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State of the Snowpack for 2/8/2020 - 2/14/2020
Submitted by andy on Fri, 02/14/2020 - 09:20
Dates of the Week:
2/8/2020 to 2/14/2020
Location
Slab Cliffs
United States
39° 18' 5.0616" N, 119° 57' 4.0032" W
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US
- Loose Wet - No avalanches reported
- Firm surfaces and breakable crusts with soft weaker just below them exist on northerly aspects with spring-like melt-freeze conditions on sun-exposed aspects.
- Below the surface, a well-consolidated snowpack exists.
- Warm and sunny on Sat.
- A strong cold front on Sun with light snow and extreme NE winds. Kirkwood's Chair 6 sensor may have set a new CA state wind record with a gust of 209 mph.
- Strong NE winds on Mon-Tues with sunny skies and slight warming.
- Warm and sunny with less wind Wed-Fri