Spring like conditions

Location Name: 
Caples Lake
Region: 
Carson Pass Area
Date and time of observation: 
Tue, 02/09/2016 - 12:00
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United States
38° 42' 26.1864" N, 120° 1' 48.3528" W
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Red Flags: 
Rapid warming
Observation made by: Public
Snowpit Observations
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 Spring like feel at the start of the day with air temps about 50 degrees F at 7800' at 12 O'clock. On the way up snow conditions varied depending on aspect and solar radiation. There was no signs of solar shedding or pinwheels falling from rocks on any southerly aspects in sight. Some small amounts of loose wet snow was sluffing during skiing. No signs of natural avalanches were obsereved. At 15:30pm when we reached the summit at 9400' the winds were sustained at 20mph out of the South, this came as a surprise since there was no wind on the way up. There was wind effected snow on the ridgeline but no sign of snow transporting to the North. At the end of the day temps had dropped down to 38 degrees F at 8500' and cloud cover was increasing.

 

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Weather Observations
Blowing Snow: 
No
Cloud Cover: 
50% of the sky covered by clouds
Air temperature: 
Above Freezing
Wind Speed: 
Moderate
Precipitation: 
None
Air temperature trend: 
Cooling
Wind Direction: 
South
Accumulation rate: 
None
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