As the day progresses increasing temperatures and sunshine will combine to increase the avalanche hazard. Humans who venture onto steep avalanche prone slopes could trigger slab avalanches on a variety of aspects.
Winds slabs up to two feet in depth could be triggered by humans on steep slopes with recent deposits of snow. These slabs will become increasingly sensitive to human triggers as the day progresses and temperatures increase.
( Discussion is generated from the previous day's afternoon forecast. )Another quick moving, weak system will pass over the region during the early morning hours. Snow showers associated with this system could bring an inch or two of new snow and may linger through the morning hours. Skies are expected to mostly to partly cloudy in the afternoon. Temperatures will drop into the 20s overnight and rise into the 30s in the mountains and into the 40s in the valleys. Winds will be light at around 10 miles per hour and back from the northwest to the southwest.The general avalanche hazard is expected to be LOW in the morning and may increase to MODERATE at the higher elevations in the afternoon if significant warming occurs. Pockets of surface slab up to 18 inches in depth and shallow loose snow sluffs will become increasingly sensitive to human triggers as the day warms and will be a threat to people who venture onto very steep slopes, into cliff areas, steep chutes, couloirs and other extreme terrain features.
