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<HTML>WINTER STORM WATCH FOR SATURDAY THROUGH SUNDAY ACROSS THE...
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SACRAMENTO CA
345 PM PDT FRI APR 11 2003
.AN UNSEASONABLY COLD UPPER LEVEL LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM FROM THE GULF OF ALASKA WILL MOVE ONSHORE INTO NORTHERN CALIFORNIA THIS WEEKEND. MOUNTAIN SNOW SHOULD BEGIN LATE TONIGHT INTO EARLY SATURDAY MORNING ACROSS THE NORTHERN AND COASTAL MOUNTAINS AND THEN SPRE
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General Discussion <HTML>Tioga's opening depends a lot on the amount of snow they have to plow and the avalanch hazards. I would suspect an early opening this year unless we get a lot of late snow. I'll post info about the plowing when it starts.</HTML>
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General Discussion <HTML>A SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT TROUGH THIS AFTERNOON FOR THE SOUTHERN SIERRA NEVADA...FROM YOSEMITE TO KINGS CANYON...
A COLD PACIFIC WEATHER SYSTEM MOVING THROUGH THE AREA WILL CONTINUE TO PROVIDE SNOW ACROSS THE SIERRA NEVADA THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. SNOW WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES. TOTAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 5 TO 10 INCHES ARE EXPECTED BY THIS AFTERNOON. THE SNOW WILL TAPER TO SCATTE
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General Discussion A couple of pictures can be found here:
http://www.spinics.net/dchs/forum/read.php?f=1&i=5318&t=5318
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General Discussion <HTML>The road to the Mariposa Sequoia Grove is scheduled to open tomorrow, Friday April 4th.</HTML>
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General Discussion <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>
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General Discussion <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 SIGNI
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General Discussion <HTML>It's not really very scary unless you can't handle mountain roads at all. You'd probably find many of the other roads in the park to have worse sections.</HTML>
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General Discussion <HTML>Gate hours have been changed from 8:00 am to 5:00 pm hours to 7:00 am to 7:00 pm. Starting April 6 (Daylight savings time), we'll have our access gates open from 7:00 am to 9:00 pm.</HTML>
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General Discussion <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>
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General Discussion You can see what the Valley floor looks like at http://www.halfdomecam.com/current_capture.htm
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General Discussion <HTML>The National Park Service is holding an open house in Yosemite National Park on Friday, March 28 from 2:00 pm to 8:00 pm at the East Auditorium, behind the Yosemite Valley Visitor Center.
The public is invited to the open house as the park moves forward on an ambitious slate of improvement projects in Yosemite National Park. These projects will implement actions called for in the Yos
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General Discussion <HTML>The striping is being switch to day light hours due to cold night temps.</HTML>
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General Discussion <HTML>There should be no snow on the Valley floor. The Four Mile Trail to Glacier Point is closed (due to ice) and the Vernal Falls Mist Trail is also closed.</HTML>
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General Discussion <HTML>It's current condition is buried under snow. When plowing starts you should be able to find status reports here.</HTML>
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General Discussion <HTML>The annual pavement striping is tentatively scheduled to start Mon., March 24. Most of the work will occur between 8:00 pm and 6:00 am. The projected schedule is to start with the El Portal Road and the Valley floor. This will probably take three to four days to accomplish. From there, the contractor will be going to the Wawona Road, then the Big Oak Flat Road. All stencil painting wi
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General Discussion Two giant sequoias that put down roots long before the United States became a country fell last weekend:
http://www.spinics.net/r/story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20030301/ap_on_re_us/fallen_sequoias_2
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General Discussion <HTML>Here's some:
1. Happy Isles to Little Yosemite Valley (or beyond if you wish)
2. Yosemite Falls trail.
3. Snow Creek trail out of Mirror Lake.</HTML>
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General Discussion <HTML>A dry February caused the water content of the snow pack to drop considerably below average. The Tuolumne drainage is currently at 76% and the Merced drainage is at 75% of average water content.</HTML>
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General Discussion <HTML>NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HANFORD CA
330 PM PST SUN FEB 23 2003
A DEVELOPING STORM IN THE EASTERN PACIFIC WILL SPREAD RAIN AND SNOW TOWARD THE SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA MOUNTAINS MONDAY AND TUESDAY. HEAVIEST PRECIPITATION WILL OCCUR MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY MORNING BEFORE TAPERING OFF TUESDAY AFTERNOON. SIGNIFICANT LOWERING OF THE SNOW LEVEL IN THE KERN COUNTY MOUNTAINS WILL OCCUR. ISOLATED
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General Discussion Yosemite National Park Seeks Public Comment on Cascades Diversion Dam Removal Environmental Assessment
Yosemite National Park announces the opening of the public comment period for the Cascades Diversion Dam Removal Environmental Assessment (EA).
The National Park Service proposes to remove the dam in order to restore the natural free flowing condition of the Merced River. The dam was const
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General Discussion Avalanche/Snow Conditions: (above 8000’ Avalanche potential is Moderate to Considerable. Steeper north or near north aspects hold the highest potential along with leeward slopes.
For more information on avalanches see: http://www.avalanche.org/
Current California conditions can be found at http://www.csac.org/Bulletins/Calif/current.html
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General Discussion <HTML>NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV 405 AM PST SAT FEB 15 2003
...WINTER STORM TO MOVE INTO THE SIERRA TONIGHT...
.A COLD PACIFIC STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE INTO NORTHERN CALIFORNIA TODAY...THEN SWEEP ACROSS THE SIERRA AND INTO NEVADA LATE TONIGHT AND SUNDAY. THIS STORM WILL PRODUCE HEAVY SNOW IN THE SIERRA AND WILL BE ACCOMPANIED BY STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS... RESULTING IN CONSIDERABLE
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General Discussion <HTML>The National Park Service welcomes those who love and care for Yosemite National Park to attend an open house in Yosemite Valley on Wednesday, February 26 from 2:00 pm to 6:00 pm at the East Auditorium, behind the Valley Visitor Center.
The public is invited to the open house as the park moves forward on an ambitious slate of improvement projects in Yosemite National Park. These pro
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General Discussion <HTML>The number of visitors for 2002 was down 1.25% from 2001:
2002: 3,468,174
2001: 3,512,249</HTML>
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General Discussion <HTML>While hiking near the base of El Capitan in a snowstorm on the evening of December 28, climbers heard yells for help coming from the Zodiac route and reported the yelling to the park around 7:30 p.m. Ranger Jack Hoeflich hiked to the base of the route in the severe storm, arriving there about 11 p.m. With difficulty, Hoeflich located an unresponsive climber swinging in the wind on a r
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General Discussion