YESTERDAY:
Sunrise Thursday was at 06:48 Hrs. -1 with a 20-50 KPH ESE wind.FORECAST:
Unsettled weather for today as a weakening trough slides by our zone in a Westerly flow aloft. Mostly cloudy for today with some breaks later in the afternoon with the FL rising to around 1200 meters. Later today the flow will switch to South Westerly as a weak upper low sends a weak warm front our way for early Saturday am with periods of light precip. The FL could spike to 1500 meters, dropping back down to surface by Sunday am. A trailing cold front will push through Saturday afternoon and should exit the region by early Sunday am. Ridging will bring unsettled weather on Sunday with a nice amount of sun. Ridge strengthens on Monday with nice weather into Wednesday afternoon. Guesstimates: trace-2 cm by Saturday am, 5-10 cm by Sunday am, 0 cm by Monday am, 0 cm by Tuesday am.

AVALANCHE ACTIVITY:
Skier survives avalanche in Alaska. Article below. CAAC PhotoFrom Sea to Sky Avalanche Advisory:
Avalanche Summary
Avalanche reports from the past few days have been limited to thin wind slabs to size 1.5 in the alpine.
On Tuesday, reports indicated that small loose wet avalanches occurred from steep rocky terrain. Cornices also became weak and failed with daytime warming. No slabs were reported from the slopes below.
Snowpack Summary
Snow from earlier in the week has been redistributed by southwest winds at upper elevations.
The recent snow sits above a variety of old snow surfaces comprising mostly of a widespread melt-freeze crust with the exception of high north-facing terrain where it may be sitting on small surface hoar crystals. A melt-freeze crust exists at treeline and wet snow is likely found below 1100 m.
Cornices along ridgelines are large, and the likelihood of them failing will increase when the sun comes out.
INFORMATION & OBSERVATIONS:
Front arrived just before 10:00 Hrs Thursday morning.FROM SEA TO SKY MIN REPORTS:
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