Wet snow on all aspects on Jake's

Location Name: 
Jake's Peak
Region: 
West Shore Area
Date and time of observation: 
Tue, 04/05/2011 - 15:00
Location Map: 
United States
38° 58' 14.2932" N, 120° 6' 41.1516" W
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Observation made by: Forecaster
Snowpit Observations
More detailed information about the snowpack: 

2-4 inches of wet snow existed above a supportable crust on NE-N aspects between 7400 ft and 8500 ft. Above 8500 ft the snow surface on these aspects still showed some signs of warming but did not have as much wet snow on it. On the more sun exposed E-SE-S-SW aspects 8-14 inches of wet snow existed above a barely supportable and rapidly melting crust that was the remains of last night's refreeze. Some small skier triggered roller balls occurred on steep test slopes on these aspects between 7400 ft and 9000 ft. Runnels up to 8 inches in depth existed on the most sun-exposed SE-S aspects.

Photo 1: Runnels at 8000 ft on an E-SE aspect

Pit Profile: At 8000 ft on a SE aspect where the lat/long coordinates are.

Snowpit or crown profile photo or graph: 
Snowpack photos: 
Weather Observations
Blowing Snow: 
Cloud Cover: 
100% of the sky covered by clouds
Air temperature: 
Above Freezing
Wind Speed: 
Light
Precipitation: 
Mixed rain and snow
Air temperature trend: 
Static
Wind Direction: 
Southwest
Accumulation rate: 
None
More detailed information about the weather: 

Clouds expanded to cover most of the sky by 2 pm. Light, intermittent rain and snow showers started to occur around 3 pm with snow level hovering around 8000 ft.