September 8, 2014

    Sunset September 6, 2014.

    Cool colours in the Alpine, Sept 6, 2014.

    Early morning light Sept 6, 2014.

    Wedge Mountain with very little snow and ice in the West Couloir.

    Glacial Moraine September 7, 2014.



Weather observations for September 8, 2014; taken at 06:00 Hrs.

2180 meters          +6, Winds were 20-30 KPH from the S
1835 meters          +8, Winds were 10-30 KPH from the S
1650 meters        +10, Relative humidity 67 %
  660 meters        +10, Valley Temperature; Max Temp Yest +27.8

    As of 06:00 Hrs we have scattered clouds and unlimited visibility.

For the forecast, an upper level trough will pass by our area, unsettled this morning, increase in clouds later this morning in a Southwesterly flow. The low should bring slightly cooler temperatures but little or no precipitation is expected. Possible for some light isolated rain showers later today. The flow will slowly shift to a more Northerly flow tomorrow bringing unsettled conditions with a mix of sun and cloud. A ridge of high pressure will form for Wednesday in the interior of BC bringing sunny conditions back to our zone. The weather pattern will have offshore flow into the weekend, so temperatures should slowly increase as the weekend approaches. Enjoy the amazing weather we have been experiencing, eventually we will transition into a fall weather pattern, the question is when?!!                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              



Full moon is today, some refer to it as the Hunter's Moon.
It rises around sunset and sets around sunrise, the only night 
in the month when the Moon is in the sky all night long.

    Satellite image from Sunday afternoon. Marine stratus layer looks nasty along the coast.

    Big picture, trough is sliding down the coast into our zone but will likely just be cloudy skies.



Articles & Videos:

El Nino and Northern California: 2014-2015

Dr Joseph on Skier VS Snowboard Injuries: Vail, CO

Snow in the Rockies: ACMG Blog

New Heated High Speed Quad for Sunshine: Coming in 2015

Body of Belgian Snowboarder missing for two years found: Vallee Blanche

    This would be an awesome place for some hiking.

    Still lots of glacial melt, with high temperatures even during the evenings.

    Waterfalls are certainly still flowing with the present melt.

September 5, 2014

    Rain Tuesday afternoon, 5.9 mm recorded at the Nester's weather station on Tuesday.

    First light over Green Lake, Wednesday September 3, 2014.

    Fresh snow in the mountains Wednesday morning.

    Thursday morning 06:15 Hrs, marine stratus layer eventually burned off.

    A few clouds around on Thursday afternoon.

    Soo River Valley, Thursday.

Weather observations for Friday September 5, 2014; taken at 06:00 Hrs.

2180 meters        +9, Winds were 5-10 KPH from the WNW
1835 meters        +8, Winds were 3-8 KPH from the E
1650 meters        +7, Relative Humidity 76%
  660 meters        +6, Valley Temperature; Max Temp Yest was +23.6

    As of 06:00 hrs this am we have clear skies and unlimited visibility.


For the forecast, the upper ridge will continue to build over our area into Sunday. We will see mostly sunny skies with warm temperatures during the day. The ridge will weaken slightly on Sunday evening with some cloud expected prior to a weak cold front moving in on early Monday morning. The onshore flow will bring some clouds for Tuesday as well before another upper level ridge begins to develop for Wednesday into next weekend. As of now it looks like there is little chance of any precipitation Monday or Tuesday. Should have more intel on next week by Monday.                        

    High will remain around into the weekend. Image from Thursday afternoon.

    Big picture does show some moisture up in the Gulf of Alaska. May brush by us Monday-Tuesday.




Video Fridays:

Indo Double Barrel : Kalani Chapman

The Perfect GS Turn:Ted Ligety

Drone taken out by unhappy ram: Attacks Operator

Pretty Faces: Teaser

Rise into the unReal: New Mtn Biking Teaser





Articles:

The Alaska Avalanche Information Centre:Already Posting

Marker unveils the Kingpin: Earn Your Turns

Las Lenas extends there very short season:Snowbrains

How much will it snow in Utah this winter: Wasatch Weather Weenies

Discrepancy in Greenland temperatures during end of last ice age resolved: Science Daily

    Upper Pemberton Valley, September 3, 2014.

    Fog over the Lillooet River.

    Awesome day Thursday September 4, 2014.

    Glaciers have taken a beating!!

    Downy Woodpecker

September 1, 2014

    Only 3 months to go before we are back at it.

