Avalanche Advisory Archive Pre-2016
Date Issued: | 2016-01-30 |
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Danger: | 1 |
Trend: | 1 |
Probability: | 1 |
Size: | 1 |
Problem: | 9 |
Discussion: | The National Weather Service Forecasts- TODAY...MOSTLY CLOUDY. PATCHY FOG IN THE MORNING. HIGHS AROUND 38. LIGHT WINDS. TONIGHT...MOSTLY CLOUDY. PATCHY FOG. LOWS AROUND 30. LIGHT WINDS. SUNDAY...PARTLY CLOUDY. PATCHY FOG IN THE MORNING. HIGHS AROUND 35. NORTH WIND 10 MPH. SUNDAY NIGHT...MOSTLY CLEAR. PATCHY FOG. LOWS AROUND 24. After lasts week long spell of warm temps and high volumes of rain that settled and consolidated the snowpack it started to dry out and cool off yesterday giving the snowpack some time to lock back up. Mt Roberts dropped 5+f degrees yesterday and is below freezing at 30f for the first time in a week. Eaglecrest also cooled with the summit showing 28, mid mountain 20 and 34 at the base. Winds are calm at this time and we have received no precip in the last 24 hours. With no precip in the forecast for today, more cooling into tonight and tomorrow Avalanche Danger is LOW at this time. Natural avalanches are unlikely as are human triggered avalanches. Be aware that in areas with glide we still have glide avalanche potential. |
Tip: | Glide Glide avalanches: We tend to find them in wet climates and when they occur in dry climates they do so in spring when water percolated through the snow or sometimes during mid winter thaws. When do they come down? Like an icefall, they come down randomly in time--when they're good and ready--not before. You would think that they would come down during the heat of the day or when melt water running along the ground reaches its maximum. But oddly enough, they tend to release just as often with the arrival of cold temperatures following melting as during melting itself. It's hard to play a trend with glide avalanches. They come down when they're good and ready and it's impossible to tell when that is. Just don't spend much time underneath them. |