AVALANCHE ACTIVITY:
An avalanche has killed a Ski Tourer near Ratschingerkreutz, Italy. Story In article section. Net Pic
An avalanche in Plan de la Gabba, Italy has killed 3 skiers. Story in article section. Net Pic
Locally, Sz 1-1.5 Xe (explosives) and Sc (ski cut) soft slabs yesterday.
YESTERDAY:
Overcast and snowing very lightly Thursday, March 2, 2017.
Visibility was hard at times in the morning.
Nice turns below the tree line.
Thursday morning.
Drifting snow buried your equipment quickly.
Big picture Thursday afternoon, looking juicy!!
Difficult light in open areas.
Snowing later in the day. By 17:00 hrs it was snowing 3 cm per hour.
Weather Observations for March 3, 2017: taken at 06:00 Hours.
2240 meters -6, Winds were 60-90 KPH S --Horstman Hut
2180 meters -5, Winds were 60-90 KPH S --Whistler Peak
1860 meters -4, Winds were 40-75 KPH S --Rendevous
1835 meters -4, Winds were 20-60 KPH SE--Roundhouse
1650 meters -3, 25 cm of new snow, 28 cm in 24 hrs, 277 cm Base, RH 92% --Pig Alley
1550 meters -2, 17 cm of new snow, 19 cm in 24 hrs, 192 cm Base, RH 95% --Catskinner
FORECAST:
A deep upper trough will move through Southern BC today/tomorrow in a Westerly flow aloft. We can expect light/moderate snowfall today with the FL dropping to surface by tonight as a cold front pushes through our zone. Saturday is looking unsettled in the morning with the FL below surface and some snow flurries during the day. Another weak front pushes through Sunday with light snowfall and the FL remaining below surface. A series of frontal waves will push through into at least Friday of next week with some good looking storm days on Wednesday and Thursday.
Guesstimates:10-20 cm by Saturday morning, 1-3 cm by Sunday morning, 4-8 cm by Monday morning, 8-12 cm by Tuesday morning.
GOES IR image from this am.
Overcast with moderate precipitation for today.
Low slides south today.
Flow from last night into this morning.
Cooler temperatures as the low sinks South.
Strong winds Friday morning.
Low on Saturday.
OBSERVATIONS & INFORMATION:
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More snowmaking guns on the Horstman Glacier.
Different layers from the winters storms.
Snowing and blowing at 16:00 Hrs.
VIDEO FRIDAY:
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ARTICLES:
An avalanche has killed a ski tourer near Ratschingerkreutz: South Tyrol, Italy
Three skiers have died in an Italian Avalanche: Milan
New avalanche & snow burial practise guidelines released: Wilderness Medical Society
Two thirds of snowmobiler's who've died in BC avalanches are from Alberta: Avalanche Canada
Fresh avalanche warning issued in Kupwara: Kashmir
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