Avalanche Forecast
Issued: Apr 12th, 2014 10:01AM
The alpine rating is Loose Wet and Deep Persistent Slabs.
, the treeline rating is , and the below treeline rating is Known problems includeSummary
Confidence
Fair - Timing or intensity of solar radiation is uncertain
Weather Forecast
Tonight and Sunday: A ridge of high pressure is anchored over the province bringing clear skies, warm temperatures, freezing levels rising to 2000 m by the afternoon and light to moderate North West winds.Monday: Freezing levels staying relatively high overnight and rising to around 2200 m during the day. Mostly sunny with some cloudy periods and light winds from the South West. Tuesday: A low pressure system is expected to bring some light precipitation later during the day and cooler temperatures.
Avalanche Summary
No recent avalanches reported.
Snowpack Summary
Melt-freeze cycles (below 0 Celsius overnight and warm temperatures/solar radiation during the day) has created a hard crust at the surface in most places. During the day, this crust is broken up by warm temperatures and solar radiation on all aspects up to around 2000 m and above this elevation on solar aspects. Snow stability will decrease as the day progresses, increasing the chance of cornice fall and wet loose avalanches. The late January/early February persistent weak layer is deeply buried, and has not produced avalanches in this region for some time now. However, tomorrow's intense warming and solar radiation could wake up the deep weak layer in isolated areas, like on higher alpine slopes that have not gone through as many melt-freeze cycles. I suspect this would be more the case in the Northern part of the region.
Problems
Loose Wet
Aspects: North, North East, East, South East, South.
Elevations: All elevations.
Likelihood
Expected Size
Deep Persistent Slabs
Aspects: All aspects.
Elevations: Alpine.
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Expected Size
Valid until: Apr 13th, 2014 2:00PM