If we can pick more than one date, then I'll take my BIL's birthday of May 5 at 8 am
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If we can pick more than one date, then I'll take my BIL's birthday of May 5 at 8 am
Utahtea,
I was wondering when we would hear from you. I agree, it is hard for me to imagine the Sierras with no snow on them.
How was your trip?
Very scary scenario if we don't get some more rain/snow soon!
Mark
Quite unbelievable conditions in Yosemite with temps in the 60's [F] in the valley and forecast to be in the 50's at 8000ft by Tuesday. Tuolumne meadows has a reported snow depth of just 3 inches. It's melting away ! With a state wide average rainfall of just 1.39 inches in the current 'water year', it put's it below the dry benchmark of 1976-77. The odds of the next 4 months producing enough rain to make an average year is 1 in 200.
The pass is only closed because of a layer of ice that has formed across the road, this is a response from the NP when asked why the pass remains closed by a member of public.
From Sentinel cam today.Quote:
The Tioga Road is currently closed. Recent surveys of conditions on Tioga Road by road crews found that a significant ice layer has formed on the road this year due to extended cold temperatures following brief warming periods earlier in the season. Tioga Road was designed and is maintained as a summer road, so it lacks guardrails, berms, and other engineered features to prevent sliding vehicles from dropping off many of the embankments. In the fall of 2012, the park pushed the envelope trying to keep the road open and during one small snowstorm had 26 accidents, including multiple rolled vehicles, in a period of less than two hours due to icy conditions.
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Dave.
That is an interesting comment from the NP service, about the results of keeping the road open for so long, in 2012. Maybe we won't see that again.
I was listening to some radio station from the US. They were discussing the extended drought in CA. Some were saying, if no significant rain/snow falls before summer, it could well be the driest year for almost 500 years. Apparently they can tell this from the studies of rings in trees, layers in rocks, and other natural features. Great concern was expressed about the availability of fresh produce.
Lifey
There is precipitation in the forecast with 10 inches of snow accumulation possible over 7000feet from Weds night through to Friday.
Dave.
It's about time we had a view like this!
http://www.roadtripamerica.com/blog/...inel_02_07.jpg
Photo courtesy of the Yosemite Conservancy
February 7th @ 9:15 am PST
http://www.roadtripamerica.com/blog/...inel_02_08.jpg
(Courtesy of the Yosemite Conservancy)
Looking better and better -- taken February 8th at 2:00 pm pst
It's nice to see the first signs of 'the hump' back in the right hand corner of the webcam image, let it snow, let it grow !
Dave.
Still no sign of the hump growing, in fact it appears to be dissapearing.
http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j2...pseb8175c3.jpg
The forecast in the Sierra's is for blue sky's and calm weather for the next week, it makes you wonder if there will be anything left to plow come April when they usually make a start.
Dave.
Whether there's anything left to plow or not won't be the real issue, they have to clear the winter debris from the road - rocks, tree branches, etc.