No Avalanche Activity in the trees, awesome conditions.
A few very soft slabs to Sz 1 observed around the area yesterday.
YESTERDAY:
Mount Currie Saturday morning, December 10, 2016.
Some low level Stratus clouds.
Does WB have the largest Ski School in the World?
Crystal Chair Saturday.
Light flurries by noon.
Cloudier later in the day.
Image from Saturday morning, it did break up Saturday Evening.
WEATHER:
Weather Observations for December 11, 2016,: taken at 06:00 Hours.
2240 meters -9, Winds were 20-30 KPH SE --Horstman Hut
2180 meters -9, Winds were 15-25 KPH S --Whistler Peak
1860 meters -8, Winds were 5-10 KPH S --Rendevous
1835 meters -8, Winds were 0-10 KPH SE--Roundhouse
1650 meters -6, 5 cm of new snow, 6 cm in 24 hrs, 165 cm Base, RH 96% --Pig Alley
1550 meters -7, 7 cm of new snow, 9 cm in 24 hrs, 115 cm Base, RH 96% --Catskinner
FORECAST:
Upper level trough will bring cool and showery weather for today in a Southwest flow aloft.
A developing, cold dry air mass will be in our zone for next week. Cold again for Monday but the winds look ok!! Guesstimates: 4-6 cm for Monday morning.
Passing upper trough will bring showery weather for Sunday.
Sunday--upper trough with flurries.
Mostly cloudy with some flurries for today.
Drying out Monday.
High builds Tuesday.
ARTICLES:
Mt Rose avalanche buries skier: Ski Tahoe
Who won the 2016/2017 Powder Awards: Powder Magazine
ENSO Alert System: La Nina Advisory
OBSERVATIONS:
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Light flurries with a thin cloud cover.
Saturday Afternoon.
Snowmaking--6 Million gallons consumption in 24 hrs, 104,000,000 gallons as of yesterday.
Icicles were once snow flakes!!
They get pretty pointy.
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