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avatar Valley conditions
March 31, 2003 10:37PM
<HTML>This weekend Yosemite Valley was sunny and warm. The meadows are starting to green and the falls are flowing quite well. There are a few patches of snow on the winter route up Nevada falls but the vast majority of the trail is clear and dry.</HTML>

avatar Re: Valley conditions
April 02, 2003 02:59PM
<HTML>Sunny last weekend but now it is snowing:

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SACRAMENTO CA
855 AM PST WED APR 2 2003

...LATE SEASON STORM WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE SNOW TODAY...EVEN AT LOW ELEVATIONS...

ANOTHER COLD PACIFIC STORM SYSTEM WILL TRACK ACROSS NORTHERN CALIFORNIA TODAY. THIS STORM WILL PRODUCE NUMEROUS SHOWERS OVER THE MOUNTAINS OF INTERIOR NORTHERN CALIFORNIA WITH ADDITIONAL SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS. IN ADDITION...SNOW LEVELS ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN UNSEASONABLY LOW...WITH ACCUMULATING SNOW ANTICIPATED EVEN IN THE FOOTHILLS. THE STORM WILL MOVE TO OUR EAST THIS EVENING RESULTING IN DECREASING SNOW SHOWERS OVERNIGHT.

BURNEY BASIN/EASTERN SHASTA COUNTY-
SHASTA LAKE AREA/NORTHERN SHASTA COUNTY-
855 AM PST WED APR 2 2003

...SNOW ADVISORY FOR THE MOUNTAINS OF SHASTA COUNTY INCLUDING THE BURNEY BASIN AREA TODAY THROUGH THIS EVENING...

NUMEROUS SNOW SHOWERS WILL DEVELOP BY LATE MORNING...THEN CONTINUE THROUGH THIS EVENING. OCCASIONAL HEAVY SNOW SHOWERS MAY EVEN BE ACCOMPANIED BY THUNDER AT TIMES. SNOW LEVELS WILL REMAIN UNSEASONABLY LOW TODAY...AROUND 2000 FEET. SNOW LEVELS MAY BRIEFLY DIP AS LOW AS 1000 FEET DURING SOME OF THE HEAVIER SHOWERS. LOCAL ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES ARE EXPECTED ABOVE 2000 FEET...WITH 4 TO 7 INCHES OVER HIGHER TERRAIN.
$$

MOUNTAINS SOUTHWESTERN SHASTA COUNTY TO NORTHERN LAKE COUNTY-
855 AM PST WED APR 2 2003

...SNOW ADVISORY FOR THE MOUNTAINS OF SOUTHWESTERN SHASTA COUNTY TO NORTHERN LAKE COUNTY TODAY THROUGH THIS EVENING...

NUMEROUS SNOW SHOWERS WILL DEVELOP BY LATE MORNING...THEN CONTINUE THROUGH THIS EVENING. OCCASIONAL HEAVY SNOW SHOWERS MAY EVEN BE ACCOMPANIED BY THUNDER AT TIMES. SNOW LEVELS WILL REMAIN UNSEASONABLY LOW TODAY...AROUND 2500 FEET. SNOW LEVELS MAY BRIEFLY DIP AS LOW AS 1500 FEET DURING SOME OF THE HEAVIER SHOWERS. LOCAL ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES ARE EXPECTED ABOVE 2500 FEET...WITH 3 TO 6 INCHES OVER HIGHER TERRAIN.
$$

WEST SLOPE NORTHERN SIERRA NEVADA-
WESTERN PLUMAS COUNTY/LASSEN PARK-
855 AM PST WED APR 2 2003

...SNOW ADVISORY FOR THE WEST SLOPE OF THE NORTHERN SIERRA NEVADA INCLUDING WESTERN PLUMAS COUNTY AND LASSEN PARK TODAY THROUGH THIS EVENING...

NUMEROUS SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS EVENING WITH ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 7 INCHES. LOCAL ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS OF UP TO 10 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE OVER THE HIGHEST PEAKS.
$$

EAST FOOTHILLS/NORTH SACRAMENTO VALLEY-
855 AM PST WED APR 2 2003

...SNOW ADVISORY FOR THE EAST FOOTHILLS OF THE NORTHERN SACRAMENTO VALLEY TODAY THROUGH THIS EVENING...

NUMEROUS SHOWERS WILL DEVELOP BY EARLY AFTERNOON...THEN CONTINUE THROUGH THIS EVENING. OCCASIONAL HEAVY SHOWERS MAY BE ACCOMPANIED BY
THUNDER AT TIMES. SNOW LEVELS WILL REMAIN UNSEASONABLY LOW TODAY...AROUND 2500 FEET. SNOW LEVELS MAY BRIEFLY DIP AS LOW AS 1500 FEET DURING SOME OF THE HEAVIER SHOWERS. LOCAL ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES ARE EXPECTED ABOVE 2500 FEET.
$$

MOTHERLODE-
855 AM PST WED APR 2 2003

...SNOW ADVISORY FOR THE MOTHERLODE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH THIS EVENING...

SCATTERED SHOWERS ARE EXPECTED TO REDEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE INTO THIS EVENING. THE SHOWERS WILL BE MOST NUMEROUS NORTH OF HIGHWAY 50...WHERE THERE MAY EVEN BE AN ISOLATED THUNDERSTORM. SNOW LEVELS WILL REMAIN UNSEASONABLY LOW TODAY...AROUND 2500 FEET. SNOW LEVELS MAY BRIEFLY DIP AS LOW AS 1500 FEET DURING SOME OF THE HEAVIER SHOWERS. LOCAL ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE ABOVE 2500 FEET...ESPECIALLY NORTH OF HIGHWAY 50.
$$
JJ

[WSWSTO / WWUS46 KSTO 1049302505]

EDIS-04-02-03 0855 PST</HTML>

avatar Re: Valley conditions
April 02, 2003 03:07PM
<HTML>It actually snowed on the Valley floor today. Highways 41, 120, and the Hetch Hetchy road are currently at R2 chain restrictions, i.e. chains and/or four wheel drive. Currently there are no chain requirements for highway 140.

These conditions are subject to change of course.</HTML>

avatar Re: Valley conditions
April 03, 2003 08:14PM
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