Join us at our 2nd Annual Blizzard Ball

Observation: Skyline

Observation Date
12/16/2016
Observer Name
Brett Kobernik
Region
Skyline
Location Name or Route
Fairview & Huntington Canyons
Weather
Sky
Obscured
Precipitation
Heavy Snowfall
Wind Direction
Southwest
Wind Speed
Strong
Weather Comments
Rain snow line up around 8000' or perhaps just slightly higher. Strong prefrontal southwest wind decreasing after fropa and switching northwest. Graupel, thunder and lightening during fropa.
Snow Characteristics
New Snow Depth
9"
New Snow Density
High
Snow Surface Conditions
Dense Loose
Damp
Snow Characteristics Comments

Storm board at Candland had 9.5" of snow, 1.9" h2o at 3pm just before the fropa.

Red Flags
Red Flags
Recent Avalanches
Heavy Snowfall
Wind Loading
Red Flags Comments
Avalanches only consisted of shallow damp sluffs along the Dam Roadcut. I suspect they were initiated from snowplows throwing snow onto the bank below. Other similar steep slopes away from the road did not have any of these sluffs. I did not see any cracking in areas where I do sometimes when things are really sensitive.
Comments

I observed the entire snowpack to be damp below 8800'. I did not look at the snow higher than that, too much of a blizzard. Snow temperature sensors on the KALF in Spring City Canyon at 9400' indicate that the pack was damp up to that elevation also. The sub-surface probe was about 15" up from the ground. (see table below)

Concerns for wet avalanche activity crossed my mind and would've gotten me more excited if I new the temps weren't about to cool off dramatically.

