Field Observations:
Yesterday below 1400m had progressively poor snow quality even on northerly aspects. It was heavy and manky. Up to 2100m the snow quality was good, dry powder about 30cm deep with below freezing temps. However at around 1700m the mark the new snow was sluffing very easily on the previous melt freeze crust on all aspects. Natural single point releases were common, along with ski triggered sluffs. A good day to avoid terrain traps where seemingly harmless sluffs can accumulate a lot of snow.
Reports of deep dry powder up to 2300m with knee dep turns and face shots. Yesterday was a good day to go high and stay there, only coming down in the afternoon.
Temperatures forecast to reach +14C at valley bottom today with rain tonight.
Date:
20100320Cloud Cover:
ClearPrecip type and rate:
Nil24hr min temp:
-2C24hr max temp:
7CPresent temp:
7C24hr new snow (HN24):
0cmNew snow from current storm (HST):
0cmSnow height (HS):
121cmWeight of new snow (100mm tube dia):
0gmWater equiv of new snow:
0mmDensity new snow:
0kg/m3Surface crystal size:
2mmSurface crystal form:
CrustsWind speed:
LightWind direction:
SEMore info: