Avalanche Forecast

Fair - Timing, track, or intensity of incoming weather system is uncertain

Overnight and Tuesday: The inversion is forecast to break down overnight, resulting in freezing levels dropping down to about 1500 metres by morning. Light precipitation is expected to start as freezing levels lower, expect 5-7 cm by morning with light to moderate Southwest winds. Expect another 3-5 cm during the day.Wednesday: Continued light precipitation and freezing levels dropping down to valley bottoms as winds shift to Northwest and build to moderate values.Thursday: Chance of a few more cm of snow before the winds shift to the Northeast and become strong as colder air moves into the region.

No new avalanches reported. Forecast cooling temperatures should put an end to loose wet avalanche problems.

A report from the Bulkley Valley shows widespread surface hoar development over the past few clear days and nights. I suspect that the solar radiation at upper elevations destroyed some of those well formed crystals. Dropping freezing levels as the temperature inversion breaks down should create a solid re-frozen surface crust. Forecast new snow may not bond well to the crust or the new surface hoar.