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Monday, February 3, 2014

Arctic outflow




Forecast
Alpine Weather Forecast

Tonight and Monday: An arctic ridge is building and is there to stay for a little while. Expect some cloudy periods, light N winds becoming light to moderate from the NE and cold temperatures -20c lows

Tuesday: The ridge is gaining more strength spreading more dry and cold weather. Light to moderate NE winds, partly cloudy skies, alpine temperatures around -18 C.

Wednesday: More of the same. Mainly clear skies, cold temperatures and light winds from the N.
Arctic outflow warning

Strong outflow winds and cold wind chill values near minus 20 will spread southward tonight.

An Arctic ridge of high pressure has settled over the northern interior. As a result cold Arctic air has been spilling through the northern coastal passes and generating strong outflow winds and cold windchill values near minus 20.

The Arctic ridge will push southward through the interior today and tonight so that Arctic outflow is expected to start impacting the central and South Coast valleys and passes. Cold wind chill values near minus 20 are forecast for the Central Coast - inland sections and Whistler tonight.

Cold windchill and strong outflow winds are expected to persist through Wednesday at least and Arctic outflow warnings may be extended to other South Coast regions.


Temps this morning (thanks wango) buurrr that's -35C with windchill up top


2240 Meters -20, Winds were 20-35 KPH from the NNE
2180 Meters -19, Winds were 30-60 KPH from the E
1860 Meters -18, Winds were 30-45 KPH from the NNE
1835 Meters -17, Winds were 5-25 KPH from the SSE
1650 Meters -15, No new snow, Base 127 cm
1550 Meters -13, No new snow, Base 92 cm
660 Meters -12, Valley Temp



Diamond dust
Today
Mainly sunny. High: -5 °C
Tonight - cold.
Clear.
Wind up to 15 km/h. 
Low: -15 °C
Tuesday - very cold.
Sunny.
Wind up to 15 km/h. 
High: -9 °C
Wednesday
Sunny. Low: -17 °C
High: -10 °C
Thursday
Sunny. Low: -17 °C
High: -7 °C
Friday
Sunny. Low: -18 °C
High: -6 °C
Saturday
Sunny. Low: -13 °C
High: -3 °C
Sunday
Cloudy with 60 percent chance of flurries. Low: -11 °C
High: -4 °C

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