expect changes for the weekend forecast.



ARTICLES:

Another Sherpa swept away by an avalanche: RMI Expedition Blog

Anomalous winter snow amplified earthquake induced disaster in 2015: Nepal

Avalanche Information: Parks Canada

The Skinny on Skins: Splitboard.com

    Sunrise Saturday morning.

    Lynton Ferry Sunday morning.

    Awesome day along the Thompson River.

    Fall colours.

    Grapes everywhere.

    Unsettled in the Oakanagan as well.