Loose Wet
- Alta montaña
- Límite del bosque
- Bajo el límite del bosque
- Probabilidad
- Unlikely
- Tamaño
- 1
Colder overnight temperatures, increased winds, slightly cooler daytime temperatures, and forecasted cloud cover should all work to limit the wet snow that forms due to daytime warming today. In addition the snowpack has experienced several days of melt-freeze cycles, and even though it has still not fully transitioned to corn snow in many places, those melt-freeze cycles have allowed good drainage channels that prevent free water from pooling in any specific layer to form in the snowpack. Despite all the things working to limit wet snow formation today, some small isolated loose wet snow instabilities like small roller balls, pinwheels, and wet point releases may still form on some isolated terrain features especially on the E-SE-S-SW-W slopes steeper than 35 degrees where drier snow still exists under the wet surface snow. Some areas of wet snow could also form on more northerly aspects. If the forecasted cloud cover does not materialize, loose wet snow instabilities may become more widespread and larger. If more cloud cover and wind occurs, the snow surface may remain mostly frozen in many areas today.