A warm wet windy storm is coming to the region on Sunday. Avalanche danger will increase with the arrival of this storm. Sunday will be a day to keep watching conditions.
New snow and strong winds and warm temps will form widespread windslabs in open terrain at treeline and below. Watch the bond with the underlying snow surface.
Watch for storm slabs in open areas at treeline and below.
20-30cm of snow is forecast by the end of the day on Sunday with strong westerly winds and warm temps. As we move into Sunday evening, temperatures will begin to drop and winds shift out of the north under partly clear skies.
A few cornice collapses were observed but no slabs were found on the underlying slopes.
Isolated windslabs are being found in alpine areas but only limited reactivity along ridgelines and immediate lees. Tomorrow will be a big change though as winds increase into the strong range with 20-40cm of new snow in alpine areas. Expect windslabs to become more widespread at Alpine and treeline likely failing at the storm snow interface.
