Cariboos

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

Overnight and Saturday: Dry and cool overnight with no precipitation. Light precipitation starting in the morning, expect 5-10 cms during the day. Winds becoming moderate-strong Southerly on Saturday. Freezing level rising up to about 1000 metres.Sunday: Light precipitation is expected to continue during the day. Winds becoming light Southerly. Alpine temperatures around -5.0 and freezing levels at the valley bottoms.Monday: Continued light precipitation. Temperatures cooling off to about -10.0 in the alpine overnight.

Loose snow avalanches (sluffing) continue to be reported from steep terrain.

A thin layer of dry cold snow has buried recent surface hoar layers. Surface hoar growth resulted in bigger crystals observed at treeline and below (up to 10mm). In protected areas, the surface hoar continues into the alpine but crystal size is significantly smaller and distribution is patchy. Near surface faceting has penetrated the upper snowpack as deep as 30cm, keeping the surface snow soft. The patchy sun from the past few days has left behind a thin, breakable crust on south and west aspects. The mid-pack  is well settled.