Ginormous thanks to Carl Churchill and Alpha Coffee for hosting and to everyone who took time out of their busy lives and came out for my State of the state of the snowpack preso last night! What an amazing night, energy, and vibe... y'all rock and I was super stoked to see so many old friends and make a few new ones as well :)
NOWCAST-
What a way to run a winter! High thin clouds draped our mountains overnight and an already warm airmass is in place, so it's downright tropical with temperatures hovering right around freezing across the board. Southwest winds are on the rise and began bumping into the mid 20's at midnight. Corn is elusive and patches of cool snow intersect with hot pow on sheltered, shady slopes... maybe it's a good day to get chores done as the snowpack took a big hit yesterday.
FORECAST-
The warm before the storm. Expect thickening clouds with very warm temperatures soaring into the 50's. Southwest winds don't get too out of hand, but ramp up into the 40's as the day wares on.
FUTURECAST-
Several rounds of snow head our way to wrap up the work week and the first system arrives Friday afternoon into Saturday. Not a big storm, but enough for a 2"-4" reset. A break is expected Saturday morning with another colder spoke in the weather wheel poised to slide through Saturday afternoon and Sunday, stacking up an additional 3"-6" of snow. Snow showers linger through Monday and storm totals in the 6"-10" snow with .80" H2O seem optimistically reasonable.
Trip reports and current state of the snowpack observations are found
HERE.
Looking for real-time temps, snow, or wind?
Click HERE and then on the "western Uinta" tab for western Uinta specific, weather station network.
Yesterday, Andy and I looked at an interesting slide triggered Tuesday on a steep northeast facing slope in Upper Moffit Basin. A cornice released naturally, peeling off a shallow soft slab near the ridge, crashing down on the slope below which broke into weak faceted snow, triggering a much larger slide than you might expect... 2' deep, 200' wide, running 400' vertical Thanks to Bayou Dave for the nearly instant report Tuesday and all the great info!