March 15, 2017

    AVALANCHE ACTIVITY:

   An avalanche in Pithoragarh, India has claimed 2 Nepalis, 1 missing-story in article section. Net Pic

    Locally, Na Sc produced Sz 1 thin moist slabs, snowballing observed yesterday.


   YESTERDAY:

    Tuesday morning March 14, 2017. Raining at 1250 meters.

    Snow line was at 1550 meters in the morning.

    08:00 hrs Tuesday morning.

   10:00 am Tuesday,

    Snowing at 10:10 Tuesday morning.

   14:30 Hrs Tuesday afternoon.

   Being spared in a way!! Jet stream has been helping us avoid a washout.

   A very warm air mass.

    Thin cloud cover with rain at 16:30 Hrs.


Weather Observations for March 15, 2017: taken at 06:00 Hours.

2240 meters      -5, Winds were 20-30 KPH SE  --Horstman Hut 
2180 meters      -4, Winds were 25-30 KPH S     --Whistler Peak
1860 meters      -3, Winds were 15-20 KPH ESE--Rendevous
1835 meters      -3, Winds were 15-25 KPH S     --Roundhouse
1650 meters      -2, 2 cm of new snow, 3 cm in 24 hrs, 292 cm Base, RH 89%  --Pig Alley
1550 meters      -1, 1 cm of new snow, 2 cm in 24 hrs, 218 cm Base, RH 90 %  --Catskinner 

  660 meters     +2, Valley Temp, Max Temp Yesterday was +6.9, 10.8 mm of Precip recorded yest

7.7 mm recorded overnight at Pig Alley

   As of 07:00 Hrs this amwe have broken cloud ans unlimited visibility.


FORECAST:

A weak low will move through our zone today in a Southwest flow aloft. The majoity of the precipitation is luckily heading south of our zone as the jet stream moves further south. We can expect overcast conditions this am with a few showers, becoming unsettled by this afternoon with a mix of sun and cloud. The FL will spike at around 1400 meters today, then will slowly drop to around 900 meters by this evening. An upper level trough will push through tonight into Thursday with light precipitaion, with hopefully some moderate/heavy snow in the alpine by Thursday night. A series of frontal bands will continue to bring overcast conditions with variable precipitation amounts into Sunday. A high pressure should gain some strength either Sunday or Monday.
Guesstimates: 10-15 cm by Thursday morning, 15-40 cm by Friday morning, 10-15 cm by Saturday morning.

    GOES IR image for this am.

    Overcast this morning.

    Unsettled this afternoon.

    Overcast Thursday.

    Thursday night into Friday morning has potential for some heavy snowfall.

    Low will bring snow for Saturday.

    High pressure by Monday.

INFORMATION & OBSERVATIONS:

    Multiple moist cloud layers.

    The rooster yesterday.

    The rooster 3 days ago.

ARTICLES:

Two Nepalis die, one missing in Indian Avalanche: Budi in Pithoragarh

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How Ski Patrollers do breakfast: Jackson Hole

7 Reasons to Quit your job and become a ski bum: Darcy Mcleish