May 5, 2017

   AVALANCHE ACTIVITY:

    An avalanche in Kashmir has killed 5 people while travelling on a road. Story below. Net Pic

    Sz 3-3.5 climax slide in Lakeside Bowl yesterday at around 16:30 Hrs.                  Dom Balik Pic

    Different angle on Lakeside slide.                                                                     Nicole Koshure Pic

    Ran way out into the flats.                                                                                     Nicole Koshure Pic

    An avalanche has killed a climber on Illimani in Bolivia. Story below.                               Net Pic

   An avalanche closed Icefields parkway between Jasper and Lake Louise yesterday. Story below.

   YESTERDAY:

    Early Thursday morning May 4, 2017. Sunrise was at 05:42 Hrs.

    Valley cloud began to rise in the morning.

    Thursday morning.

    It was an awesome morning.

    Unsettled Thursday afternoon.

    Clouds did move in later in the day.

   After closing, more clouds moving in from the South.



Weather Observations for May 5, 2017, 2017 taken at 06:00 Hours.

2240 meters      +2, Winds were 45-80 KPH S  --Horstman Hut 
1860 meters      +5, Winds were 20-50 KPH SE--Rendevous
1550 meters      +6, 3.1 mm of rain recorded, 0 cm in 24 hrs, 233 cm Base, RH 92%  --Catskinner 

  660 meters      +9, Valley Temp, Max Temp Yesterday was +21.5, 0.8 mm of Precip recorded yest

    As of 07:00 hrs this am we have overcast skies with unlimited visibility.


FORECAST:

An upper trough in a Southerly flow aloft will bring overcast skies and rain to the area today. A cold front will move through later today, so the FL will start at around 2400 meters and slowly drop to 1000 meters by tonight. Saturday is looking unsettled with some snow showers in the morning above 1200 meters with some weak ridging by Saturday night. The ridge strengthens for Sunday with sunny skies and the FL maxing out at around 2000 meters. Warm unsettled weather is expected early next week with more frontal bands possible by Wednesday.
Guesstimates: rain for today, 2-4 cm above 1500 meters by Saturday morning, trace -1 cm by Sunday morning.

    GOES IR image from this am. Thunderstorms had already moved East.

    Friday morning.

   Upper trough for today.

   Cold front for tonight.

    High pushes in for Sunday.

INFORMATION & OBSERVATIONS:

   CAA sessions Thursday morning.

    Great day in the Okanagan.

   Calm before the storm, awesome thunderstorm rolled through the Okanagan last night.


VIDEO FRIDAY:

Speed Flyer avoids double avalanche: Idaho

Most vertical on a snowboard in 12 hours: SunPeaks

Lucky Motorcyclist: Walks Away


ARTICLES:

Five killed in an avalanche in Doda District: Kashmir

An avalanche has killed a climber on Illimani: Bolivia

Earthquake induced avalanches strands climber on Mount Logan: Yukon

Avalanche covers road near Revelstoke: Greenslide Avalanche Path

Highway between Jasper and Lake Louise closed yesterday by large avalanche: CBC News

Sea to Sky Avalanche Forecast: Avalanche Canada