Quick report
- Red Flags
- Wind Loading, Rapid Warming, Poor Snowpack Structure
although this obs is a day late, i figured it was worth submitting because of the buried rime crusts noticeable influence on the temp/vapor gradient
buried rime crust
some rime crust forming around 11:00 at about 8700ft, W facing slope
Snowpack
- Instability Comment
- <p>some slabby potential from the new snow. seems to be going down though</p> <p>still the same week layers down low. give it a big enough trigger and its still potent</p>
extremely variable. in areas exposed to winds, new snow was gone down to the rime crust. some loading along ridges on east->NE facing zone.