Central Sierra Nevada

Problèmes avalancheux

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  Loose Wet

  N

  NE

  E

  SE

  S

  SW

  W

  NW

  • Alpin
  • Limite forestière
  • Sous la limite forestière

  Probabilité

  Unlikely

  Taille

  1

  Wet surface snow will develop today as daytime warming occurs.  Continued cloud cover should limit solar radiation and the extent of loose wet instabilities again today.  Human triggered loose wet avalanches could occur on steep sun exposed slopes with the majority of these avalanches expected to remain small (D1) in size.  Areas around rocks, cliffs, and gully features that absorb more solar radiation will be the likely areas for loose wet instabilities to occur. 

  Locations that do not receive the amount of cloud cover forecasted may experience deeper wet surface snow and increased loose wet avalanche activity.  If slopes exceed 3-4'' of wet surface snow, it's time to move to different aspects or to terrain below 30 degrees in steepness.  Even small avalanches could have increased consequences if terrain traps or other downslope hazards exist.