Date_Time surface sub surface air Fahrenheit Fahrenheit Fahrenheit 12/15/2016 09:00 MST 27.32 29.57 39.61 12/15/2016 09:10 MST 28.24 29.57 39.54 12/15/2016 09:20 MST 28.51 29.57 40.33 12/15/2016 09:30 MST 28.53 29.61 40.41 12/15/2016 09:40 MST 29.08 29.61 40.66 12/15/2016 09:50 MST 28.9 29.62 41.32 12/15/2016 10:00 MST 29.7 29.64 41.56 12/15/2016 10:10 MST 29.98 29.64 41.61 12/15/2016 10:20 MST 29.32 29.64 42.22 12/15/2016 10:30 MST 29.64 29.68 42.73 12/15/2016 10:40 MST 29.3 29.68 42.12 12/15/2016 10:50 MST 31.01 29.7 42.22 12/15/2016 11:00 MST 31.39 29.73 43.14 12/15/2016 11:10 MST 31.44 29.77 43.14 12/15/2016 11:20 MST 31.6 29.77 43.21 12/15/2016 11:30 MST 31.44 29.79 43.21 12/15/2016 11:40 MST 31.01 29.8 42.3 12/15/2016 11:50 MST 31.21 29.8 42.17 12/15/2016 12:00 MST 31.71 29.84 42.55 12/15/2016 12:10 MST 31.44 29.84 41.99 12/15/2016 12:20 MST 32.05 29.88 42.22 12/15/2016 12:30 MST 32.11 29.89 42.12 12/15/2016 12:40 MST 31.5 29.93 41.43 12/15/2016 12:50 MST 31.15 29.95 40.89 12/15/2016 13:00 MST 31.21 29.98 40.46 12/15/2016 13:10 MST 31.32 30 40.71 12/15/2016 13:20 MST 31.89 30 40.46 12/15/2016 13:30 MST 31.5 30.06 39.61 12/15/2016 13:40 MST 30.7 30.07 39.61 12/15/2016 13:50 MST 31.15 30.13 39.06 12/15/2016 14:00 MST 31.51 30.15 39.13 12/15/2016 14:10 MST 31.12 30.18 38.7 12/15/2016 14:20 MST 31.21 30.18 37.54 12/15/2016 14:30 MST 30.72 30.22 37.47 12/15/2016 14:40 MST 30.83 30.27 37.42 12/15/2016 14:50 MST 31.33 30.27 37.54 12/15/2016 15:00 MST 30.81 30.29 37.24 12/15/2016 15:10 MST 30.83 30.33 36.7 12/15/2016 15:20 MST 30.99 30.33 35.58 12/15/2016 15:30 MST 31.55 30.36 34.86 12/15/2016 15:40 MST 31.6 30.38 33.76 12/15/2016 15:50 MST 32.02 30.4 33.58 12/15/2016 16:00 MST 31.66 30.43 33.82 12/15/2016 16:10 MST 32.05 30.47 34.61 12/15/2016 16:20 MST 32.29 30.49 34.81 12/15/2016 16:30 MST 31.71 30.51 34.25 12/15/2016 16:40 MST 31.89 30.54 34.43 12/15/2016 16:50 MST 31.91 30.56 34.38 12/15/2016 17:00 MST 31.33 30.58 34.12 12/15/2016 17:10 MST 31.71 30.58 34.25 12/15/2016 17:20 MST 32.52 30.63 34.56 12/15/2016 17:30 MST 32.29 30.63 35.04 12/15/2016 17:40 MST 31.51 30.69 35.28 12/15/2016 17:50 MST 32.02 30.69 35.47 12/15/2016 18:00 MST 31.82 30.7 35.28 12/15/2016 18:10 MST 31.95 30.7 35.58 12/15/2016 18:20 MST 31.89 30.76 35.58 12/15/2016 18:30 MST 31.95 30.76 34.86 12/15/2016 18:40 MST 32.05 30.78 34.56 12/15/2016 18:50 MST 31.32 30.78 33.69 12/15/2016 19:00 MST 31.84 30.81 33.69 12/15/2016 19:10 MST 31.91 30.83 33.87 12/15/2016 19:20 MST 31.91 30.85 34.38 12/15/2016 19:30 MST 31.95 30.85 34.3 12/15/2016 19:40 MST 31.28 30.88 34.48 12/15/2016 19:50 MST 31.1 30.9 34.48 12/15/2016 20:00 MST 31.71 30.92 34.48 12/15/2016 20:10 MST 31.42 30.94 33.46 12/15/2016 20:20 MST 32.18 30.94 33.03 12/15/2016 20:30 MST 31.66 30.96 32.79 12/15/2016 20:40 MST 32.05 30.96 32.92 12/15/2016 20:50 