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Details

Ridgeline Wind Speed: 5-10 mph
Ridgeline Wind Direction: N
Wind Loading: Light
Sky Cover: Obscured
Depth of New Snow: 8 cm
Depth of Total Snow: 195 cm
Most Significant Precip Rate: S1 - 1 cm/hr
Weather Description: Valley fog, broken skies, snow squalls, winds doing a dosie-do around the compass.

Snowpack Description: Sunny slopes: 5-8 cm PP over MF crusts of varying thicknesses. Cracking under crust where thinner. Shady slopes: soft slab 15-20 cm thick composed of Friday and Tuesday's storm snow. Sensitive & cracking easily on unsupported steep tests slopes. ECTN6 but slab too soft for very meaningful tests. 5 PSTs on deeper PWLs (down 55-60 and 95-100) w various column lengths only propagated when cut within final 10-15 cm of column end. Obvious buried SH layer observed here 2 weeks ago indistinct. ECTX on same layers.

Cracking: Minor
Collapsing: None
Persistent Weak Layer: Yes
Comments: Snow from last two storms accumulating into cohesive, sensitive slab on slopes without underlying MF crusts.

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2014/03/11 ^†

Richmond Hill

AS / u