Question for any of you Merced River commuters that range from further west than El Portal...
About the second week of March that we are now in, I would expect there are a few early redbuds blossoming along highway 140 and maybe even the start of a bit of orange poppy color on those steep hillsides across the river? Winter 150 days plot of remote gauge at Briceberg:
http://cdec.water.ca.gov/jspplot/jspPlotServlet.jsp?sensor_no=8429&end=03%2F08%2F2010+12%3A30&geom=medium&interval=150&cookies=cdec01
And similar 150 day plot for Yosemite Valley:
http://cdec.water.ca.gov/jspplot/jspPlotServlet.jsp?sensor_no=11569&end=03%2F08%2F2010+12%3A35&geom=medium&interval=150&cookies=cdec01
So looks like reasonable rains have fallen.