A storm that feels more like we’re in November than March is expected to continue dropping rain and snow in the Yosemite area into early next week.
A LARGE UPPER LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL MOVE INTO THE CENTRAL CALIFORNIA INTERIOR FRIDAY NIGHT. THIS IS FORECAST TO BE A STRONG…COLD SYSTEM AND WILL BRING PRECIPITATION AS FAR SOUTH AS KERN COUNTY. TEMPERATURES BY SUNDAY WILL BE 10 TO 15 DEGREES BELOW NORMAL AS THE COLD AIRMASS MOVES INTO CENTRAL CALIFORNIA. THE SNOW LEVEL WILL FALL TO AROUND 2000 FEET BY SUNDAY MORNING AND SNOW COULD ACCUMULATE IN THE GRAPEVINE AND TEHACHAPI AREAS ON SUNDAY…ADVERSELY IMPACTING TRAVEL OVER INTERSTATE 5 AND HIGHWAY 58. SNOW COULD ALSO FALL IN THE SOUTHERN SIERRA NEVADA FOOTHILLS.
WINDY CONDITIONS WILL ALSO ACCOMPANY THE INCOMING STORM SYSTEM ON FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY…ESPECIALLY THROUGH AND BELOW THE KERN COUNTY MOUNTAIN PASSES AND OVER THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF THE SOUTHERN SIERRA NEVADA.
THERE WILL BE A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS IN THE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY AND ADJACENT FOOTHILLS ON SUNDAY AS A COLD AND UNSTABLE AIRMASS MOVES OVERHEAD. (NOAA)
If you’re headed up to the park you’ll probably want to bring chains for this one. If you don’t have them chains are available at most of the communities surrounding the park.