February 20, 2017

     AVALANCHE ACTIVITY:

   Several dead in avalanches in Badakhshan, Afghanistan. Story below in article section.     Net Pic

    No new avalanche activity observed yesterday locally.



   YESTERDAY:

    Snowline was down to 800 meters, early Sunday morning February 19, 2017.

    Another great winter day.

    Visibility was tough at times depending on elevation. Stay on the sides of the run near the trees!!

    Sunday morning, some snow laden clouds on their way.

    There were some snowy moments yesterdsay.

    Lots of convective activity!! Sunday afternoon.

    Lots of folks in the Bowling Alley.

    All Lifts open.

    Ace was haveing fun of the Glacier Creek Restraunt Deck.


Weather Observations for February 20, 2017: taken at 06:00 Hours.

2240 meters      -9, Winds were 25-30 KPH SE--Horstman Hut 
2180 meters      -9, Winds were 25-35 KPH S  --Whistler Peak
1860 meters      -8, Winds were 15-25 KPH SE--Rendevous
1835 meters      -7, Winds were 10-20 KPH SE--Roundhouse
1650 meters      -6, 12 cm of new snow, 15 cm in 24 hrs, 264 cm Base, RH 95%  --Pig Alley
1550 meters      -5, 3 cm of new snow, 4 cm in 24 hrs, 181 cm Base, RH 95%  --Catskinner 

  660 meters       0, Valley Temp, Max Temp Yesterday was +3.5, 0.7 mm of Precip recorded yest

FORECAST:

Unsettled weather for the long term, as an upper trough in a Southwest flow aloft brings cool temperatures, a mix of sun and cloud with intermittent snow flurries. Not much more to say but this looks like the pattern into the weekend. The FL will rise a bit today (1000m) and tomorrow (800m) but after that it looks to be at surface for the remainder of the week.

    Skirted by some precipitation. Unsettled today.

    Unsettled Tuesday.

    Unsettled Wednesday 

   Unsettled Thursday.

   Unsettled Friday.



OBSERVATIONS & INFORMATION:

Slavo Mrug February 19 at 10:12am

!!!!!! Yesterday (Saturday 18/02/2017). We came back down to the parking lot at Joffre (7:00pm) after a day of touring. We found out that someone broke into our car. The rear window was broken and they stole 2 of our backpacks with the camping stuff and clothes in it.  I am not expecting that the person who did it is in this group, just want to let you know guys to be careful what you leave in your car.  KARMA will get you, poor guy!!!!!!    Clouds were thin for the most part, sun tried to come out several times during the day.     Information at the avalanche awareness hut.    Catskinner weather plot.    10 cm in 24 hours yesterday at 14:30 hours.

   Just below the mid mountain cloud layer.

ARTICLES

Several dead as snow cuts off roads to Badakhshan: Afghanistan

Update on the avalanche at Lowari Tunnel: Northern Pakistan

Two children succumbed to an avalanche burial in Bishkek: Krygystan