Forecast for the Skyline Area Mountains

Brett Kobernik
Issued by Brett Kobernik for
Tuesday, January 15, 2019
THE AVALANCHE DANGER WILL INCREASE THROUGH THE END OF THE WEEK AND REMAIN DANGEROUS INTO THE WEEKEND. For today, the overall avalanche danger is MODERATE on mid and upper elevation steep slopes that face west, north and east. Human triggered avalanches are still possible especially on the northern end of the Skyline on upper elevation north through east facing slopes approaching 40 degrees in steepness.
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Weather and Snow
We have snow and wind on the way. We'll see a storm move through today into Wednesday bringing moderate speed southwest wind and perhaps 6 to 10" of snow by late Wednesday. The next storm system will move in Thursday afternoon with strong southwest wind. A cold front moves through late Thursday night and we should see another 5 to 9" of snow.
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Additional Information
This forecast is from the U.S. Forest Service, which is solely responsible for its content. This forecast describes general avalanche conditions and local variations always occur.