March 1, 2018

    AVALANCHE ACTIVITY:

    An avalanche has killed a 9 Year-Old skier at Karakol Resort, Kyrgyzstan. Story below. Net Pic

    An avalanche has killed a man in the Tulail Area of Gurez, Kashmir. Article below.          File Pic

    Vehicle remote (Vr) from Snowmobile in the Brandywine Area on Tuesday.  Gavin Christie Image

    Locally, Sz 1-2.5, XE Xc, Sc, Na.



    YESTERDAY:

    Early Wednesday morning.

    Sun was trying to make an entrance in the am..

    Winds were up to 110 Kph at 2240 meters in the pm. Max gust last night was 130 KPH.

    Snowing 2 cm per hour at 16:00 hrs.

    Still snowing 2 cm per hour at 19:00 Hrs.

Weather Observations for March 1, 2018  taken at 06:00 Hours.

2180 meters   -8, Winds were 35-65 KPH SE--Whistler Peak
1835 meters   -8, Winds were 25-45 KPH SE --Roundhouse
1660 meters   -7, 41 cm of new, 43 cm in 24 hrs  Base 333 cm --Pig Alley

  660 meters   -1, Valley Temp, Max Temp Yesterday was +1.6, 4.3 mm of precip recorded yest

    As of 07:00 Hrs we have broken cloud and variable visibility.

FORECAST:

The larger upper level low was nice to us after all.  For this am we will have overcast skies and some flurries in a Westerly flow aloft, before a broad upper level trough brings unsettled weather tonight into early next week. The FL will fluctuate slightly over the next few days with a maximum of 1000 meters on Friday dropping back to surface and slightly above surface with day time heating into Tuesday. The low dips south on Saturday and pushes into the Oregon coast. The Arctic front will bring cooler temperatures back into our zone on Saturday. .
Guesstimates: 4-8 cm by Friday morning, trace-2 cm by Saturday morning, trace-2 by Sunday morning, 1-2 cm by Monday morning.

    GOES IR image this am.

    Low will continue to send some flurries before moving out into the Pacific.

    Flurries this am and a drying trend.

    Unsettled by tonight into early Friday morning.

    Fronts on the coast.

    Unsettled Friday.

    Flurries possible on Friday.

    INFORMATION & OBSERVATIONS:

    Drifting early Wednesday am.

    Cornices will get bigger with this storm.

    3 cm recorded at 1550 meters yesterday qt 14:00 hrs.

    Horstman T-Bar is getting close to opening!!

    Snowmaking likely to start up again on the Horstman Glacier!!

    New Avalanche Rescue Dog in Training!!



Recent Avalanche Canada MIN Reports:

Brandywine Glacier

Oboe

Mt Seymour



ARTICLES:

An avalanche has killed a 9-Year-Old skier at Karakol Resort: Kyrgyzstan

An avalanche has killed a man in Tulal Area fo Gurez: Kashmir

Weather delays search for Ketchikan man buried in avalanche: Alaska

Bodies of three killed in Kashmir avalanche recovered: Northern India

Searching for Jon: Montana

Snowpit visualisation for Avalanche Professionals: Snow Pilot