South Coast Inland

Even if the skies are cloudy you should avoid slopes that have wet and mushy snow. Check out this LINK to see how easy it is to trigger a loose wet avalanche.

Moderate - Timing, track, or intensity of incoming weather system is uncertain on Tuesday

We're moving into a weather pattern more in keeping with seasonal norms. Monday night's storm should offer a nice refresh at upper elevations and temperatures should remain cool, at least through Wednesday morning.SATURDAY NIGHT: Light variable wind, freezing level around 1200 m, no significant precipitation expected. SUNDAY: Scattered cloud cover in the morning building to overcast by sundown, light variable wind, freezing level rising to around 1800 m, no significant precipitation expected.MONDAY: Broken cloud cover, light to moderate southerly wind, freezing level holding around 1800 m, no significant precipitation expected during the day. The freezing level drops to about 1200 m Monday night with 1 to 6 mm of precipitation expected. This will likely start as rain at lower elevations and should produce a trace to 5 cm of snow above treeline, stay tuned for more details.TUESDAY: Overcast, moderate west wind, freezing level around 1200 m, 5 to 10 cm of snow possible.

In the far north of the region on Friday loose wet avalanche activity up to size 3 was reported on solar aspects. Sporadic natural slab avalanches were also reported in the alpine and treeline, but no activity was reported from north aspects. No new activity was reported from the central or southern portions of the region.On Wednesday, natural loose wet avalanche activity continued up to size 3 on SE-SW aspects in the northern parts of the region. In the South, a few natural loose wet avalanches were reported up to size 2 from steep solar aspects.

Snow surfaces are variable. On higher North aspects (above 1700 m) you may find some dry, faceted snow. Some of this has been redistributed by southwesterly and northerly winds, potentially creating some isolated wind slabs. On solar aspects (South and West) at treeline and in the alpine the upper 10-30 cm will likely sport a firm crust with cooling temperatures. Below treeline the snow could remain moist or wet if it doesn't re-freeze. Below the melt-freeze crust on solar aspects and the wintery snow on the polar aspects down 40-60 cm sits the February facet interface. This interface may be reactive on higher North aspects where a firm surface crust doesn't exist. The snowpack has gone through a lot of change with the hot and sunny weather. We're expecting a good overnight refreeze on Saturday night and increasing cloud cover Sunday which should allow the upper snowpack to solidify.`