Amazing what sunshine and temperatures in the 60s and 70s (and lows near 50ºF) will do to a snowpack. By Sunday evening the snow pack here on Keystone Ridge, which on Wednesday was still near 100% coverage, was reduced to patches. Of course, with the melting snow and warm temperatures came the first mosquitoes of the season, which were surprisingly pesky. Down at Denali Park HQ, the meltout date of May 25th was one day short of the 1992 record of May 26th. Monday, May 27, 2013
The End of the Snowpack
Amazing what sunshine and temperatures in the 60s and 70s (and lows near 50ºF) will do to a snowpack. By Sunday evening the snow pack here on Keystone Ridge, which on Wednesday was still near 100% coverage, was reduced to patches. Of course, with the melting snow and warm temperatures came the first mosquitoes of the season, which were surprisingly pesky. Down at Denali Park HQ, the meltout date of May 25th was one day short of the 1992 record of May 26th.
Still need snow? There's still a pile on the north face of the Darwin Award climbing gizmo next to the Rec Center at the U.
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http://pafg.arh.noaa.gov/arhdata/sat/hrpt/latest/4f1f.jpg
ReplyDeleteThe current flooding of the Yukon River around Galena upstream of Bishop's Rock is visible in the above IR shot. Look at the lower left and match to a topographic or Google Earth.
Gary