MST 31.95 30.99 33.28 12/15/2016 21:00 MST 31.82 31.01 33.15 12/15/2016 21:10 MST 31.82 31.01 33.1 12/15/2016 21:20 MST 31.55 31.03 32.97 12/15/2016 21:30 MST 31.82 31.03 32.74 12/15/2016 21:40 MST 32.22 31.06 33.1 12/15/2016 21:50 MST 31.55 31.06 33.15 12/15/2016 22:00 MST 31.44 31.06 33.28 12/15/2016 22:10 MST 32 31.1 33.4 12/15/2016 22:20 MST 31.42 31.1 33.1 12/15/2016 22:30 MST 31.82 31.12 32.97 12/15/2016 22:40 MST 31.95 31.14 32.92 12/15/2016 22:50 MST 31.84 31.14 32.67 12/15/2016 23:00 MST 31.73 31.14 32.97 12/15/2016 23:10 MST 32.32 31.15 32.74 12/15/2016 23:20 MST 31.66 31.17 33.28 12/15/2016 23:30 MST 31.73 31.17 33.51 12/15/2016 23:40 MST 31.28 31.21 33.58 12/15/2016 23:50 MST 31.5 31.21 33.03 12/16/2016 00:00 MST 31.42 31.21 32.67 12/16/2016 00:10 MST 31.44 31.23 32.41 12/16/2016 00:20 MST 31.44 31.23 32.18 12/16/2016 00:30 MST 31.12 31.24 31.75 12/16/2016 00:40 MST 31.23 31.23 31.39 12/16/2016 00:50 MST 31.1 31.26 31.14 12/16/2016 01:00 MST 31.51 31.26 30.96 12/16/2016 01:10 MST 31.21 31.26 30.85 12/16/2016 01:20 MST 31.12 31.26 30.85 12/16/2016 01:30 MST 30.88 31.3 30.52 12/16/2016 01:40 MST 30.83 31.32 30.42 12/16/2016 01:50 MST 30.43 31.3 30.52 12/16/2016 02:00 MST 30.76 31.3 30.42 12/16/2016 02:10 MST 31.05 31.3 30.6 12/16/2016 02:20 MST 30.65 31.33 30.52 12/16/2016 02:30 MST 30.6 31.33 30.47 12/16/2016 02:40 MST 30.72 31.33 30.24 12/16/2016 02:50 MST 30.7 31.33 30.34 12/16/2016 03:00 MST 29.93 31.33 29.98 12/16/2016 03:10 MST 30.22 31.37 30.16 12/16/2016 03:20 MST 30.11 31.37 30.16 12/16/2016 03:30 MST 30.31 31.39 30.09 12/16/2016 03:40 MST 30.54 31.39 30.16 12/16/2016 03:50 MST 30.15 31.37 30.42 12/16/2016 04:00 MST 30.42 31.39 30.42 12/16/2016 04:10 MST 30.11 31.39 30.34 12/16/2016 04:20 MST 30.11 31.41 30.09 12/16/2016 04:30 MST 30.2 31.41 30.04 12/16/2016 04:40 MST 29.64 31.41 29.68 12/16/2016 04:50 MST 29.53 31.41 29.62 12/16/2016 05:00 MST 30.38 31.41 29.55 12/16/2016 05:10 MST 30.11 31.41 29.62 12/16/2016 05:20 MST 30.31 31.41 29.68 12/16/2016 05:30 MST 29.91 31.41 29.68 12/16/2016 05:40 MST 29.64 31.44 29.68 12/16/2016 05:50 MST 29.41 31.44 29.73 12/16/2016 06:00 MST 29.53 31.44 29.68 12/16/2016 06:10 MST 29.62 31.44 29.62 12/16/2016 06:20 MST 30.15 31.44 29.73 12/16/2016 06:30 MST 29.98 31.44 29.68 12/16/2016 06:40 MST 29.3 31.44 29.91 12/16/2016 06:50 MST 29.82 31.44 29.91 12/16/2016 07:00 MST 29.43 31.44 29.91 12/16/2016 07:10 MST 29.52 31.48 29.68 12/16/2016 07:20 MST 29.19 31.44 29.55 12/16/2016 07:30 MST 29.43 31.46 29.5 12/16/2016 07:40 MST 29.08 31.48 29.5 12/16/2016 07:50 MST 29.3 31.48 29.5 12/16/2016 08:00 MST 29.21 31.48 29.62 12/16/2016 08:10 MST 29.21 31.48 29.62 12/16/2016 08:20 MST 29.35 31.48 29.55 12/16/2016 08:30 MST 29.14 31.48 29.55 12/16/2016 08:40 MST 29.64 31.48 29.55 12/16/2016 08:50 MST 29.53 31.48 29.73 12/16/2016 09:00 MST 