‘On the visual sat picture of this morning you can see the formation of cumuliform clouds on the windward (Southern) side of the Himalayas.’ (source Eumetsat)

Everest Forecast 18 april
There is a positive evolution in the general weather conditions. Th amount of moisture is decreasing which results in less clouds and hence less snow showers. The first two days of this period there is still the possibility of snow showers but from day 3 to 4 the conditions stay pretty stable.
Concerning wind on +8000mr levels there are no big changes expected: in general an average wind of about 20-30kt (=40-60km/hr).

Levels
Base camp: 5,360mr  17,858ft
Camp 1   : 6,100mr  20,000ft
Camp 2   : 6,600mr  21,500ft
Camp 3   : 7,200mr  23,600ft
Camp 4   : 7,800mr  26,000ft
Summit   : 8,848mr  29,029ft 

Wind forecast
day 1: 19 april
BC: WNW 10kt becoming W 15kt
C1: W 15kt becoming W 20kt
C2: WNW 20kt becoming W 25kt
C3: WNW 20kt becoming W 25kt
C4: NW 20-25kt becoming NW 30kt
S!: WNW 20-25kt becoming WNW 30-35kt

day 2: 20 april
BC: SW 10kt becoming W 10-15kt
C1: W 10kt becoming W 15kt
C2: W 10-15kt becoming W 15kt
C3: WNW 10-15kt becoming W 15-20kt
C4: W 25kt becoming WNW 20-25kt
S!: WNW 30-35kt becoming W 25-30kt

day 3: 21 april
BC: WSW 5-10kt
C1: W 10-15kt becoming WSW 15-20kt
C2: W 15kt becoming WSW 20kt
C3: W 15-20kt becoming W 20kt
C4: W 20-25kt becoming W 25kt
S!: W 30kt becoming W 25kt

day 4: 22 april
BC: SW 10-15kt
C1: WSW 15-20kt
C2: W 15-20kt
C3: W 15-20kt
C4: W 20-25kt
S!: W 25-30kt

day 5: 23 april
BC: SW 10kt
C1: WSW 10-15kt
C2: W 15kt
C3: W 15-20kt
C4: W 15-20kt
S!: W 20-25kt

day 6: 24 april
BC: WSW 5-10kt
C1: WSW 10-15kt
C2: WSW 10-15kt
C3: WSW 10-15kt
C4: WSW 15-20kt
S!: WSW 25-30kt

day 7: 25 april
BC: SW 15kt
C1: SW 15kt
C2: SW 15kt
C3: WSW 15kt
C4: W 20kt
S!: W 30kt
Air temperatures over the next seven days
BC: -3°C becoming -5°C
C1: -8°C becoming -10°C
C2: -9°C becoming -12°C
C3: -11°C becoming -15°C
C4: -16°C becoming -20°C
S!: -27°C becoming -30°C

General weather conditions
day 1: 19 april: sunny and clear, becoming very cloudy up to 6-6500mr with snow or snow showers. Clear above 6500mr.
day 2: 20 april: sunny and clear, becoming very cloudy between base camp and 6200mr, risk for snow showers. Clear above.
day 3: 21 april: sunny and clear, formation of a few Cumulus cloud up to 6000mr. Small risk for a shower.
day 4: 22 april: sunny and clear, later formation of scattered Cumulus. No showers.
day 5: 23 april: similar
day 6: 24 april: similar
day 7: 25 april: scattered cloud around 7000mr, becoming sunny.

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