{"blocks":[{"key":"3lbg9","text":"Convective flurries could bring up to 20 cm of new snow overnight Thursday and through Friday. If these localized cells of precip miss your area, you could get none:(","type":"unstyled","depth":0,"inlineStyleRanges":[],"entityRanges":[],"data":{}},{"key":"5j9d8","text":"","type":"unstyled","depth":0,"inlineStyleRanges":[],"entityRanges":[],"data":{}},{"key":"57opu","text":"The Lizard Range has received over 100 mm of water from this system which has translated to about 50-70 cm of heavy, upside down type snow at treeline elevation. Snow has generally been rain-soaked below 1600 m. Temperatures have been cool enough over night to start freezing some of this wet surface snow, but not cold enough to form a solid crust.","type":"unstyled","depth":0,"inlineStyleRanges":[],"entityRanges":[{"offset":117,"length":11,"key":0}],"data":{}},{"key":"faaav","text":"","type":"unstyled","depth":0,"inlineStyleRanges":[],"entityRanges":[],"data":{}},{"key":"fnut3","text":"The recent storm snow sits on a variety of old surfaces like sun crusts, freezing rain crusts, old wind-pressed snow or cold, weak snow crystals on shaded aspects. Moderate to strong southwest winds have likely contributed to cornice growth as well.","type":"unstyled","depth":0,"inlineStyleRanges":[],"entityRanges":[],"data":{}},{"key":"8shns","text":"","type":"unstyled","depth":0,"inlineStyleRanges":[],"entityRanges":[],"data":{}},{"key":"7d7mp","text":"Storm snow avalanches may step down to old persistent layers such as the surface hoar layer buried at the end of January. The distribution of this layer is spotty in nature but has produced avalanches and concerning snowpack test results in the past week, mostly in the Flathead. While it does not appear to be as widespread or reactive in the Lizard Range, it has been found in some locations. ","type":"unstyled","depth":0,"inlineStyleRanges":[],"entityRanges":[],"data":{}},{"key":"epoa3","text":"","type":"unstyled","depth":0,"inlineStyleRanges":[],"entityRanges":[],"data":{}},{"key":"6l23t","text":"The lower snowpack is well consolidated, with a crust/facet layer from early-December found near the bottom of the snowpack. It is currently considered dormant but with big rain on snow events, operators will be on guard. Check out the forecaster blog for more information. ","type":"unstyled","depth":0,"inlineStyleRanges":[],"entityRanges":[{"offset":236,"length":15,"key":1}],"data":{}},{"key":"5k04a","text":"","type":"unstyled","depth":0,"inlineStyleRanges":[],"entityRanges":[],"data":{}}],"entityMap":{"0":{"type":"LINK","mutability":"MUTABLE","data":{"url":"https://avalanche.ca/glossary#upside-down-snowpack"}},"1":{"type":"LINK","mutability":"MUTABLE","data":{"href":"https://avalanche.ca/blogs/the-crust-that-never-dies","target":"_blank","url":"https://avalanche.ca/blogs/the-crust-that-never-dies"}}}}