Sea To Sky
Danger d’avalanche
Points saillants
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Avalanche danger will increase Monday as heavy snow and rain add significant load to the meagre snowpack. Minimize your exposure to avalanche terrain.
Confidence
Weather Summary
A warm, wet storm arrives on Monday, culminating Monday night with heavy precip and positive temperatures up to 3000 m. Very heavy precip like this can bring the snow line several hundred meters below freezing level, so expect a mix of snow and rain. Things start to cool off again on Tuesday.
Sunday night
5-10 cm of new snow. Moderate southwest ridgetop wind. Freezing level 1300 m.
Monday
Mixed precip (25-50 mm). Strong south ridgetop wind. Freezing level spiking to 3000m, snow level around 1800 m.
Tuesday
Heavy precip overnight (50-90 mm), easing and becoming snow in the morning (10-20 mm). Strong southerly ridgetop wind easing to moderate southwest. Freezing level dropping from 3000 m to 1500 m.
Wednesday
A mix of sun and cloud. Calm. Freezing level 1500 m.
More details can be found in the Mountain Weather Forecast.