A weak cold front

A weak cold front in a northeast to southwest line through the northern tip of Vancouver Island will move southward across the South coast region today. A weak ridge of high pressure building Over the offshore waters will move onto the north coast tonight.

We will see fluctuating freezing levels from 1250m up to 1900m. Accompanying the bouncing freezing level will be ongoing precipitation, cloudy periods and winds out of the S 50-60 and increasing to 90 later in the afternoon. This front is expected to be with us until late Sunday afternoon, at which time we should begin to see some clearing and a brief respite from the precipitation.

A major system will arrive early Monday bringing copius precipitation...
Cooler air should arrive sometime Tuesday and Wednesday night another major system will bring continued snowfall through Friday

Another Dump

We received another 15cm last night at -8C, and it continues to snow heavily right to the valley for now. Looks like freezing levels should rise to around 1500m this afternoon, and to 1800m by later on Saturday. Another cooler system in behind of Monday and Tuesday

Rainfall warning for Howe Sound
50 to 70 mm of rain expected by Saturday morning for Greater Vancouver Howe Sound and western Fraser Valley.

20-30cm of light density snow has fallen early in the week. This overlies a previous variable windslab at upper elevations, and a crust below 1900m. Avalanche danger at all elevations; are expected to rise to above high hazard in the backcountry as a slick bed surface sits underneth.

A 1000 millibar low over the Charlottes will move northeastward through Prince Rupert by early this afternoon. A warm front Extending southeastward from the low will reach the mainland coast this morning. A cold front also extends southwestward from the low and is forecast to lie across the northern tip of Vancouver Island overnight.

Blower Pow

For Thursday Cloudy With Sunny Periods. Light Snow Beginning Thursday Evening.
Alpine High Minus 7. Freezing Level Near Valley Bottom. Mountain Top Winds Light
Friday we switch to more of of SW flow again as another wet system approaches with rising freezing levels.
We received 13 cm’s of cold smoke last night, which was accompanied by very high winds out of the sw. In the high alpine overnight we saw major power flurries and had 17cm during the day yesterday. The sub surface crust is 2cm thick at 1900m and 10cm thick at 1650m. Good riding on east and north high alpine aspects.

Blue Bird

A nice day around here
Cool temperatures and clear skies....
Moist Westerly Flow Will Spread Mainly Cloudy Skies With A Few Sunny Breaks Today. A Surface Ridge Will Bring Periods Of Sunshine Thursday Morning. The Ridge Will Give Way To A Warm Front Ahead Of A Pacific Disturbance Spreading Some Scattered Flurries Thursday Afternoon.

Some flurries

Some flurries around today as a trough of low pressures sweeps across the south coast.

A Weak Upper Ridge Will Bring Mainly Sunny Skies For Wednesday.

Today..Periods Of Snow.
Alpine High Minus 7.
Snowfall Accumulation 3 To 5 Cm.
Freezing Level Near Valley Bottom.
Mountain Top Winds South 30 Km/H.

The pineapple brought 80-90mm of precipitation and consistently strong winds from the SE and E. Winds have since shifted to the west bringing in cooller air untill Friday when another system wil approach from the SW. The precipitation fell totally as wet snow above about 1900m so dense it pasted everything even cliff faces. Then it all froze.. Wind gusts during the storm were clocked at 145km/ph peak gusts in the alpine enough to damage most wind monitoring equipment.

Post Pineapple

After high winds, and freezing levels that rose to near 2200m a cooler flow of air has descended on us refrezzing the mountains.

Today..Snow And Blowing Snow Tapering To Scattered Flurries This Morning.
Alpine Temperature Falling To Minus 6 This Morning.
Snowfall Accumulation 2 To 4 Cm.
Blowing Snow Diminishing To 40 To 60 This Morning.

Pineapple express

MMM the smell of tropical air...
Looks like the alpine temperature may hold right around 0C..Hopefully bringing copious amounts of alpine base...


A strong pacific front stalled over the southern part of the province is directing a very mild and moist southwesterly flow of air over Vancouver Island and the south coast. The front is producing heavy rain and high freezing levels. Heavy rain is expected over western Vancouver Island and portions of the southern mainland with additional amounts of 80 to 120 mm across southern sections of West Vancouver Island Howe Sound and the north shore mountains and 40 to 80 mm over Greater Vancouver Greater Victoria and the Fraser Valley. The rain will ease overnight as the front slumps south of the area.