Pyrenees Orientales Avalanche Bulletin

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• Pyrénées Orientales - (Weekly Summary)

N66080211
AVALANCHE BULLETIN
the Pyrenees Orientales
valid outside of marked trails and open
FOR Tuesday, February 9, 2010 (written Monday, February 8)

RISK ASSESSMENT UNTIL TUESDAY EVENING:
On all ranges: marked risk (level 3)

WEATHER OUTLOOK UNTIL TUESDAY EVENING:
That night, the sky is overcast. It snows on the ranges of ensemnble.
These snowfalls are low-Capcir Puymorens while they are more continuous and sustained on the Canigou and Cerdanya, The rain-snow lying around 1400m and 1000m in the evening to dawn. Tomorrow the snow present on the ranges of the southern department fade gradually in the morning, while they persist in the day, but more sporadic to Capcir.
The rain-snow is around 1000m in early morning, 800 at mid-day and 300 to 400 late in the day.
The wind is southerly, it blows 30 to 40 km / h and then switches to any late-night north-west.
The minimum temperatures, around 1500, are around -3 to -6 degrees, the maximum between 0 and 2 degrees.

SNOW_CONDITIONS
In northern slopes, the first patches of snow appeared around 1500. Towards 2000/2200m found an average of 60cm to 1.20m and up to 1WEATHER OUTLOOK0 in the Northwest Capcir. In the area of Puigmal, 2000/2200 m to the average height is 40 cm and about 2400 m there are about 1.30 m areas with little snow alongside large accumulations.
Skiing hiking is difficult to Canigou Cambre d\u0026#39;Aze, due to less snow cover and lack of a hard layer under.
On the other hand, the valleys of these ranges are composed of large accumulations of snow and harsh cold and often upon which the few recent snow.
STABILITY OF THE SNOWPACK:
TRAINING FOR NEW slab
The snow expected tonight on the massive Cerdanya-Canigou and expected tomorrow Capcir will produce a southerly wind and then north-west claimed. This wind will help make new cornices and / or slab to the wind in places suitable deposits.
These slab can be deposited on the panels in place especially in the sector and Camporells Valley Curve Capcir, and place a layer of snow pellets fell the last week.
In the northern slopes in some corridors, these old slab and accumulations are often based on weak layers and are likely to give rise to avalanches in many corridors with low overhead.
In the southern slopes, the snowpack, lower, is fairly stable, especially at altitudes below 2200m.
In Cerdanya-Canigou, the snowpack is lower but some patches may be sensitive to light loads.
TREND LATER RISK:
Stationary.
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