Creag Meagaidh

CM for 24/2 Snowpack well bonded and stable during day. Low hazard.

CM for 24/2 Snowpack well bonded and stable during day. Low hazard.

Forecast Snow Stability: During the first half of the night isolated surface instabilities will develop mainly on steep Easterly aspects. The snowpack will then consolidate and begin to refreeze, as the night progresses, to become well bonded and stable in all locations during the day. Greatest accumulations will remain in corries and gullies with a North through East to South-East aspect above 850 metres. The avalanche hazard will be Low.

Forecast Weather Influences: Rain showers at all levels in the early part of the night will briefly turn to summit snow as precipitation clears to give a dry day. The freezing level will be above the summits initially falling to around 800 metres by dawn and 700 metres by the end of the day. Very strong West-North-Westerly winds overnight will ease and become Moderate Northerly during the day. Observed Weather Influences: After a dry cold start some very light showers developed in the afternoon. These gradually turned to rain at most levels. The freezing level gradually rose to around summit level. Winds were very strong Westerly. ObservedSnowStability: The remaining older snowpack is well bonded firm and stable throughout. There is a very thin covering of new snow above 800 metres. Isolated moderately bonded windslab deposits exist mainly on East aspects above 950 metres. These deposits are not extensive and confined to gullies and coire rims. The avalanche hazard is Low.