Getting the goods on the weather forecast is never easy. Here are some key tips on how to get the best weather picture possible according to your level of weather geekness.
Basics
CAC weather section in the bulletin for your region is based on a weather forecast product produced by the Meteorological Service of Canada especially for mountain areas. The regular weather forecast will be talking about valley bottom snowfall, temperatures and wind, but the information in the avalanche bulletin is aimed at a treeline elevation in the mountains. As you know the difference can be huge!
Weather images 101
The sites listed in the pages available in this section are designed to be fairly accessible for anyone with a bit of weather savvy. Of particular interest is a collection of datalogger information from recreation hotspots in the national parks. These can be a great help in determining what really happened in the weather overnight.
For the geeks
CAA industry services weather tabs have a good selection of haute-tech weather imagery models and info.
