South Coast

Rising freezing levels, heavy precipitation, and strong winds are a recipe for High avalanche danger!

We're still dealing with a limited set of observations and it sounds like there is quite a lot of variability across the region. It's been snowing hard above 1500m forming deep storm slabs at tree-line and in the alpine. The new snow is sitting on a supportive mid-pack in the Duffy whereas pre-storm reports from the Coquihalla described a shallower early season snowpack.

Moderate - Due to the number of field observations

A series of powerful storms are going to wallop the coast over the coming days bringing heavy precipitation and strong winds that should spill over into the inland regions. Unfortunately the freezing level could rise as high as 2200m on Tuesday. However, higher elevations could see snowfall accumulations of up to 40cm. Freezing levels are forecast to fall back to 1500m for the remained of the forecast period with another 40cm expected by Friday. Winds will be moderate from the SW.

A widespread avalanche cycle is expected to continue as a series of storms pummels the coast range over the next couple of days.