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## gpt-5-1[[edit](https://freemwiki.com/index.php?title=Openai/69235e49-f78c-8001-a70a-37b4e2caa0d3&veaction=edit&section=1 "Edit section: gpt-5-1") | [edit source](https://freemwiki.com/index.php?title=Openai/69235e49-f78c-8001-a70a-37b4e2caa0d3&action=edit&section=1 "Edit section's source code: gpt-5-1")]

### User: I’m looking for an automation to let me know where there’s new snow at Sunshine village or ski Louise.[[edit](https://freemwiki.com/index.php?title=Openai/69235e49-f78c-8001-a70a-37b4e2caa0d3&veaction=edit&section=2 "Edit section: User: I’m looking for an automation to let me know where there’s new snow at Sunshine village or ski Louise.") | [edit source](https://freemwiki.com/index.php?title=Openai/69235e49-f78c-8001-a70a-37b4e2caa0d3&action=edit&section=2 "Edit section's source code: User: I’m looking for an automation to let me know where there’s new snow at Sunshine village or ski Louise.")]

I’m looking for an automation to let me know where there’s new snow at Sunshine village or ski Louise. There were some automated snow plots I could scrape but I think it’s gone. It was Mountain-weather.ca or something like that.

### Assistant: Great—there is usable data for an alert/automation for fresh snow at Sunshine Village and likely Lake Louise — let me w…[[edit](https://freemwiki.com/index.php?title=Openai/69235e49-f78c-8001-a70a-37b4e2caa0d3&veaction=edit&section=3 "Edit section: Assistant: Great—there is usable data for an alert/automation for fresh snow at Sunshine Village and likely Lake Louise — let me w…") | [edit source](https://freemwiki.com/index.php?title=Openai/69235e49-f78c-8001-a70a-37b4e2caa0d3&action=edit&section=3 "Edit section's source code: Assistant: Great—there is usable data for an alert/automation for fresh snow at Sunshine Village and likely Lake Louise — let me w…")]

Great—there is usable data for an alert/automation for fresh snow at Sunshine Village (and likely Lake Louise) — let me walk you through how you can set this up:

##### ✅ Data sources found[[edit](https://freemwiki.com/index.php?title=Openai/69235e49-f78c-8001-a70a-37b4e2caa0d3&veaction=edit&section=4 "Edit section: ✅ Data sources found") | [edit source](https://freemwiki.com/index.php?title=Openai/69235e49-f78c-8001-a70a-37b4e2caa0d3&action=edit&section=4 "Edit section's source code: ✅ Data sources found")]

*   Sunshine Village: There’s a snow-plot station labelled “SUNQ1 – Sunshine Village Snow Site” on the Northwest River Forecast Center page, showing snow water equivalent (SWE), depth, etc. nwrfc.noaa.gov[[2]](https://freemwiki.com/index.php?oldid=595816&title=Openai%2F69235e49-f78c-8001-a70a-37b4e2caa0d3#cite_note-2)
*   Alberta’s “Mountain Snow Course Data & Observation Reports” portal (via Alberta Environment and Parks / WaterPortal) shows they maintain similar data streams. Canada WaterPortal[[3]](https://freemwiki.com/index.php?oldid=595816&title=Openai%2F69235e49-f78c-8001-a70a-37b4e2caa0d3#cite_note-3)
*   Lake Louise: There’s mention of an RSS feed for snow reports in the Lake Louise API docs (look at “SNOW-RSS.php”). api.skilouise.com[[4]](https://freemwiki.com/index.php?oldid=595816&title=Openai%2F69235e49-f78c-8001-a70a-37b4e2caa0d3#cite_note-4)

##### 🛠 Proposed automation outline[[edit](https://freemwiki.com/index.php?title=Openai/69235e49-f78c-8001-a70a-37b4e2caa0d3&veaction=edit&section=5 "Edit section: 🛠 Proposed automation outline") | [edit source](https://freemwiki.com/index.php?title=Openai/69235e49-f78c-8001-a70a-37b4e2caa0d3&action=edit&section=5 "Edit section's source code: 🛠 Proposed automation outline")]

Here’s how you could build an alert system for “new snow” (for example a threshold of +5 cm in 24 hours or similar) for either or both resorts:

1.   Data extraction - For Sunshine: scrape the SUNQ1 station HTML. You’ll need to find the latest “snow depth” or “SWE change” values from the table. - For Lake Louise: hit the RSS endpoint (or any JSON/HTML endpoint if available) from the SkiLouise API to fetch the daily snowfall/24-hr change. - Store the previous reading each run (e.g., in a small database or plain file) so you can calculate delta (change) since last check.
2.   Threshold logic - Define what “new snow” means to you (e.g., 5 cm or more depth increase, or some other SWE change threshold). - Compare the latest data to previous reading → if delta ≥ threshold, trigger alert.
3.   Alert delivery - Choose your alert channel: email, push notification, Slack message, SMS, etc. - Include the resort name, time, depth change, maybe link to live webcam or conditions page.
4.   Schedule - Set your script to run once or twice daily (e.g., early morning when new data comes in). - If you own a small server or use AWS Lambda / Google Cloud Functions + schedule, that's a clean solution.
5.   Edge-cases / reliability - Ensure you handle missing data (e.g., early/late season when station not updating). - Might be good to fetch also the “resort‐reported overnight snowfall” from resort website as cross-check. For example SkiLouise says they report overnight, 24h, 48h values. Skilouise[[5]](https://freemwiki.com/index.php?oldid=595816&title=Openai%2F69235e49-f78c-8001-a70a-37b4e2caa0d3#cite_note-5) - Consider timezone / run time (Alberta MST/MDT) so you don’t miss the daily update window.