30.04 31.48 29.8 12/16/2016 09:10 MST 29.62 31.48 29.91 12/16/2016 09:20 MST 29.86 31.48 29.8 12/16/2016 09:30 MST 29.82 31.48 30.04 12/16/2016 09:40 MST 30.33 31.48 30.04 12/16/2016 09:50 MST 29.8 31.48 30.24 12/16/2016 10:00 MST 30.22 31.48 30.52 12/16/2016 10:10 MST 30.15 31.48 30.7 12/16/2016 10:20 MST 30.22 31.48 30.52 12/16/2016 10:30 MST 31.28 31.48 30.65 12/16/2016 10:40 MST 30.43 31.51 30.9 12/16/2016 10:50 MST 31.05 31.51 31.14 12/16/2016 11:00 MST 30.99 31.51 31.21 12/16/2016 11:10 MST 31.23 31.51 31.26 12/16/2016 11:20 MST 30.88 31.51 31.14 12/16/2016 11:30 MST 30.54 31.51 31.14 12/16/2016 11:40 MST 30.38 31.51 31.08 12/16/2016 11:50 MST 30.61 31.51 31.14 12/16/2016 12:00 MST 30.76 31.51 30.9 12/16/2016 12:10 MST 30.65 31.51 31.03 12/16/2016 12:20 MST 30.76 31.51 30.96 12/16/2016 12:30 MST 30.02 31.51 30.96 12/16/2016 12:40 MST 31.21 31.51 31.14 12/16/2016 12:50 MST 30.31 31.51 31.21 12/16/2016 13:00 MST 30.61 31.51 31.03 12/16/2016 13:10 MST 30.7 31.51 30.96 12/16/2016 13:20 MST 30.22 31.51 30.78 12/16/2016 13:30 MST 30.31 31.51 30.78 12/16/2016 13:40 MST 30.38 31.51 30.78 12/16/2016 13:50 MST 30.31 31.51 30.52 12/16/2016 14:00 MST 30.04 31.51 30.34 12/16/2016 14:10 MST 31.01 31.51 30.42 12/16/2016 14:20 MST 30.2 31.51 30.42 12/16/2016 14:30 MST 29.91 31.51 30.09 12/16/2016 14:40 MST 25.12 31.51 27.18 12/16/2016 14:50 MST 24.19 31.51 24.19 12/16/2016 15:00 MST 22.78 31.51 23.11 12/16/2016 15:10 MST 22.66 31.51 22.86 12/16/2016 15:20 MST 21.88 31.51 22.55 12/16/2016 15:30 MST 22.05 31.51 22.42 12/16/2016 15:40 MST 21.99 31.51 21.94 12/16/2016 15:50 MST 22.12 31.51 21.7 12/16/2016 16:00 MST 21.15 31.53 21.45 12/16/2016 16:10 MST 21.04 31.55 21.22 12/16/2016 16:20 MST 20.48 31.53 21.27 12/16/2016 16:30 MST 20.62 31.55 20.84 12/16/2016 16:40 MST 20.25 31.53 20.66 12/16/2016 16:50 MST 20.08 31.55 20.61 12/16/2016 17:00 MST 19.81 31.55 20.28 12/16/2016 17:10 MST 19.53 31.55 19.92 12/16/2016 17:20 MST 19.69 31.53 19.87 12/16/2016 17:30 MST 19.24 31.55 19.74 12/16/2016 17:40 MST 19.11 31.55 19.69 12/16/2016 17:50 MST 19.22 31.55 19.69 12/16/2016 18:00 MST 19.63 31.55 19.87 12/16/2016 18:10 MST 18.79 31.55 19.62 12/16/2016 18:20 MST 18.9 31.55 19 12/16/2016 18:30 MST 18.52 31.55 18.64 12/16/2016 18:40 MST 17.65 31.55 18.41 12/16/2016 18:50 MST 17.83 31.55 18.16 12/16/2016 19:00 MST 18.28 31.55 18.03 12/16/2016 19:10 MST 18.55 31.55 17.98 12/16/2016 19:20 MST 18.5 31.55 18.1 12/16/2016 19:30 MST 18.16 31.55 18.21 12/16/2016 19:40 MST 17.6 31.55 17.85 12/16/2016 19:50 MST 17.04 31.57 17.06 12/16/2016 20:00 MST 16.41 31.55 16.83 12/16/2016 20:10 MST 16.52 31.57 16.52 12/16/2016 20:20 MST 16.65 31.57 16.32 12/16/2016 20:30 MST 15.53 31.55 16.09 12/16/2016 20:40 MST 15.62 31.55 15.85 12/16/2016 20:50 MST 15.62 31.55 15.37 12/16/2016 21:00 MST 14.9 31.55 15.04 12/16/2016 21:10 