Southerly winds have been on the increase the past couple of days averaging 20 mph with gusting into the 30's. Today we'll see mostly sunny skies with maybe a few high clouds associated with a storm system to the north. SW winds will continue to blow in the 20-30 mph range along ridge tops, and daytime highs will be in the mid 20's. Clouds will being to develop by tomorrow as more stormy weather moves through to the north. By late in the week, some of this moisture should drop south and bring us another shot of snow with an active pattern setting up into next week.

Last week's storm cycle brought up to 50" of snow to the Abajo Mountains. I have not been able to get down there yet, but I plan to head down today. With that much snow, I'm going to assume that conditions remain dangerous until I can prove otherwise. Though instabilities within the new snow have likely settled out, human triggered avalanches involving wind drifted snow, and buried persistent weak layers remain likely.