April 29, 2016

    An avalanche in the Aurland Area of Norway has killed a skier, story below--Net Pic

    Moisture in the air Thursday mid morning, April 28, 2016.

    There were some breaks later in the morning.

    Lots of blue just before noon.

    Snow was soft early Thursday morning-No Crust recovery.

    1 cm of fresh snow on Horstman Glacier Thursday morning.

    Clouds moved in for the afternoon with overcast conditions and some spotty rain showers.

    Rain in the mountains at around sweep-17:00 Hours.

   19:45 Hours Thursday evening.


Weather Observations for April 29, 2016: taken at 06:00 Hours.

2240 meters      -3, Winds were  5-10 KPH SE --Horstman Hut
1860 meters       0, Winds were  5-10 KPH SE --Rendevous
1550 meters     +1, 0 cm of new snow, 0 cm in 24 hrs, 184 cm Base, RH 95%  --Catskinner

  660 meters     +7, Valley Temp, Max Temp Yesterday was +16.0. 0.0 mm of Precip recorded yest

    As of 07:00 Hrs this am we have overcast skies and variable visibility.


For the forecast, a weak front will move through the area today in a Westerly flow aloft. A ridge builds for Saturday, strengthening Sunday and slowly exiting the area sometime Monday. For today we can expect some rain showers with mostly overcast skies clearing by tonight. The FL will hover in the 2200 meter range for most of the day. A strong upper ridge will build tonight for mostly sunny skies Saturday with a Northerly flow aloft and the FL rising to the 3000 + meters. The ridge strengthens on Sunday with the FL rising above the 3500 meter level. Yet another sunny day for Monday, the flow should switch to Southerly with a moist onshore flow by Tuesday.

    Onshore flow with some breaks in the mix this am.

    Looks cloudier this afternoon.

    There is some moisture associated with this front, most seems to be South of our zone.

    Ridge builds for Saturday.

    Ridge strengthens for Sunday.

    Sunny Monday with a change in the evening.

     Some moisture Tuesday/Wednesday.



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    Noon image Thursday.

    Thursday evening image.

    Thursday around noon.

    Thursday evening image.

    Some decent light Thursday morning.

    Clouds eventually moved in.

   Resting doe on Blackcomb at 1000 meters.

April 28, 2016

    Early Wednesday morning April 27, 2016.

    Skiing was very good in the morning, soft and fast.

    Some recent avalanche activity on Fissile.

    Unsettled in the morning.

    Convective activity by the afternoon.



    Overcast later in the afternoon with scattered showers.

    Overcast by 17:30 Hours.



Weather Observations for April 28, 2016: taken at 06:00 Hours.

2240 meters       0, Winds were  5-10 KPH SE   --Horstman Hut
1860 meters     +2, Winds were    0-5 KPH ESE --Rendevous
1550 meters     +2, 0 cm of new snow, 0 cm in 24 hrs, 186 cm Base, RH 82%  --Catskinner

  660 meters     +5, Valley Temp, Max Temp Yesterday was +16.1. 0.0 mm of Precip recorded yest

    As of 07:00 Hours this am we have overcast skies and unlimited visibility.



For the forecast, unsettled weather for today as the remnants of the split trough exit the area in a Westerly flow with a weak ridge bringing sunny breaks later this morning/afternoon. The FL for today will hover in the 2400 meter range and there is a good chance of some isolated intermittent showers.  A weak cold front will arrive this evening with intermittent light precipitation into Friday, with a FL hovering around 2000 meters.  An upper level ridge builds for Saturday with some cloud in the mix, strengthening for Sunday with the FL in the 3000+ meter range. The ridge is forecasted to break down by Monday night but there are discrepancies in the models so more on that in a couple of days.

    High cloud with some sunny breaks for today.

    Weak ridge before the front arrives tonight.

    Front pushes through on Friday with some periods of light precipitation.

    Front moves through by Friday night.

    High pressure begins to build for Saturday.

    High strengthens by Saturday night.

    High pressure strengthens for Sunday.

   As of now there is some precipitation coming Tuesday/Wednesday.


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    06:30 Hours Wednesday morning.

    This picture from same time frame as image above.

    16:30 Hours Wednesday afternoon.

    This image taken in same time frame as image above.

   16:30 Hours.

    Really big picture Wednesday

    Mount Sir Richard with some recent activity.

    Some dark clouds Wednesday afternoon.

April 27, 2016

    A bit of colour, 06:00 Hrs Wednesday April 27, 2016.

    Looking South early Tuesday morning, April 26, 2016.

    Whistler Mountain 08:00 Hours on Tuesday.

    Fissile and Overlord.

    Wizard and Solar are the way up!!

    Lower Rainbow Ridge.

    Blackcomb Mountiain from Rainbow Mountain.

    Unsettled conditions on Tuesday.

    Overlord Glacier


Weather Observations for April 27, 2016: taken at 06:00 Hours.

2240 meters       -3, Winds were  5-15 KPH NE   --Horstman Hut
1860 meters       -2, Winds were    0-5 KPH NNE --Rendevous
1550 meters        0, 0 cm of new snow, 0 cm in 24 hrs, 186 cm Base, RH 88%  --Catskinner

  660 meters      +4, Valley Temp, Max Temp Yesterday was +14.9. trace of Precip recorded yest

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



For the forecast, a weak upper level trough will bring unsettled conditions to the area today in a variable flow aloft. Mostly high cloud with some breaks expected today with a relatively dry air mass and a FL hovering in the 2200 meter range by this afternoon. A upper level ridge will move into the area for Thursday for a mostly sunny day with warmer temperatures. A weak cold front will move onto the Coast Thursday evening with the FL dropping to around 1800 meters by Friday with some light intermittent rain showers expected throughout the day. The Ridge rebuilds for Saturday with sunny warm weather expected for the weekend into Monday.

    A weak splitting low will bring cloudy conditions to our zone for most of the day.

    We might avoid any moisture today.

    Should see the ridge begin to build tonight.

    Flow for today.

    High pressure for Thursday.

    Weak cold front for Friday.

    High pressure Saturday into Sunday.



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    Early Tuesday morning.

    18:15 Hours Tuesday.

    10:15 Tuesday morning

   18:00 Hours on Tuesday.

    No snow in this picture.

    There were a few angry looking clouds later in the day.

    Rainbow Glacier E Aspect.

    Some crevasses.