MST 15.01 31.57 15.04 12/16/2016 21:20 MST 14.52 31.55 14.81 12/16/2016 21:30 MST 13.89 31.55 14.38 12/16/2016 21:40 MST 14.5 31.55 14.32 12/16/2016 21:50 MST 14.9 31.55 14.38 12/16/2016 22:00 MST 14.56 31.55 14.2 12/16/2016 22:10 MST 13.55 31.55 13.96 12/16/2016 22:20 MST 14.23 31.55 13.84 12/16/2016 22:30 MST 14.11 31.55 13.77 12/16/2016 22:40 MST 14.18 31.55 13.96 12/16/2016 22:50 MST 14.4 31.55 14.02 12/16/2016 23:00 MST 13.95 31.53 13.89 12/16/2016 23:10 MST 13.32 31.53 12.92 12/16/2016 23:20 MST 12.65 31.55 12.36 12/16/2016 23:30 MST 13.05 31.53 12.49 12/16/2016 23:40 MST 12.09 31.53 12.31 12/16/2016 23:50 MST 12.54 31.53 12.13 12/17/2016 00:00 MST 12.33 31.53 12 12/17/2016 00:10 MST 12.11 31.51 11.95 12/17/2016 00:20 MST 11.86 31.51 11.89 12/17/2016 00:30 MST 12.31 31.51 11.89 12/17/2016 00:40 MST 12.2 31.51 11.82 12/17/2016 00:50 MST 12.15 31.51 11.64 12/17/2016 01:00 MST 11.91 31.51 11.64 12/17/2016 01:10 MST 11.62 31.5 11.28 12/17/2016 01:20 MST 11.8 31.48 11.34 12/17/2016 01:30 MST 10.8 31.5 11.08 12/17/2016 01:40 MST 11.01 31.48 11.16 12/17/2016 01:50 MST 11.48 31.5 11.03 12/17/2016 02:00 MST 10.96 31.48 10.72 12/17/2016 02:10 MST 10.85 31.46 10.42 12/17/2016 02:20 MST 9.68 31.48 10.24 12/17/2016 02:30 MST 10.29 31.46 9.88 12/17/2016 02:40 MST 10.92 31.48 9.7 12/17/2016 02:50 MST 10.51 31.44 9.57 12/17/2016 03:00 MST 8.02 31.44 8.78 12/17/2016 03:10 MST 8.02 31.44 7.56 12/17/2016 03:20 MST 7.88 31.42 7.12 12/17/2016 03:30 MST 7.72 31.44 6.94 12/17/2016 03:40 MST 6.64 31.42 6.51 12/17/2016 03:50 MST 6.62 31.41 5.61 12/17/2016 04:00 MST 6.12 31.41 5.13 12/17/2016 04:10 MST 5.9 31.41 4.82 12/17/2016 04:20 MST 4.84 31.41 4.57 12/17/2016 04:30 MST 4.78 31.41 4.15 12/17/2016 04:40 MST 4.39 31.41 3.72 12/17/2016 04:50 MST 4.39 31.39 3.36 12/17/2016 05:00 MST 3.42 31.39 3.24 12/17/2016 05:10 MST 3.94 31.37 2.98 12/17/2016 05:20 MST 3.7 31.37 2.8 12/17/2016 05:30 MST 2.62 31.39 2.55 12/17/2016 05:40 MST 3.18 31.35 2.26 12/17/2016 05:50 MST 2.86 31.33 2.26 12/17/2016 06:00 MST 1.96 31.33 2.32 12/17/2016 06:10 MST 3.02 31.33 2.32 12/17/2016 06:20 MST 2.8 31.33 2.37 12/17/2016 06:30 MST 2.46 31.33 2.32 12/17/2016 06:40 MST 3.22 31.33 2.14 12/17/2016 06:50 MST 3.33 31.33 2.14 12/17/2016 07:00 MST 2.21 31.32 2.14 12/17/2016 07:10 MST 2.86 31.3 2.01 12/17/2016 07:20 MST 3.25 31.3 2.01 12/17/2016 07:30 MST 2.86 31.3 2.19 12/17/2016 07:40 MST 3.04 31.3 2.19 12/17/2016 07:50 MST 3.22 31.26 2.37 12/17/2016 08:00 MST 3.33 31.26 2.19 12/17/2016 08:10 MST 3.07 31.26 2.01 12/17/2016 08:20 MST 2.86 31.24 2.26 12/17/2016 08:30 MST 2.53 31.26 2.26 12/17/2016 08:40 MST 2.62 31.26 2.01 12/17/2016 08:50 MST 2.52 31.24 1.89 12/17/2016 09:00 MST 2.64 31.24 2.19

Poor photo below of wet sluffs from the Dam Roadcut

Today's Observed Danger Rating
High
Tomorrows Estimated Danger Rating
Considerable