Forecasting for dry and wet avalanches during mixed rain and snow storm events
The Avalanche Review
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Abstract
Professionals in coastal and some inland mountain ranges regularly face mixed rain-snow events. Professionals in inland ranges frequently deal with persistent slab avalanches failing on old faceted layers buried deep within the snowpack. What happens when you combine these snowpack and weather events? Widespread avalanching involving faceted layers during mixed rain-snow events is rarely observed and is not as well-understood. Last March, USFS Sawtooth Avalanche Center (SAC) staff observed this scenario.
Suggested Citation
Savage, S., Peitzsch, E.H., Trautman, S., and VandenBos, B., 2019, Forecasting for dry and wet avalanches during mixed rain and snow storm events: The Avalanche Review, no. January 2019, p. 30-33.
| Publication type | Article |
|---|---|
| Publication Subtype | Journal Article |
| Title | Forecasting for dry and wet avalanches during mixed rain and snow storm events |
| Series title | The Avalanche Review |
| Issue | January 2019 |
| Year Published | 2019 |
| Language | English |
| Contributing office(s) | Northern Rocky Mountain Science Center |
| Description | 4 p. |
| First page | 30 |
| Last page | 33 |