##### 🔍 Sample implementation (pseudo)[[edit](https://freemwiki.com/index.php?title=Openai/69235e49-f78c-8001-a70a-37b4e2caa0d3&veaction=edit&section=6 "Edit section: 🔍 Sample implementation (pseudo)") | [edit source](https://freemwiki.com/index.php?title=Openai/69235e49-f78c-8001-a70a-37b4e2caa0d3&action=edit&section=6 "Edit section's source code: 🔍 Sample implementation (pseudo)")]

# pseudocode
DATA_URL_SUN = "https://www.nwrfc.noaa.gov/snow/snowplot.cgi?SUNQ1"
THRESHOLD_CM = 5

prev_depth = load_prev("sun_depth.txt")
latest = scrape_depth_from_url(DATA_URL_SUN)   # parse html, find “Snow Depth (inches)”, convert to cm

if latest - prev_depth >= THRESHOLD_CM:
    send_alert(f"Sunshine Village: {latest-prev_depth:.1f} cm new snow; total depth {latest:.1f} cm")
save_prev("sun_depth.txt", latest)

And similarly for Lake Louise with its URL / RSS feed.

##### 🤔 Some caveats[[edit](https://freemwiki.com/index.php?title=Openai/69235e49-f78c-8001-a70a-37b4e2caa0d3&veaction=edit&section=7 "Edit section: 🤔 Some caveats") | [edit source](https://freemwiki.com/index.php?title=Openai/69235e49-f78c-8001-a70a-37b4e2caa0d3&action=edit&section=7 "Edit section's source code: 🤔 Some caveats")]

*   The station data for Sunshine is in inches in that NOAA page. For example it shows “Snow Depth (inches)”. nwrfc.noaa.gov[[6]](https://freemwiki.com/index.php?oldid=595816&title=Openai%2F69235e49-f78c-8001-a70a-37b4e2caa0d3#cite_note-6) You’ll want to convert to cm if you prefer metric.
*   The station may not exactly correspond to the same vertical terrain you ski on (though at Sunshine it looks like proper high-elevation station).
*   Some resort reported “new snow” times might be slightly different than the raw station.
*   Data availability: the NOAA page says “Please Note: Data provided by Alberta Environment and Parks” for Canadian stations. So the reliability is there but you must check whether updates are frequent. nwrfc.noaa.gov[[7]](https://freemwiki.com/index.php?oldid=595816&title=Openai%2F69235e49-f78c-8001-a70a-37b4e2caa0d3#cite_note-7)

If you like, I can look up the direct URLs for both resorts’ data (for example JSON endpoints or RSS feeds) and help you craft a full script (in Python or whatever you prefer) to run this automation. Would you like me to dig that up?

## References[[edit](https://freemwiki.com/index.php?title=Openai/69235e49-f78c-8001-a70a-37b4e2caa0d3&veaction=edit&section=8 "Edit section: References") | [edit source](https://freemwiki.com/index.php?title=Openai/69235e49-f78c-8001-a70a-37b4e2caa0d3&action=edit&section=8 "Edit section's source code: References")]

1.   [↑](https://freemwiki.com/index.php?oldid=595816&title=Openai%2F69235e49-f78c-8001-a70a-37b4e2caa0d3#cite_ref-1 "Jump up")["Snow alert automation setup"](https://chatgpt.com/share/69235e49-f78c-8001-a70a-37b4e2caa0d3). ChatGPT. Retrieved 2026-01-19.
2.   [↑](https://freemwiki.com/index.php?oldid=595816&title=Openai%2F69235e49-f78c-8001-a70a-37b4e2caa0d3#cite_ref-2 "Jump up")["nwrfc.noaa.gov"](https://www.nwrfc.noaa.gov/snow/snowplot.cgi?SUNQ1=). nwrfc.noaa.gov. Retrieved 2026-01-19.
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5.   [↑](https://freemwiki.com/index.php?oldid=595816&title=Openai%2F69235e49-f78c-8001-a70a-37b4e2caa0d3#cite_ref-5 "Jump up")["Skilouise"](https://www.skilouise.com/things-to-do/how-we-report-snowfall-mountain-conditions/). skilouise.com. Retrieved 2026-01-19.
6.   [↑](https://freemwiki.com/index.php?oldid=595816&title=Openai%2F69235e49-f78c-8001-a70a-37b4e2caa0d3#cite_ref-6 "Jump up")["nwrfc.noaa.gov"](https://www.nwrfc.noaa.gov/snow/snowplot.cgi?SUNQ1=). nwrfc.noaa.gov. Retrieved 2026-01-19.
7.   [↑](https://freemwiki.com/index.php?oldid=595816&title=Openai%2F69235e49-f78c-8001-a70a-37b4e2caa0d3#cite_ref-7 "Jump up")["nwrfc.noaa.gov"](https://www.nwrfc.noaa.gov/snow/snowplot.cgi?SUNQ1=). nwrfc.noaa.gov. Retrieved 2026-01-19.