Winter Storm Warning

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HANFORD CA
400 PM PST THU MAR 11 2010

CAZ096-120800-
/O.UPG.KHNX.WS.A.0007.100313T0000Z-100313T1400Z/
/O.NEW.KHNX.WS.W.0007.100313T0000Z-100313T1400Z/
SIERRA NEVADA FROM YOSEMITE TO KINGS CANYON-
400 PM PST THU MAR 11 2010

...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM FRIDAY TO 6 AM PST
SATURDAY ABOVE 6000 FEET...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HANFORD HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM
WARNING ABOVE 6000 FEET FOR HEAVY SNOW AND STRONG WINDS...WHICH
IS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM FRIDAY TO 6 AM PST SATURDAY FOR THE SOUTHERN
SIERRA NEVADA FROM YOSEMITE TO KINGS CANYON NATIONAL PARK. THE
WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.

* THE NEXT PACIFIC STORM WILL MOVE INTO CENTRAL CALIFORNIA BY
MIDDAY FRIDAY...WITH RAIN AND MOUNTAIN SNOW SPREADING SOUTH
THROUGH THE AFTERNOON INTO FRIDAY EVENING.

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: A STORM TOTAL OF UP TO 13 INCHES OF NEW SNOW
WILL BE POSSIBLE ABOVE 7000 FEET AT YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK...WITH
UP TO 10 INCHES POSSIBLE ABOVE 6000 FEET.

* ELEVATION: SNOW LEVELS WILL BE BETWEEN 5000 AND 6000 FEET FRIDAY
NIGHT DURING THE HEAVIEST SNOWFALL...FALLING TO AROUND 4000 FEET
EARLY SATURDAY MORNING AS THE SNOWFALL DIMINISHES.

* TIMING: THE HEAVIEST SNOW WILL FALL FRIDAY NIGHT...TAPERING
OFF SATURDAY MORNING. A FEW RESIDUAL SNOW SHOWERS WILL BE
POSSIBLE SATURDAY AFTERNOON.

* LOCATIONS INCLUDE: HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK
INCLUDING BADGER PASS...HUNTINGTON LAKE...LAKE WISHON..AND GRANT
GROVE.

* WINDS: SOUTHWEST WINDS UP TO 30 MPH MAY CAUSE AREAS OF
BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW.

* IMPACTS: ROADS ABOVE 6000 FEET WILL BECOME HAZARDOUS AT TIMES.
BE PREPARED FOR WINTER DRIVING CONDITIONS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE
EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL
MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE.

&&


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Boy, I could feel this coming - we camped at 2500-3000 feet and it was 25F last night, with a nip in the air today.... Had dew turn to ice on the picnic tables and the water bottle. Thank goodness for down bags and morning sunshine!

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Boy, I could feel this coming - we camped at 2500-3000 feet and it was 25F last night, with a nip in the air today.... Had dew turn to ice on the picnic tables and the water bottle. Thank goodness for down bags and morning sunshine!

We had a nice layer of ice on the windshield this morning in Oakhurst. Scraping ice just isn't in my California born genes!

Winter Storm Warning

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HANFORD CA
357 PM PST FRI MAR 12 2010

CAZ096-130800-
/O.CON.KHNX.WS.W.0007.100313T0000Z-100313T1400Z/
SIERRA NEVADA FROM YOSEMITE TO KINGS CANYON-
357 PM PST FRI MAR 12 2010

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM PST SATURDAY
ABOVE 6000 FEET...

A WINTER STORM WARNING ABOVE 6000 FEET REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL
6 AM PST SATURDAY FOR FOR THE SOUTHERN SIERRA NEVADA FROM YOSEMITE
TO KINGS CANYON.

* THE NEXT PACIFIC STORM IS MOVING INTO CENTRAL CALIFORNIA THIS
AFTERNOON. RAIN AND MOUNTAIN SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO SPREAD SOUTH
THROUGH THE EVENING.

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: A STORM TOTAL OF UP TO 13 INCHES OF NEW
SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE ABOVE 7000 FEET AT YOSEMITE NATIONAL
PARK...WITH UP TO 10 INCHES POSSIBLE ABOVE 6000 FEET.

* ELEVATION: SNOW LEVELS WILL BE BETWEEN 5000 AND 6000 FEET
TONIGHT DURING THE HEAVIEST SNOWFALL...FALLING TO AROUND
4000 FEET EARLY SATURDAY MORNING AS THE SNOWFALL DIMINISHES.

* TIMING: THE HEAVIEST SNOW WILL FALL TONIGHT...TAPERING OFF
SATURDAY MORNING. A FEW RESIDUAL SNOW SHOWERS WILL BE
POSSIBLE SATURDAY AFTERNOON.

* LOCATIONS INCLUDE: HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF YOSEMITE NATIONAL
PARK INCLUDING BADGER PASS...HUNTINGTON LAKE...LAKE
WISHON..AND GRANT GROVE.

* WINDS: SOUTHWEST WINDS UP TO 30 MPH MAY CAUSE AREAS OF
BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW.

* IMPACTS: ROADS ABOVE 6000 FEET WILL BECOME HAZARDOUS AT
TIMES. BE PREPARED FOR WINTER DRIVING CONDITIONS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE
EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL
MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE.

&&

$$