Wild conditions today
21st December 2022
Strong winds, drifting snow and poor visibility made conditions challenging today. Snow was being transported on very strong South-South-Westerly winds, with moderately bonded windslab developing mainly on North-West through North to East aspects above 1000 metres. Elsewhere the old snowpack is firm and stable with a thin covering of soft fresh snow. The freezing level rose to around 1000 metres during the afternoon with precipitation turning to rain at lower levels.

Looking up Fiacaill a Choire Chais. This was what the visibility was like most of the day, with drifting from right to left (West to East) across the picture.

Looking down Fiacaill a Choire Cas from the same location. The west facing slopes are scoured with more snow on the East side. Most of this snow is old firm snow with a thin layer of soft fresh snow on top.
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