Weather Observations for February 26, 2020 taken at 06:00 Hours.
2240 meters -8, Winds were 30-40 KPH N--Horstman Hut
2180 meters -8, Winds were 20-25 KPH SW--Whistler Peak
1860 meters -7, Winds were 10-20 KPH SE --Rendezvous
1860 meters -7, Winds were 10-20 KPH SE --Rendezvous
1835 meters -6, Winds were 15-25 KPH SW--Round House
1650 meters -4, trace in 12 Hrs, 1 cm in 24 Hrs, Base 252 cm --Pig Alley
1560 meters . -5, trace in 12 Hrs, 1 cm in 24 Hrs, Base 175 cm--Catskinner
1560 meters . -5, trace in 12 Hrs, 1 cm in 24 Hrs, Base 175 cm--Catskinner
660 meters 0, Valley Temp, Max temp Yesterday was +1.4, 0.8 mm of precip yesterday.
As of 07:00 Hrs this am we have broken cloud and unlimited visibility.
FORECAST:
A weak ridge has begun to build for today in a North Westerly flow aloft. Unsettled today with some cloud this am with sunny breaks in the mix. A weak warm front arrives tonight with light precipitation into Thursday evening. The freezing level will rise to around 1200 meters dropping back to 1000 m tonight. A very short break before the next warm front arrives for early Friday morning, bringing more light precipitation and rising freezing levels (1400 m) with a trailing cold front. An upper trough will bring some intermittent precipitation for Saturday, with a drying trend on Sunday but with mostly cloudy weather. Guesstimates: 2-6 cm by Thursday morning, 2-6 cm by Friday morning, 5-15 cm by Saturday morning.
GOES IR image from this am.
Low will send cloudy weather with a chance, the high may bring a sunny break this pm.
Fronts along the coast.
A weak ridge has begun to build for today in a North Westerly flow aloft. Unsettled today with some cloud this am with sunny breaks in the mix. A weak warm front arrives tonight with light precipitation into Thursday evening. The freezing level will rise to around 1200 meters dropping back to 1000 m tonight. A very short break before the next warm front arrives for early Friday morning, bringing more light precipitation and rising freezing levels (1400 m) with a trailing cold front. An upper trough will bring some intermittent precipitation for Saturday, with a drying trend on Sunday but with mostly cloudy weather. Guesstimates: 2-6 cm by Thursday morning, 2-6 cm by Friday morning, 5-15 cm by Saturday morning.
Weak front for Thursday, Low sending a Westerly zonal flow.
More vigorous front for Friday.
AVALANCHE ACTIVITY:
100 people have died in avalanches in Kashmir in the past 3 years. Article below. Net Pic
No new avalanche activity on Whistler yesterday.
No new avalanche activity on Blackcomb s well.
INFORMATION & OBSERVATIONS:
Snowing in the valley at 13:00 hrs.
Challenging layer from 1100-1700 meters.
Remote control car going for a spin.
Trying to snow in the valley Tuesday evening. 0.8 mm recorded at 660 meters yesterday.
By 14:30 hours yesterday afternoon 1 cm was recorded at 1570 meters. Base 177 cm.
AVALANCHE CANADA MIN REPORTS:
All quiet in the Sea to Sky Corridor.
All quiet in the Sea to Sky Corridor.
ARTICLES:
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