Introduction:
Good
morning, this is Dave Medara with the
If you
have been out in the backcountry, please post your OBSERVATIONS with us!
To
check out past advisories, go to ARCHIVE. To check out the current, go to our WEATHER page.
If you
would like to see some SNOWPIT profiles, click
the link…and more to come.
Current
Conditions:
More snow continues to fall on the Skyline and winter just won’t give it
up….Another 10-12 inches of snow has fallen this week complemented by another
2-4 “of new snow last night. The snow surfaces as of yesterday afternoon were
thin, unsupportable crusts on all aspect except NE-NW. If you’re looking for
powder turns, you’d better keep your slope aspects as northerly as possible or
you’ll be feeling the crust from warm temperatures earlier this week. .
Conditions are supportable for snow machines on all aspects and last nights’ new
snow will freshen things up for skiing and riding.
Click the links below to find out
up to date information at these weather stations on the Skyline.
Mammoth/Cottonwood SNOTEL
(8,800’): 66” of snow on the ground. It is 30 degrees out at
Seeley Creek SNOTEL (10,000’):
There is 57” of snow on the ground.
It is 26 degrees out at
There is about 77” of snow on the ground at the Miller Flat Trailhead.
Mountain
Weather:
Today...Snow showers likely in the
morning...Then snow and a chance of thunderstorms in the afternoon.
Accumulation 1-3 inches. Highs at 8000 feet in the mid 30s.
Tonight...Snow showers
in the evening...Then a chance of snow showers after
Sunday...Partly cloudy
with a 20 percent chance of snow. Highs at 8000 feet in the upper 30s.
Sunday Night...Partly
cloudy with a 20 percent chance of snow. Lows at 8000 feet in the lower 20s.
Monday...A chance of
snow in the morning...Then a chance of rain and snow in the afternoon. Mostly
cloudy. Warmer. Highs at 8000 feet in the upper 40s. Chance of precipitation 40
percent.
Avalanche Conditions: (Click here for the International
Avalanche Danger Scale)
Warm temperatures this week have settled out the snow and crusted over most
aspects before the new snow from last night. With loading from the south winds
and the only dry snow left being on NE-NW aspects, these will be our areas of
concern avalanche wise. These slopes, and those looming cornices out there. We
are calling the avalanche danger MODERATE today meaning that human triggered avalanches are
still possible. Steep, upper elevation NE-NW facing slopes will be the primary
danger areas, as well as the big cornices that have formed out there. Don’t get
fooled, keep back from those big cornices, especially when things get warm.
*The advisory
is also available via recorded message at (800) 648-7433