Happy Wednesday, Whistler! Here's how your hump day is looking so far.
Today's forecast calls for a chance of flurries or rain showers with a high of about 5 C in Whistler. A low of 0 C is expected overnight, with a chance of showers or wet flurries. Looking to tomorrow, the forecast calls for periods of wet snow or rain, with a high of about 4 C.
On the mountain, Whistler Blackcomb is forecasting cloudy skies with scattered flurries, with a high of about -4 C, a low of about -6 C, and moderate winds. The freezing level sits at about 1,400 metres. The mountain operator is reporting two centimetres of fresh snow in the past 12 hours, and a base depth of about 264 cm.
WB is reporting 64 groomed runs and 871 acres on Whistler, and 70 groomed runs and 793 acres on Blackcomb.
Alpine surface conditions are listed as soft-packed, while mid-mountain is machine-groomed.
"Isolated flurry activity remains through today as a weak ridge gradually departs the region, with occasionally gusty ridgetop winds redeveloping gas well. Cloud and more light snowfall then return the latter half of the week as a more active pattern comes back into play, with Thursday into Friday seeing more organized flurries or periods of snow in the area," WB said in its morning report.
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The avalanche danger rating in the Sea to Sky is currently considerable, according to Avalanche Canada.
"Fresh wind slabs will build throughout the day. Be mindful of the potential for a step-down avalanche with the persistent slab problem, creating larger-than-expected avalanches," the forecaster said on its website.
As always, check your favourite weather and conditions apps for the latest, as things can change in an instant out there.
DriveBC is showing no major disruptions on Highway 99 this morning.
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