Wind Slabs
- Hochgebirge
- Waldgrenze
- Unterhalb der Waldgrenze
- Wahrscheinlichkeit
- Possible
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Moderate to strong south and southwest winds were present in the mountains yesterday afternoon and last night. There is plenty of soft snow available to be transported by the wind onto north and northeast facing leeward terrain near ridgelines and at treeline to form windslabs in locations that were affected by the wind. Yesterday I observed moderate south and southwest winds at and above treeline in the Western Wallowas. I saw a lot of snow being transported from windward south facing slopes onto leeward north facing slopes. Expect to find potentially sensitive windslabs on leeward facing terrain and , in particular, north/northeast facing terrain at and above treeline and near ridgelines today.
Photo taken yesterday in the Wallowas. You can see the snow being transported onto leeward facing terrain by the strong south winds. Definite red flag !