Bollettino valanghe

Kananaskis

Mar 9 – 10, 2016Alberta Parks
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Archiviato · scaduto 11 years ago

Pericolo valanghe

Fri
Sat
Alta quota
4 · Forte
Limite del bosco
3 · Marcato
Sotto il limite
1 · Debole
Apri la mappa completa

In sintesi

Forecast models vary but we may see up to 20cm of snow by Thursday afternoon with strong winds.  New snow, warm temps and strong winds will create ideal conditions for slab development. 

Problemi valanghivi

  • Wind Slabs

    • Alta quota
    • Limite del bosco
    • Sotto il limite del bosco
    Probabilità
    Possible - Likely
    Dimensione
    1–3
    New slabs will be building with the forecast new snow and strong winds.

  • Cornices

    • Alta quota
    • Limite del bosco
    • Sotto il limite del bosco
    Probabilità
    Likely - Very Likely
    Dimensione
    1–3
    Cornices are large and looming right now. New snow and winds combined with warm temps may cause some of these to fail.

  • Deep Persistent Slabs

    • Alta quota
    • Limite del bosco
    • Sotto il limite del bosco
    Probabilità
    Possible
    Dimensione
    2–5
    The Jan 6th layer continues to give forecasters low confidence in bigger terrain and snowpack. Be very cautious in variable snowpack areas.

Confidence

Moderate - Intensity of incoming weather systems is uncertain on Thursday

Weather Forecast

10-18cm of snow is forecast to arrive by the end of the day on Thursday.  This snow will come under the influence of a strong SW wind (60-80km/hr) and warm temps (-3C in the alpine).  These are ideal conditions for new slabs to develop and build. 

Avalanche Summary

Numerous loose dry avalanches on all aspects were observed on Wednesday. There was no new slab avalanche activity.

Snowpack Summary

There is now up to 20cm of recent snow overlying the March 9th crust that is being found on all aspects up to 2300m and up to ridge tops on solar aspects. This new snow is bonding well at this time but with more load and wind we can expect avalanches to occur more easily at this interface. Two other temperature crusts can be found in the upper part of the snowpack but there have been no significant avalanches on these layers of late. The Jan 6th interface is down in general 100cm to 140cm and still producing sudden collapse results that are giving forecasters little confidence in bigger terrain. Triggering of this interface from a shallow area is a definite possibility.

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