Quick report
- Red Flags
- Rapid Warming
- Red Flags Comment
- <p>With .69" of water not a ton of weight but definitely enough snow to blow around now especially on northern aspects where the storm snow is starting to add up. Limited transport noticed in the am from NW winds that seamed to tapper off later in the morning. </p>
Pic 1. Limited transport occurring in the early am.
Pic 2 &3 Wind sculpted snow from the initial southern winds which changed to NW.
Pic 4. Shallow loose snow avalanches on the south face.
Pic 5. Old debris from activity on Cardiac ridge.
Snowpack
- Instability Comment
- <p>Some available snow for transport out there currently so I would make windslabs my number one concern for tomorrow. Winds gusting in the mid 20s from the WNW on 10k peaks at the moment so some wind slab formation should be expected in the alpine. </p>
6" of new snow at 9k with .69" of water which made the density 11.5%. Steep southeast aspects warmed up first by mid morning which led to the rest of southern aspects becoming wet by midday.