May 15, 2018

    AVALANCHE ACTIVITY:

    Cornice control produced this wet avalanche Monday morning.

    Monday morning.

    Point release from Sunday night.

    New wet slab, natural cornice induced on Lesser Flute, likely dropped on Sunday evening.


    YESTERDAY:

    Early Monday morning.

    A few cirrus clouds around in the morning!

    Bluebird by the afternoon.

    A busy Green Lake Monday afternoon.

    20:15 Hrs, temperature at 2180 meters was +13 Deg C. High at that elevation yesterday was +16.

    Just after sunset Monday evening.

    Monday afternoon, massive stratus layer on the coast.

    Big picture Monday afternoon.



Weather Observations for May 15, 2018  taken at 06:00 Hours.

2240 meters    +7, Winds were 25-35 KPH S  --Horstman Hut
1860 meters    +9, Winds were 15-25 KPH SE--Rendevous
1550 meters    +9, 0 cm of new snow, 0 cm in 24 hrs  Base 157 cm --Catskinner

  660 meters    +5, Valley Temp, Max Temp Yesterday was +28.7, 0.0 mm of precip recorded yest

    As of 07:00 Hrs this am we have clear skies and unlimited visibility.


FORECAST:

The upper level ridge will weaken somewhat today allowing for cooler marine air to be pushed into the area in a South-Southwest flow aloft. The FL will peak out today at around 3500 meters. The ridge will begin to migrate eastward Wednesday and flatten, with clouds moving in by the afternoon. Depending on what the trough does moving in from the Southeast we could see some precipitation develop Wednesday night. Thursday is looking unsettled with the potential for some isolated showers. Friday is looking like a nice day with the chance of some showers in the evening. This pattern continues into the weekend but there are some differences in the models so more on that as we get closer.
Guesstimates: 0 mm by Wednesday morning, 3-6 mm by Thursday morning, 3-6 mm by Friday morning, trace-2 mm by Saturday morning.

    GOES IR image from this am.

    Slightly cooler today. Low moving up the coast.

    Another sunny morning.

    Cooler in the afternoon.

   Fronts along the coast.

   Should see some cloud development in the am.

    May see some precipitation near the end of the day.

    INFORMATION & OBSERVATIONS:

    No crust recovery Sunday night.

   High of +13 deg C at 2240 meters on Monday.

   The Wizard Bottom Terminal is demolished by an I Beam eating machine.

   Very skilled operator, not his first rodeo!

    Torn apart in around 5 hours.

   Still keener's, downloading not in the cards. High in the valley was +28.7 Deg C yesterday.

From South Coast Touring:

Matt Gunn May 14 at 11:39pm

Ascended Sigurd Creek and Pelion's northwest glacier Saturday May 12. Skins on at 940 m. Crossed Sigurd creek at 1060 m on a small lake covered in a melting snowpack, not sure how long that crossing will be possible. Stopped 40 m shy of the summit due to a large cornice overhanging the east side of the ridge and steep sun affected slopes on the west side. Great corn skiing on the glacier.

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