The National Weather Service Forecasts-

TODAY...PATCHY FOG EARLY IN THE MORNING. RAIN. HIGHS AROUND 38.
LIGHT WINDS.

TONIGHT...RAIN. LOWS AROUND 35. SOUTHEAST WIND 10 MPH.

FRIDAY...RAIN. SNOW LEVEL 1400 FEET LOWERING TO 1000 FEET IN
THE AFTERNOON. HIGHS AROUND 37. SOUTHEAST WIND 5 MPH SHIFTING TO THE SOUTHWEST IN THE AFTERNOON.

Temperatures rose from -1c to +1c over the last 48 hours.

Winds blew from 20-50mph during the new snow event on Christmas eve. We have not seen any new snow in the last 30 hours. This new snow should be starting to settle and bond a bit.

Be aware that there still may be pockets of instability in windloaded areas. We received over a foot at upper elevations in the region on Christmas eve. In these windloaded areas it will take more time to settle and bond before we have complete stability.

With cool temps and not much precip in the forecast avalanche danger is low to moderate and falling slowly as this Christmas eve snow continues to stabilize.

With temperatures right at the freezing point stability comes quickly and time is our friend.

No natural avalanches are expected in the urban areas today and yet there is a possibility of human triggered avalanches if you head out into the backcountry. Be safe out there!

We saw loading out of our traditional S to SSE. Anything facing north may have these wind deposits upon them. Be especially cautious at upper elevations where the accumulations may be much greater.

We hope everyone had a merry Christmas. The next free avalanche awareness course for the community to be held at Eaglecrest is Saturday January 11th from 9-330pm. Please contact [email protected] for more information.

Check out a great quick avalanche educational video link.

http://www.outsideonline.com/featured-videos/adventure-videos/snowboarding/Jeremy-Jones--Avalanche-Safety-Tips.html