April 13, 2018

    AVALANCHE ACTIVITY:

    Avalanche control produced Sz 1-1.5 soft slabs.

    Xc yesterday produced Sz 1-1.5.

    Pockets of slab yesterday morning.

    Cornice Debris.


    YESTERDAY:

    Snow line was at 800 meters Thursday morning.

    Unsettled in the am, convective cloud development.

    12:00 breaks over the valley,

    12:00 Hrs snowing at 2240 meters, -8 Deg C.

    13:30 hrs, unsettled weather.

    Breaks in the afternoon.

    Sun & Snow.

    18:00 Hrs, large cumulus clouds.

    Thursday afternoon.

    Big Picture Thursday.



Weather Observations for April 13, 2018  taken at 06:00 Hours.

2180 meters     -7, Winds were 35-50 KPH SE  --Whistler Peak
1835 meters     -6, Winds were 20-40 KPH ESE--Roundhouse
1660 meters     -4, 9 cm of new, 9 cm in 24 hrs  Base 317 cm --Pig Alley

  660 meters    +1, Valley Temp, Max Temp Yesterday was +7.5, 1.3 mm of precip recorded yest

   As of 07:00 Hrs this am we have overcast skies, variable visibility and it is snowing 1 cm/hr.


FORECAST:

A vigorous Pacific Front has moved onshore with light/moderate precipitation, strong gusty winds in a Southwesterly flow aloft. The freezing level will hopefully only go up to 1400 meters today, but the warm front might push it a bit higher. A trailing cold front should push through later today into Saturday morning. A upper trough will follow the cold front bringing mostly overcast skies for Saturday with periods of light snow and the FL hovering in the 1200 meter range. Sunday is looking unsettled, with an impulse of precipitation Sunday night.
Guesstimates: 20-30 cm by Saturday morning, 4-8 cm by Sunday morning, 5-10 cm by Monday morning, 4-6 cm by Tuesday morning.

    GOES IR image this am.

    Low sending a warm front, followed by a cold front.

   Warm front this am.

    Cold front tonight.

    Fronts along the coast.

    Upper trough Saturday am.

    Light snowfall Saturday.



    INFORMATION & OBSERVATIONS:

    Sending into the powder.

    Corncie tabs are fragile.

    Frosted icicles.

    Convective clouds bringing convective flurries.

    Decent turns for this time of the year.

    Great turns in the am.

    Awesome Conditions.

    Sa from skiing DOA.

    Loose dry sluffs on steep terrain.


Recent Avalanche Canada MIN Report:

Oboe Ridge



VIDEO FRIDAY:

Avalanche Problems Explained: CAIC

Avalanche Footage near Tinges: Buries Road

Different Perspective of above avalanche: Run for your life

How to use a transceiver: Xavier De Le Rue



ARTICLES:

An avalanche has killed three tourists in the Hunza Valley: Pakistan

USA has had a hard season with avalanche, snow immersion, and tree well deaths: Pique

Snow and avalanches stranded 300 people, had to be rescued: Kashmir

After a friends avalanche death, a lesson in Intuition: Illusions of Safety

April 12, 2018

    An avalanche off Glacier Peak, Colorado has killed a snowmobiler. Article below.  CAIC Pic

    Three tourists missing after an avalanche, feared dead in the Hunza Valley, Pakistan.  Net Pic

    An avalanche near Tinges has buried a road, video in article Section.

    Locally, AC produced Sz 1-1.5 Xe Xc. A Sa Sz 1.5 just outside boundary.

 YESTERDAY:

    A few breaks Wednesday morning.

    Light SE wind, mostly overcast, some flurries.

    Awesome power flurries in the morning.

    GMC Race Course.

    Great breaks later in the morning.

    Overcast by noon.

    15:45 Hours, overcast, snowing very lightly, -3, winds 15-45 ESE.

    Snowing lightly at 16:30 hrs.

    Raining in the valley at 17:00 Hrs.

    Wednesday afternoon.

    Big picture on Wednesday.

Weather Observations for April 12, 2018  taken at 06:00 Hours.

2180 meters     -8, Winds were 10-15 KPH SSW--Whistler Peak
1835 meters     -6, Winds were 10-30 KPH SW  --Roundhouse
1660 meters     -4, 8 cm of new, 9 cm in 24 hrs  Base 310 cm --Pig Alley

  660 meters    +2, Valley Temp, Max Temp Yesterday was +9.5, 1.7 mm of precip recorded yest

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

FORECAST:

An upper level trough will bring unsettled conditions with cool showery weather in a Southwesterly flow aloft. The FL will likely spike at 1200 meters with daytime heating and drop just below 1000 meters by Thursday night. The flow will shift to Northwesterly by this afternoon. Friday will see a vigorous frontal system push through in the afternoon with gusty winds and moderate precipitation. Saturday could see some unsettled weather in the morning before a weak front pushes through in the afternoon. Sunday will see another upper trough push through,  overcast with periods of light precipitation. Guesstimates: trace-2 cm by Friday morning, 25-35 cm by Saturday morning, 5-10 cm by Sunday morning, 2-4 cm by Monday morning.

    GOES IR image this am.

    Unsettled today, cooler temperatures.

    Unsettled this am.

    Unsettled.

    Fronts along the coast.

    Warm front in the morning.

    Cold front pushes through in the afternoon.
 INFORMATION & OBSERVATIONS:

    Major snow removal under the top of the Wizard Chair.

    End of the lifts that really put Blackcomb at the top.

    Moist snow on East facing slopes Wednesday morning. 1800 meters.

    Mom's Classic Ski Race.

    Flurries in the morning.

    Steady light snow fall after noon.

    Front arrived around noon on Wednesday.

                 Saudan Couloir Race is scheduled for Friday the 13Th.

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Recent Avalanche Canada MIN Reports:

Becoming Spring Like

Sa on Matier NW Face



ARTICLES:

Snowmobiler dies in avalanche near Georgia Pass: Colorado

Three missing tourists in Hunza feared dead after an Avalanche: Pakistan

Avalanche covers road near Tingnes, France: Facebook

Quick Actions and Luck saved buried skier: Craig and Canyon

Atlantic Ocean circulation at weakest point in more than 1,500 years: Science Daily

BDA conduct avalanche rescue training: Kashmir