    Cloudy over the Pemberton Valley Friday afternoon, isolated rain showers! August 29, 2014.

    Horstman Glacier Saturday morning, more precipitation in the mountains than the valley.

    Satellite image from the same time frame as above photo, unsettled conditions on the way.

    Sailing on Alta lake Saturday, not much rain, 1.3 mm measured at Nesters on Saturday.

    Early Sunday morning, August 31, 2014. Looking unsettled again, where is the rain?




Weather observations for September 1, 2014; taken at 07:00 Hrs.

2180 meters        +2, Winds were 20-30 KPH from the S
1835 meters        +4, Winds were 10-25 KPH from the S
1550 meters        No Data
  660 meters      +11, Valley Temperature, Max Temp yest +17.6,  trace of precip yesterday

For the forecast, today we can expect unsettled conditions with mostly cloudy skies with the occasional break. There is still the possibility of isolated showers in this light Northwesterly flow aloft. The flow will change tomorrow to a strong Westerly flow as a moist low moves down the coast bringing light precipitation to our area. Wednesday should see some lingering cloud in the morning as a dry Northerly flow aloft moves into the area. The upper level ridge developing will give us sunny skies into the weekend with seasonal temperatures. There is a chance of snow in the upper elevations Tuesday evening into Wednesday morning.

    As of 07:00 Hrs we have overcast skies with unlimited visibility.

    Looking unsettled for today, mix of cloud with sunny breaks.

   Moist trough moving down the coast for tomorrow.




Articles:

Canadian GSAR Core Competency Standard: Micheal Coyle

Incident Summaries for August 18-24, 2014: Emergency Management BC

Article on device used to retrieve avalanche victims: Mount Rainier

Case study of a large avalanche & reflections on Canadian size classification: ASARC

Trailer on Railroad snow clearing equipment: Rotaries

Antarctic sea-level risng faster than global rate: Science Daily

    Black Bear foraging for food.

    Pika: Info on Pika's

    Sunday Morning, Not much ice and snow left in Whistler Bowl.

    September 1, getting cold in the alpine, +2 at 2180 meters. Thinking about turns!!

August 29, 2014

    Cloudy in the mountains around Whistler and Squamish Monday morning into the evening.

    Nice day in the city Monday.

    Triconi Lake Monday morning.

    Not much snow on the South side. Tuesday August 26, 2014.

    Sunrise August 27, 2014. Officially at 06:19 Hrs.

    Sunrise August 28, 2014; 06:20 Hrs.

Weather observations for August 29, 2014; taken at 05:00Hrs.

2180 meters        +5, Winds were 15-25 KPH from the S
1835 meters        +7, Winds were 10-20 KPH from the SSE
1550 meters        No Data
  660 meters       +13, Valley Temperature, Max Temp yesterday +23.3


For the forecast we can expect unsettled conditions with mostly cloudy skies and the occasional sunny break, as a low level onshore flow moves into our area today. The low moving down the coast should become stronger on Saturday with some light precipitation. This trend will continue into Sunday with the chance of slightly more precipitation. Monday at this time looks unsettled with a mix of sun and cloud and the slight chance of some isolated showers. Cooler temperatures can be expected over the next few days. Models are not in agreement for the long term outlook. Should have a better handle on next week Monday.

    Clouds moving our way.

    Satellite image from Thursday afternoon, weather improved as the day progressed.

    Moisture in the area Saturday. Does not look like a down pour!!

     Looking wet for Saturday into Sunday. Looks like more precip on Sunday.




Video Fridays:

Aussie runs into a dust tornado for selfie:What was he thinking?

Extreme river crossing- luckily there was no current: Toyota Land Cruiser

Go Pro Skier collision: New Zealand

 Wild wing suit flight: The Avalanche Line

Tanigawa-dake movie trailer: Japan





Articles:

What's cool about gasex: Crystal Mountain, WA

Zermatt Village vs Avalanche: Snow Talk Forum

Judge puts off decision on PCMR Bond: Park City, Utah

ISSW 2014: Banff Alberta

SLF has provided new information about ecology research: Switzerland

Front brings snow to Colorado's high country: Mt Evans

    All directions in play!!

    Lake Lovely Water.

    Very early Wednesday morning.

   Alpha and Serratus, part of the Tantalus Range. August 25, 2014.

    Multi layers of cloud early Thursday morning.