J. Paladin Yip

The Intermountain Ice Forecast is a project that I’ve started working on to use high resolution models and a criteria based scoring method to evaluate conditions that are conducive to ice climbs forming.

In the meanwhile, I’ve been gathering weather information that I see as relevant to a successful forecast as to begin putting together the important variables needed to evaluate the most important considerations for ice climbs in a given area. In short form these are temperature, solar radiation, ice climb flow rate, elevation, and persistence.

Please reach out if you are interested in how to better improve these metrics or discuss. My best contact is Jackson.Yip@utah.edu

(Starred links are ones that I use most often)

Observations:

College of Dupage Satellite Page*

NWS Forecast Discussion*

METAR Outputs

NWS Hazards Map*

NCEP Surface Analysis*

National Hurricane Center Tropical Outlook

NWS Conus Radar Composite

University of Utah MesoWest*

Mount Washington Observatory*

University of Wyoming Soundings*

Forecast and Model Products:

University of Utah Weather Center*

SJSU Meteorology Product Page

Penn State E-Wall*

NWS Weeklong Outlook*

NWS Hourly Outlook*

NWS Model Output Statistics

NWS Model Guidance*

NCEP SREF Plumes*

NCEP WPC Basic Forecast

NOAA HRRR GSL Outputs

Iowa State MOS and Model Bias*

Tropical Tidbits*

TAMU Weather Data Interface

Windy*

Ice Conditions Reports:

Montana Alpine Guides Report (Bozeman Area)*

NEClimbs Ice Conditions Report (New Hampshire)*

Sierra Mountain Guides Conditions Report (Eastern Sierras)

Avalanche Reports:

Utah Avalanche Center*

Mount Washington Avalanche Center

Gallatin National Forest Avalanche Center (Montana)*

Sierra Avalanche Center*

Snow Reports:

Big Sky, MT

Alta, UT*

Sundance, UT

Bretton Woods, NH

Wildcat Mountain, NH*