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Avalanche advisory
Friday, March 04, 2005
Good morning, this is Brett Kobernik with the
Current Conditions:
Temperatures at 6500’ are in the upper 20s and ridgetop temperatures are in
the low 20s. Ridgetop winds are around
10 mph from the west. The snow surface
is a mix of conditions with decent recrystalized snow on northerly aspects and
some reports of good corn on southerly aspects.
Avalanche Conditions:
The snow pack is mostly stable. With no new snow and not a lot of loose snow on
the surface for wind transport, the only thing we need to be concerned with
today is rising temperatures. Although it
doesn’t look like it will get real warm today, any clouds moving over the
mountains could produce a “green-housing” effect and warm the snow surface more
then expected. It’s a pretty good time
to do some of those extended tours to odd places but some of these odd places
just may be where you could still find a slab breaking into old snow. Don’t let your guard down and continue to
carefully analyze the snowpack for buried weakness.
Bottom Line (
The avalanche danger is generally LOW, and human triggered avalanches are unlikely on
most slopes. The
avalanche danger may rise to MODERATE with daytime
heating. Move off of and out from
underneath steep slopes as they get wet and slushy.
For an explanation of
avalanche danger ratings go to: http://www.avalanche.org/~uac/ed-scale.htm
Mountain Weather: (You can find the afternoon Weather Update here.)
Today we’ll see partly cloudy skies with 8000’ temperatures reaching the mid 30’s
and ridgetop temperatures around 25.
Ridgetop winds will be around 10 mph from the southwest. Tomorrow should be similar with the exception
of the winds shifting to a southeasterly direction as the closed low pressure
system passes well to our south. Sunday
should be mostly clear.
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If you have any snow or
avalanche observations, call and leave a message at 524-5304 or 1-800-662-4140,
or e-mailing us at [email protected]. Fax is 524-6301.
The information in this
advisory is from the U.S. Forest Service, which is solely responsible for its
content. This advisory describes general avalanche conditions and local
variations always occur.
Thanks for calling.