Rain and warm temperatures will combine with sunshine in the afternoon to increase the potential for wet snow avalanches to occur in cliff areas and on very steep slopes. Shallow wet slabs and loose wet slides are possible at the mid and upper elevations. At the lower elevations very shallow wet loose sloughs are possible on steep slopes that are snow covered.
Shallow wet slabs 6 to 18 inches in depth are possible on very steep slopes on a variety of aspects at the mid and upper elevations.
Building high pressure now through Thursday will provide mild conditions for Thanksgiving. Temperatures are to reach highs near forty degrees at ten thousand feet while valleys reach well into the fifties. During the late afternoon ridgetop winds will increase with gusts to over 50 mph expected Thursday night. The avalanche danger for Thursday will be Moderate above 7500 where wet slab or wet loose avalanche activity could be human triggered in very steep terrain, particularly near cliff areas.
