Inversion Photos from Grouse Mountain

Comments 1 by Rebecca Bollwitt

The weather is always a hot topic in Vancouver, especially when it comes to what’s happening either up high on the mountains or down low by the water. When it’s sunny downtown it could be snowing on the north shore. When it’s cloudy, it could be bright and beautiful at the top of a ski run. Today we had a temperature inversion, so while it was 7C and covered in cloud in Vancouver, it was a sunshine-filled day and 11C up on Grouse Mountain.

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Photo courtesy of Grouse Mountain

A temperature inversion is a thin layer of the atmosphere where the normal decrease in temperature with height switches to the temperature increasing with height. An inversion acts like a lid, keeping normal convective overturning of the atmosphere from penetrating through the inversion. [Source]

The Grouse Mountain team passed along the following images of today’s blissful view of their snow-covered slopes with the hidden city tucked under a blanket of pillowy clouds:

Inversion Photos from Grouse Mountain

Grouse Mountain's Photos of Temperature Inversion
Photos courtesy of Grouse Mountain

Grouse Mountain's Photos of Temperature Inversion
Photos courtesy of Grouse Mountain

Grouse Mountain's Photos of Temperature Inversion
Photos courtesy of Grouse Mountain

Grouse Mountain's Photos of Temperature Inversion
Photos courtesy of Grouse Mountain

Grouse Mountain's Photos of Temperature Inversion
Photos courtesy of Grouse Mountain

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  1. Raymond ParkerSaturday, January 10th, 2015 — 6:11pm PST

    I used to spend a lot of time in the mountains around Vancouver, so I’ve had the pleasure of seeing this phenomenon on more than a few occasions. It is great to leave a socked-in Vancouver to spend the day in sunshine … then gloat over it to friends complaining about what a dreary day it’s been. 🙂

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