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I finally found where I had seen the starting date for plowing. Sorry if I caused any confusion.
This is from the official Yosemite site:
http://www.nps.gov/yose/planyourvisit/tiogaopen.htm
"Clearing of the Tioga Road begins on or about April 15 each year and usually takes between one and two months. Predicting when the road will open is not possible, even in late spring, because weather i
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Louis
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General Discussion Am I not correct that Tioga plowing usually begins on April 15th?
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Louis
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General Discussion It's just a little more than a month until plowing starts on Tioga Road. Yeaaa!
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Louis
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General Discussion For the Northern Sierra the Weather Service has issued a Wind Advisory, a Winter Weather Advisory, and a Winter Storm Watch. They seem intent on covering a lot of possibilities.
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Louis
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General Discussion There's a weather advisory for northern California calling for heavy rain with snow above 8,000 ft. Mainly Sunday and Monday. Don't know if it'll get far enough south to affect Yosemite.
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General Discussion Word is the storm coming in tomorrow is bigger than the previous ones.
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Louis
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General Discussion >There goes my ski trip...sigh (I know I KNOW: we need the pac, but but but...!)
Yes, we really do need the snow. I'll tell the weather spirits you were only kidding. :-)
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Louis
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General Discussion I don't know how much Yosemite got but on the south shore of Tahoe we didn't even manage half an inch.
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Louis
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General Discussion Vince Wrote:
> It is the Sierra. Not the Sierras.
eeek Wrote:
>That one drives me nuts!
It used to bug Ansel too. Also contrails. He called them "sky worms."
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Louis
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General Discussion Walking about wearing a skunk hat and smelling like a Double Whopper. Now that's some fashion statement. :-)
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Louis
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General Discussion The weather service says there is another big storm due to arrive late Thursday.
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Louis
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General Discussion Hwys 4 and 108 are now listed by Caltrans as closed for the winter.
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Louis
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General Discussion We just had a snow shower at Tahoe. Lasted about 30 minutes and then the sun came out. The high today so far has been 24 degrees.
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Louis
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General Discussion Here's an excerpt from the Tahoe newspaper about the upcoming weather systems.
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An intense cold front will move rapidly through the region Friday night and Saturday, according to the National Weather Service in Reno, which has issued a high wind watch. Strong downslope winds are possible along the Eastern Sierra from Reno and Lake Tahoe southward into Mono and Mineral counties.
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Louis
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General Discussion Hopefully this series will end up dumping a fair amount of snow. I returned to Tahoe Wednesday via Hwt 4 and there was very little snow on the ground...even at the pass.
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Louis
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General Discussion Frank Furter wrote:
> >>Ah, that's nothing. I can honestly claim to have punched
> cards to write computer programs. <<
> Should we be addressing you as "chad"?
>
> Actually I don't miss much about the old days except that we
> drank from the streams with far less concern ( possibly just
> blissfully ignorant) until sometime in the 70's when Guardia
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