Category: Weather
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Where is the Snow?
I’ve had a couple people email me and ask, “Where is the snow? Doesn’t Yosemite get snow this time of year?” My reply is, “Don’t worry. It’s coming.” Weather.com is forecasting a beautiful week for the rest of the week and Saturday but watch out Sunday as snow will finally return to the Sierra. It’s…
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Rain Rain and More Rain…Oh Yeah and Some Snow
To give you an idea of what the weather is like in the park right now, here’s a radar image I just grabbed from Weather.com. The blue is snow, pink is rain/snow mix, green varying levels of rain and yellow is heavy rain.
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Hot Weather Brings Warnings From Officials
An excessive heat warning has been issued by the National Weather Service for the Sierra Nevada. If you plan to be out doors drink lots of water early an watch for dehydration. If you can try to stay inside and out of the sun. If you plan on hiking watch for swift moving water and…
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Warmer Weather On The Way
The National Weather Service has issued a high stream warning for the Sierra Nevada as a high pressure moves into the area bringing with it warmer temperatures. “A TRANSITION FROM SEASONAL WEATHER TO MUCH WARMER THAN NORMAL WEATHER WILL TAKE PLACE THIS WEEK AS A STRONG HIGH PRESSURE RIDGE BUILDS OVER THE WEST. THIS CHANGE…
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Tuolumne Meadows Winter Conditions Update
If you spent the whole winter at Tuolumne, you’d be excited to see a flock of Bushtits, too. From the winter rangers: _______________________________________________ March 5, 2008 Weather: (February 27 to March 4) High temp: 61° (Feb 27) Low temp: 4° (March 4) New Snow: 0” Total settled snow depth: 58” as of March 5 Ski…
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Snowpack
Some snow info from NPS — “Park staff have completed the March 1 snow surveys. Both the Tuolumne and Merced drainages are approximately 120% of average water content, and over 100% of April 1 average. The lower elevation locations are particularly impressive, with most courses under 7000 feet showing more than 125% of April 1…
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Found! Missing Webcam and a Photo of the Day
Today’s Photo of the Day comes from 2 places, University of California San Diego for their webcam in Tioga Pass that captured the image and reader Andreas Roschlaub who found the new link and sent it to me. What am I talking about? A couple years ago UCSD placed a webcam at the Tioga Pass…
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Return of Big Snow Part 3: the Sequel
I added 3 more photos to the set, since there are a few flatlanders or maybe Texans who seem to enjoy this stuff. The 1st and 2nd photos are from before the weekend storm. The 3rd is a handsome and functional addition to an employee cabin. The blocks were made in the traditional way —…
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Traveler Update: Weather
Current weather reports are calling for snow on Wednesday but partly cloudy Today (Monday) and Tuesday. Forecasts are for partly cloudy skies on Thursday and Friday with a diminished chance of snow and rain. Currently there are only scattered showers moving in from the Pacific North West on the tail of the last storm. Go…
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Big Snow
It’s been kinda snowy here lately. I took a few photos today and like this one. If you’ve ever walked from the village to the lodge after dark, this shot shows you how much snow there is. The rest of you can click here to see more conventional pictures of big snow on Jeeps and…