May 25, 2016

    Ground hog day, in the cloud again Tuesday May 24, 2016.

    Visibility was less than desirable.

    There was some blue sky above 2000 meters. Powder Mountain.

    Looking Southwest.

    View North.

    Black Tusk---Info on this Stratovolcano

    Visibility did improve later in the afternoon at closing, briefly!!

    Started breaking at around 17:00 Hours in the valley.



Weather Observations for May 25, 2016: taken at 07:00 Hours.

2240 meters      0, Winds were 5-10 KPH W --Horstman Hut
1860 meters    +3, Winds were   0-5 KPH W --Rendevous
1550 meters    +4, 0 cm of new snow, 0 cm in 24 hrs, 100 cm Base, RH 97%

  660 meters  +10, Valley Temp, Max Temp Yesterday was +14.7. 0.2 mm of Precip recorded yest

Clearing should bring some decent crust recovery this am.

    As of 08:00 Hrs we have broken cloud and unlimited visibility.

    Mid level cloud should rise as the morning progresses.



For the forecast, a mix of sun and cloud for today with a low level onshore flow and light Northwesterly flow aloft. Cloud cover should increase with the onshore flow later today, the air mass appears to be fairly dry. The FL will likely hover in the 2200 meter range.  The upper trough in the area will bring overcast conditions and the chance of some intermittent showers for Thursday. The low to the North will slide through the zone Friday bringing unsettled weather to the area for the weekend with cool showery spring like conditions.  A weak ridge may bring some sunny breaks in the unsettled pattern for Sunday into Monday. The ridge should strengthen for Tuesday with mostly sunny skies.

    IR image from 06:00 Hrs this am.

    This image was also taken at 06:00 Hrs.

    500 MB projection into Saturday.

     Cool trough will bring unsettled conditions to the area today.

    Onshore flow for today with unsettled conditions.

    Low moves through Thursday into Friday.

    Mostly cloudy Friday with some possible breaks.

    Overcast Sunday.

    Ridge strengthens for Tuesday.



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    11:00 Hrs Tuesday morning.

    13:15 Hours

    13:15 Hours

   Looking into Horstman Glacier above the cloud layer.

   Top pf Whistler mountain Wednesday afternoon .

    There were some cool clouds around at 17:00 Hours.

    Black Tail deer under the Wizard Chair.

May 24, 2016

    Ride up Monday morning May 23, 2016.

    Luckily for the racers the visibility was decent at 1800 meters. Above and below not so good!

    Later in the day, visibility became variable at 1800 meters.

    Powder marks on Regulator Cornice.

    Just below the upper level cloud heading into the valley, 17:00 Hours.

    Satellite image from 06:45 hours this morning. Thick low level cloud, maybe? a few breaks later!




Weather Observations for May 24, 2016: taken at 07:00 Hours.

2240 meters    +4, Winds were 10-20 KPH ESE --Horstman Hut
1860 meters    +3, Winds were     0-5 KPH S      --Rendevous
1550 meters    +3, 0 cm of new snow, 0 cm in 24 hrs, 106 cm Base, RH 99%

  660 meters    +9, Valley Temp, Max Temp Yesterday was +13.9. 0.3 mm of Precip recorded yest

1.8 mm of rain was recorded just after midnight at 1550 meters. 7 Th Heaven is now closed.

    As of 08:00 Hrs this am at 2240 meters we have high broken overcast, unlimited visibility.

   As of 08:00 Hrs at 1835 meters we have obscured skies and limited visibility.

    This was May 24, 2015 at 06:00 Hours, looks like a similar weather pattern as this year.

    06:00 Hours May 24, 2016. Looks like the ridge is having some influence on the pattern.





For the forecast, a weak high pressure aloft is trying to push into the zone with an upper low pushing in from the Northeast. Who will win the battle? Onshore flow continues to push in low level cloud which will likely lift as the day progresses. Looks to be fairly dry so going with unsettled weather today with mostly cloudy conditions with the chance of some isolated showers. Wednesday is looking like a similar day as the low wins out and we will likely see mostly cloudy skies with a slight chance of some light intermittent precipitation. The FL will rise to almost 3000 meters later today, dropping slightly to 2400 meters by Wednesday evening. The cool low from the North will bring the FL down to about 1700 meters for Thursday night with a dusting of fresh snow in the alpine. More moist unsettled weather is expected for the weekend, models are all over the map for this time period so standby for weekend details later in the week.

    Another cloudy blah day!!

    Some breaks for Tuesday are possible, high is pushing in but there is a lot of cloud lingering.

    Low from the North pushing into the zone.

    Some moisture around on Wednesday.

    Wednesdays image still has significant cloud in the area.

    A cool low from the Northeast will roll into our zone for Thursday.

    Low will be directly over our area for Thursday.

    Thursday will likely be one of the wettest days of the week.

    Looking like some precipitation for Friday.

    High pressure for early next week, only time will tell.



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    09:45 Monday morning

    Later in the day.

    Creeks are not letting up, even with the cooler temperatures.

    Snow was soft Monday with no crust recovery below tree line.

    Winch cat pushing snow uphill.

May 23, 2016

    There were some breaks early Sunday morning, but the clouds thickened quickly.

    Overcast, Sunday May 22, 2016.

    Lots of mid mountain and high clouds Sunday morning.

    Great day for a car show.

    There were some beauties.

    By 18:00 Hours it was obscured at 1835 meters.

    Started looking like some actual rain clouds were moving in to the zone.


Weather Observations for May 23, 2016: taken at 07:00 Hours.

2240 meters      0, Winds were 5-10 KPH SSE  --Horstman Hut
1860 meters    +2, Winds were 5-10 KPH SSW --Rendevous
1550 meters    +3, 0 cm of new snow, 0 cm in 24 hrs, 110 cm Base, RH 98%

  660 meters    +9, Valley Temp, Max Temp Yesterday was +13.8. 0.0 mm of Precip recorded yest

From 20:30 hours last night until this morning, 3.3 mm of rain recorded at 1550 meters.

    As of 08:00 Hrs this am we have obscured skies and limited visibility in the alpine with a dusting.

    At 1835 meters we have overcast shies and variable visibility.

For the forecast, a weakening upper level trough will bring overcast conditions to the area again today in a light Northerly flow aloft. Still a chance of some isolated intermittent showers, but the air mass is moving South and the upper low is continuing to move East. A weak upper ridge will have some drying influence in the area for Tuesday and Wednesday with unsettled weather with the chance of some sunny breaks. Another upper level low will move into our area for Thursday with the best chance of some precipitation, more on that as we get closer.

    Upper trough on our area for unsettled weather, still the chance of some showers.

    Low continues to move East, large upper level trough on the Coast.

    Mostly cloudy today.

    Weak onshore flow for Monday.

    Tuesday is unsettled with mostly cloudy conditions and possibly some sunny breaks.

    High pressure out in the Pacific will have some influence on Tuesday thru Wednesday.

    Wednesday is looking overcast with a good chance of some sunny breaks.


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    07:45 Sunday morning. Some cloudy conditions coming our way.

    18:15 Hours Sunday.

    A lot of cloud in the big picture late Sunday afternoon.

    Rain held off until the evening.

    Car show was a nice addition to the weekend.

    Always amazes me how it can go from this,  to no one in the course of a couple of hours

   18:00 Hours Sunday.