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Observation: Lake Peak

Observation Date
4/29/2018
Observer Name
Hardesty, Steenburgh, Wilson, Patterson
Region
Salt Lake » Little Cottonwood Canyon » White Pine » Lake Peak
Location Name or Route
Lake Peak/No Name Peak
Weather
Sky
Scattered
Wind Direction
South
Wind Speed
Moderate
Weather Comments
A few moderate gusts. Partly to mostly cloudy skies. Weak cold air advection kept temps about 10...15 degrees cooler than the previous days.
Snow Characteristics
Snow Surface Conditions
Melt-Freeze Crust
Damp
Snow Characteristics Comments

Good supportable mature corn snow. (pic below) Temps and cloud cover delayed softening; we dropped into E Lake Peak shot at about noon. Minor wet loose snow sluffs noted over the past 72 hours.

Red Flags
Red Flags Comments
None. After this season, it's nice to write that.
Comments

Storm snow should bond well to warm, corrugated snow surfaces and instabilities should be limited to precipitation intensity, wind drifting, and any solar associated during and then after this "storm".

Mid-April dust layer found everywhere.

Today's Observed Danger Rating
None
Tomorrows Estimated Danger Rating
None