blowing snow and wind loading
Observation: Turnagain
Location: Turnagain Road Obs
Flagging/large plumes of blowing snow observed along Turnagain Arm, Seattle Creek, Placer Valley, Johnson Pass, Lynx Creek and Summit Lake. Plumes were also seen along Seattle Ridge, but the East side of the road (non-motorized) seem to be protected from the winds, at least until 4:30pm. Spoke with a group of skiers who went up Sunburst and also reported mild winds and no blowing snow. Looking at the Sunburst Wx station NW winds were averaging around 9mph most of the afternoon and started picking up at 5pm.
Observer Comments
Weather
Sunny and strong ridge top winds along many ridge tops.
Seattle Ridge East aspect, photo taken from the motorized parking lot
West winds along Seattle Ridge, photo taken around 2:30pm
Magnum West face at 4:30pm - still no signs of wind loading
Corn Biscuit still looked to have some snow available for transport should winds impact this area.
Across the street on Seattle Ridge at 4:30pm
Lynx Creek at ~3pm
Ridgeline just North of Silvertip
Seattle uptrack and a glide crack just North of the uptrack looks to be growing
Plumes of blowing snow on Turnagain Arm - photo taken from the Tesoro.