Observations from Mt. Judah

Submitted by brandon on Mon, 04/19/2010 - 11:08am
Location Name: 
Mt. Judah
Region: 
Donner Summit Area

Location

United States
39° 18' 13.6296" N, 120° 19' 3.162" W
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Position: 
Forecaster
Date and time of observation: 
Mon, 04/19/2010 - 9:30am
Red Flags: 
Obvious avalanche path
Snowpit Observations
More detailed information about the snowpack: 

A weak to decent overnight refreeze of the top 1 to 4 inches of the snow surface occurred in this area. Open areas held the deepest refreeze. Surface snow was melting fast in sun exposed areas on E-SE-S aspects. By 9:30am, 3 inches of wet corn snow over a marginally skier supportable crust existed on E aspects in large open areas between 8,200' and 7,700'. Slightly more supportable conditions with 1 to 2 inches of wet corn snow over crust on S aspects but still melting fast. W and N aspects were still very frozen at 10:00am.

Weather Observations
Blowing Snow: 
No
Wind Speed: 
Moderate
Wind Direction: 
Southwest
Air temperature: 
Above Freezing
Air temperature trend: 
Warming
More detailed information about the weather: 

Increasing cloud cover and with moderate speed winds limited to ridgetops.