Avalanche Forecast
Issued: Jan 28th, 2016 7:48AM
The alpine rating is Wind Slabs and Persistent Slabs.
, the treeline rating is , and the below treeline rating is Known problems includeSummary
Confidence
Low - Freezing levels are uncertain on Friday
Weather Forecast
Tonight: Mainly cloudy with isolated flurries or showers at low elevation. Overnight lows are expected to be -9 (likely warmer) and still windy, west winds at 45 km/hr gusting to 85. Tomorrow:Â Mainly cloudy. No precip. Strong winds from the west, 25km/hr gusting to 85. The freezing level is expected to rise, but so far there is no indication of that happening outside. Our confidence is low on the freezing level prediction.
Avalanche Summary
There were 3, sz1 loose wet avalanches on the canmore Hill today. Poor visibility kept the observations limited, but there were almost certainly more loose wet avalanches in low elevation terrain.
Snowpack Summary
Warm temps and rain up to 1700m has made for a wet snowpack at lower elevations. Above 1800m the snow is moist up to about 1900m. Above that the temps stayed cool enough to limit the moist snow. Tomorrow, we can expect a melt/freeze crust up to atleast1900m. At treeline the winds continued to blow around what snow it could. Windslab and settlement slabs are likely to be found in lee areas. The alpine remained cool with dry snow and some moderate wind transport.
Problems
Wind Slabs
Aspects: North, North East, East, South East, South.
Elevations: Alpine, Treeline.
Likelihood
Expected Size
Persistent Slabs
Aspects: North, North East, East, South East.
Elevations: Alpine, Treeline.
Likelihood
Expected Size
Valid until: Jan 29th, 2016 2:00PM