January 8, 2019

    YESTERDAY:

    Just before sunrise Monday morning.

    Sunrise Monday morning.

    Low level cloud lifted and dissipated as the day progressed.

    Some clouds around in the morning.

    Awesome weather mid day.

    Snow making temperatures.

    Mount Currie

    Sunset Monday evening.

    16:30 Hrs.

    Unsettled Monday.



Weather Observations for January 8, 2019  taken at 06:00 Hours.

2240 meters     -10, Winds were 30-50 KPH ESE--Horstman Hut
2180 meters     -10, Winds were 50-70 KPH ESE--Whistler Peak
1860 meters     -11, Winds were   5-10 KPH Var--Rendevous
1835 meters     -13, Winds were 15-20 KPH NNE--Round House
1650 meters     -11, 0 cm of new, trace in 24 hrs, Base 255 cm--Pig Alley
1565 meters     -11, 0 cm of new, 0 cm in 24 hrs, Base 194 cm--Catskinner

  660 meters       -5, Valley Temp, Max temp Yesterday was +0.6, 0.3 mm of precip recorded yest

As of 07:00 hrs we have high cloud, unlimited visibility and it is snowing very lightly.


FORECAST:

A warm front is moving onshore in a Southwest Flow aloft. The FL will slowly rise to around 1600 meters by Wednesday morning. For this morning we can expect light snow to begin with overcast skies, increasing to moderate snowfall later in the day. By tomorrow morning the FL rises and the snow will slowly transition to rain in the valley Wet, warm, and windy for Wednesday afternoon into Thursday. A weak upper ridge will begin to push into our zone for Friday with  a mix of sun and cloud expected into Saturday. Ridge strengthens Sunday with mostly sunny skies. This high is coming out of the South and is associated with warm temperatures for our area into the weekend.
Much uncertainty in the models for early next week so more on that as we get closer.
Guesstimates: 15-20 cm by Wednesday morning (possibly 20-30), 30-40 cm by Thursday morning above 1500 meters, 10-15 cm by Friday morning.

    GOES IR image this am. Cloudy.

    Low with warmer temperatures later today. Warm front by this afternoon.

    Fronts along the coast.

    Trailing frontal wave on Wednesday, FL 1600 meters?

    Low moving away, high building to the South

    Unsettled Friday. FL around 1800 meters. Warm high to our South.



    AVALANCHE ACTIVITY:

    An avalanche has killed a ski tourer near Silene, Uri in Switerland. Article below.           Net Pic

    Update on the avalanche death in Colorado. Article below.                                        CAIC Image

    Locally at WB no new avalanches observed. In the Sea to Sky Na to Sz 1.5, Sc Sz 1 soft slabs.



    INFORMATION & OBSERVATIONS:

    So far this winter we have had over 600 cm of snow.

    Sparkling snow.

    Moisture in the air.

    Whistler World Cup Track.

    It was an awesome day!!!

    Tempered glass.

    Exit stage right.

    Two recent profiles.

    The next weather producer.

    Deep low heading our way.

    By Wednesday the low will bring some moist windy weather.


Avalanche Canada MIN Reports: 

Sled Ski: Jan 4, 2019

Shulaps: Jan 6, 2019

Mulligan: Jan 6, 2019



ARTICLES:

An avalanche has killed a ski tourer near Silene in Uri: Switzerland

Update on skier killed in San Juan Avalanche--was taking an advanced avalanche course: Colorado

Technical Report on San Juan Avalanche: CAIC

Level 4 avalanche warning in Alps after blizzard claims 10 lives, more snow coming: Europe

Update on the avalanche fatality near Choteau: Montana

Windstorm Details: Cliff Mass Weather Blog