Re: Winter Storm Warning

Winter Storm Warning
URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HANFORD CA
340 PM PDT SAT APR 10 2010

CAZ096-110500-
/O.UPG.KHNX.WS.A.0009.100412T0100Z-100413T0000Z/
/O.NEW.KHNX.WS.W.0010.100412T0100Z-100413T0000Z/
SIERRA NEVADA FROM YOSEMITE TO KINGS CANYON-
340 PM PDT SAT APR 10 2010

...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM SUNDAY TO 5 PM PDT
MONDAY ABOVE 5000 FEET...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HANFORD HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM
WARNING ABOVE 5000 FEET FOR HEAVY SNOW AND GUSTY WINDS...WHICH IS
IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM SUNDAY TO 5 PM PDT MONDAY FOR THE SOUTHERN
SIERRA NEVADA FROM YOSEMITE TO KINGS CANYON. THE WINTER STORM
WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: ONE TO TWO FEET OF SNOW IS LIKELY.

* TIMING: SNOW WILL BEGIN NEAR YOSEMITE BY LATE SUNDAY AFTERNOON
AND SPREAD SOUTHWARD THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS. HEAVIEST SNOW
WILL OCCUR DURING THE OVERNIGHT AND MORNING HOURS...BECOMING
MORE SHOWERY IN THE AFTERNOON.

* LOCATIONS INCLUDE: TUOLUMNE MEADOWS AND MARIPOSA GROVE IN
YOSEMITE PARK...SIERRA SUMMIT...HUNTINGTON LAKE...WISHON...HUME
LAKE.

* WINDS: SOUTHWEST 30 TO 50 MPH WITH GUSTS TO NEAR 70 MPH OVER THE
CREST WILL CREATE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW.

* IMPACTS: HEAVY SNOW WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES ALONG HIGHWAY
41 INTO THE SOUTH ENTRANCE OF YOSEMITE PARK...HIGHWAY 168 INTO
SHAVER LAKE AND HUNTINGTON LAKE...AND HIGHWAY 180 INTO GRANT
GROVE AND HUME LAKE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW AND WIND
ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS OVER THE RIDGES ARE ALSO
LIKELY. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE.

&&

$$

Winter Storm Warning
URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HANFORD CA
506 AM PDT SUN APR 11 2010

CAZ096-097-112015-
/O.CON.KHNX.WS.W.0010.100411T2200Z-100412T2300Z/
SIERRA NEVADA FROM YOSEMITE TO KINGS CANYON-
TULARE COUNTY MOUNTAINS-
506 AM PDT SUN APR 11 2010

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THIS
AFTERNOON TO 4 PM PDT MONDAY ABOVE 5000 FEET...

A WINTER STORM WARNING ABOVE 5000 FEET REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM
3 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 4 PM PDT MONDAY FOR THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS
OF THE SOUTHERN SIERRA NEVADA.

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 16 TO 26 INCHES OF NEW SNOW IS LIKELY.

* TIMING: SNOW WILL BEGIN MID TO LATE AFTERNOON NEAR YOSEMITE
AND SPREAD QUICKLY SOUTH DURING THE EARLY EVENING. THE SNOW
WILL BE HEAVIEST DURING THE OVERNIGHT AND MORNING HOURS...
BECOMING SHOWERY BY MONDAY AFTERNOON.

* LOCATIONS INCLUDE: TUOLUMNE MEADOWS AND MARIPOSA GROVE IN
YOSEMITE PARK...SIERRA SUMMIT...HUNTINGTON LAKE...SHAVER
LAKE... WISHON...HUME LAKE...GIANT FOREST...LODGEPOLE...CAMP
NELSON.

* WINDS: SOUTHWEST 30 TO 50 MPH WITH GUSTS TO NEAR 70 MPH OVER
THE CREST WILL CREATE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW.

* IMPACTS: HEAVY SNOW WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES AND
POSSIBLE ROAD CLOSURES INTO YOSEMITE...SEQUOIA...AND KINGS
CANYON NATIONAL PARKS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

$$

DUDLEY

That's nasty looking. I'm glad I'm going in the park through Arch Rock tomorrow.

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Dave
That's nasty looking. I'm glad I'm going in the park through Arch Rock tomorrow.

Not llama weather?

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szalkowski

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Dave
That's nasty looking. I'm glad I'm going in the park through Arch Rock tomorrow.

Not llama weather?

The llamas don't care, they're water proof. It's me. I can drive in the snow, but I really don't like to. The Valley floor is 4000ft and the snow is starting at 5000ft. Maybe I'll be alright. At work I drive a heavy duty Ford F250 with 4wd, but the stupid thing still has no traction.

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Dave
The llamas don't care, they're water proof. It's me. I can drive in the snow, but I really don't like to. The Valley floor is 4000ft and the snow is starting at 5000ft. Maybe I'll be alright. At work I drive a heavy duty Ford F250 with 4wd, but the stupid thing still has no traction.

No weight on the back wheels?

Bet these have traction:

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eeek

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Dave
The llamas don't care, they're water proof. It's me. I can drive in the snow, but I really don't like to. The Valley floor is 4000ft and the snow is starting at 5000ft. Maybe I'll be alright. At work I drive a heavy duty Ford F250 with 4wd, but the stupid thing still has no traction.

No weight on the back wheels?

Bet these have traction:

Weight only if I'm carrying a palette of maps or newspapers. Tomorrow should be an all computer day... I hope.

Llamas can go anywhere. I can get them in places a horse can't go.

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Dave
The Valley floor is 4000ft and the snow is starting at 5000ft.

It may have started at 5000 feet but it went below 4000.

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eeek

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Dave
The Valley floor is 4000ft and the snow is starting at 5000ft.

It may have started at 5000 feet but it went below 4000.

It was snowing pretty good in the Valley, and all the way down to Arch Rock, around 4:30pm.



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 04/12/2010 07:23PM by Dave.

Winter Storm Warning
URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HANFORD CA
223 PM PDT SUN APR 11 2010

CAZ096-097-120600-
/O.CON.KHNX.WS.W.0010.100411T2200Z-100412T2300Z/
SIERRA NEVADA FROM YOSEMITE TO KINGS CANYON-
TULARE COUNTY MOUNTAINS-
223 PM PDT SUN APR 11 2010

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PDT MONDAY
ABOVE 5000 FEET...

A WINTER STORM WARNING ABOVE 5000 FEET REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL
4 PM PDT MONDAY FOR THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF THE SOUTHERN SIERRA
NEVADA.

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 16 TO 26 INCHES OF NEW SNOW IS LIKELY.

* TIMING: SNOW HAS BEGUN NEAR YOSEMITE AND WILL SPREAD QUICKLY
SOUTH DURING THE EARLY EVENING. THE SNOW WILL BE HEAVIEST DURING
THE OVERNIGHT AND MORNING HOURS...BECOMING SHOWERY BY MONDAY
AFTERNOON. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE.

* LOCATIONS INCLUDE: CAMP NELSON...GIANT FOREST...LODGEPOLE...
SHAVER LAKE.

* WINDS: SOUTHWEST 30 TO 50 MPH WITH GUSTS TO NEAR 70 MPH OVER
THE CREST WILL CREATE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW.

* IMPACTS: HEAVY SNOW WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES AND
POSSIBLE ROAD CLOSURES INTO YOSEMITE...SEQUOIA...AND KINGS
CANYON NATIONAL PARKS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

$$

It's snowing in Lee Vining.