June 5, 2015

    Landslides put a damper to the beginning of winter in Argentina, video below.                     Net Pic

    Perisher is now open for the season--Australia.                                                                    Net Pic

    June 1, 2015 Cloudy but still fairly dry. 0.9 mm recorded at 660 meters.

    Satellite image from June 1, 2015.

    June 2, 2015, Light rain but less than 3 mm fell in the valley. No data recorded at 660 meters.

    Still not much precipitation considering the cloud cover.

    Very cloudy day June 2, 2015.

    June 3, 2015--Cloudy but another rainless day.

   Thick stratus layer early June 4, 2015. Still dry.

    Satellite image Thursday morning June 4, 2015.

    High pressure began pushing cloud out Thursday afternoon, June 4 Th.

    Image taken same time as satellite image.


Weather Observations for June 5, 2015: taken at 06:00 Hours.

2180 meters      +8, Winds were 5-10 KPH from the SSW
1835 meters      +9, Winds were 0-5 KPH from the E
1650 meters      +6, No snow, relative humidity is 100%

  660 meters      +7, Valley Temp, Max Temp Yesterday was +20.9.

   As of 06:30 Hours this am we have high broken cirrus cloud with unlimited visibility.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                

For the forecast, a strengthening upper level ridge in a Northerly flow aloft will bring sunny conditions and warm temperature into next week. We will experience a light onshore flow over the weekend with temperatures reaching the low 30's Saturday and Sunday. Status cloud will develop off the coast but should not move inland over the weekend. The onshore flow will become stronger by Monday with a gradual cool down to seasonal temperatures.  Bring out the sun screen and enjoy some summer weather.

    High pressure strengthening over the weekend.

    Light onshore flow for today.

    Sunny today.

    Sunny Saturday.

    Sunny Sunday.

    High continues into early next week.

    Wednesday is looking nice, a bit cooler with seasonable temperatures.


Video Friday's:

Falling into a crevasse--self rescue--Long but worthy: France

Runaway Ski Patrol Toboggan: Mammoth Mountain, Calif.

Insane Bike Race--Megavalanche: Alpe d'Huez, France

Volcanic eruption in Japan: Mount Shindake

Ski Resort in Argentina enveloped in landslides: Cerro Catedral



Articles:

The 11 countries with the most avalanches in the World: Inside Monkey

Two killed in an avalanche in Lofoten : Norway

Avalanches and the Law: Switzerland

Avalanche Victim went over a waterfall, Danger remains very high: Colorado

Ortovox recalls avalanche transceiver: CPSC

The seriousness of Slackcountry: CrowfootMedia

    June 1, 2015 no snow at the stake at 1650 meters. Driest, May on Record.    Martin Buchhiem Pic

    Alexander Falls June 1, 2015.

    Hover entry-exit practise Tuesday June 2, 2015.

    Black Tusk June 3, 2015.

    Nice catch, Brohm Lake June 4, 2015.

May 31, 2015

    Saturday May 30, 2015

    A few scattered clouds but mostly sunny.

    Features in the bike park are taking shape.

    Some convective cloud development in the afternoon.

   Yesterday afternoon on Whistler Mountain.

    Sunset Saturday evening 21:10 Hours.

Weather Observations for May 31, 2015: taken at 06:00 Hours.

2180 meters      +6, Winds were 0-10 KPH from the S
1835 meters      +7, Winds were 0-5 KPH from the S
1650 meters      +5, No new snow, Base 10 cm, relative humidity is 88%

  660 meters      +6, Valley Temp, Max Temp Yesterday was +23.4.

This will be the last daily post for the 2014-2015 Season. Thanks for all your support. Sleeping in Monday.

    As of 07:00 Hours this am we have high broken cloud and unlimited visibility.


For the forecast, nice morning with high and mid level cloud moving into our zone later this morning as an upper level trough to the South begins to advance in our direction. The trough will shift Northeast on Monday into Tuesday with some light precipitation, cooler temperatures and cloudy skies. Another weak trough will push through on Wednesday and Thursday with light rain for Wednesday and unsettled conditions for Thursday. The high pressure will begin to rebuild for next weekend with warm dry conditions if you can trust the models that far in advance.

    There is some moisture in the low to the Southwest. Yesterdays image.

    Today's image.

    Looks nice this morning.

    High pressure still having some clout.

    Monday looks ok for a while in the morning.

     Surrounded by Lows.

    Tuesday is looking wet.

    Wednesday will also see light precipitation.

    As of now the ridge rebuilds for next weekend.

    Looking nice by next Saturday.



ARTICLES:

Avalanche Deaths in the USA down 60 % for the 2014/2015 season: SnowBrains

Nepal observes Everest Day to revive tourism: Indian Express

Record amounts of snow in Norway: Avalanche Danger

    Image from this morning, clouds are on the way.

    Some awesome features in the latest creation.

    Saturday Morning.

    Bees are liking the nice weather.

    Fitzsimmons Creek is ripping.

May 30, 2015

    Friday May 29, 2015 morning light.

    Mostly cloudy in the morning with some nice sunny breaks in the valley.

    Clouds increased as the morning progressed.

    Around noon on Friday.

    Clouds disappeared by Friday evening.

    Full Moon will be on June 2, 2015. In North America it is considered the Strawberry Moon.


Weather Observations for May 30, 2015: taken at 06:00 Hours.

2180 meters      +4, Winds were 25-40 KPH from the SSW
1835 meters      +8, Winds were 15-20 KPH from the SSE
1650 meters      +8, No new snow, Base 20 cm, relative humidity is 70%

  660 meters      +7, Valley Temp, Max Temp Yesterday was +25.2.

Hard to believe that the height of snow at Pig Alley on May 15 Th was 123 cm.

 

    As of 07:00 Hours this am we have some scattered cloud and unlimited visibility.    

For the forecast, high pressure will bring sunny skies today with a few clouds in the area. Surface ridge offshore combined with low pressure inland will give us a light to moderate onshore flow today through Sunday. A low pressure to the Southwest will bring unsettled conditions for Sunday as more cloud moves toward the coast in a Southerly flow.  By Monday we will see cloudy conditions with light precipitation into Wednesday. Temperatures will also cool to about 10 degrees less than they have been.

    High pressure in the Pacific will keep us dry and sunny for today.

    Low to the Southwest is slowly moving our way.

    Should see cloudier conditions by Sunday evening.

    A break on Monday morning with cloudier conditions by the afternoon.

    Moist by Tuesday but just light precipitation.



ARTICLES:

This scope of avalanche activity is rare in Late May: Colorado

Maverick Walker and his Exit Shocks: Mountain Sledder

Gauging the impact of climate change on mountain water resources: ACQWA

California's Snowpack now zero percent of normal: The Slatest

    Friday morning.

    Big Picture Friday morning.

    Green Lake.

    Bike Park work is moving along quickly.

    Yesterday morning.

    Condition of the golf courses are like the usually would be in July.

    Alta Lake is popular these days.

    Different perspective of Whistler Mountain.