Much needed snow, but it looks short lived with the weather clearing again tonight for the rest of the week with new accumulation thought to amount to just 3 or 4 inches.
Dave.
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Much needed snow, but it looks short lived with the weather clearing again tonight for the rest of the week with new accumulation thought to amount to just 3 or 4 inches.
Dave.
I guess I better get my guess in.
I'll go with May 1 at Noon.
May 8th at 7:30pm.
Not much of the white stuff left from this latest storm...
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Photo courtesy of the Yosemite Conservancy
April 12th at 11:20 am PDT
April 18th... Even less of the white stuff...
http://www.roadtripamerica.com/blog/..._15_04_18a.jpg
Photo courtesy of the Yosemite Conservancy
It has to be pretty soon - Ebbetts and Sonora Passes opened last Friday!
May 6 at 9am, but I bet it's before that.
Plowing began last week and Caltrans has 120 open from Lee Vining to the entrance station on the pass.
Its looking quite possible that we could see an April opening of the pass, although it looks an unsettled bag of weather this week with Thunderstorms and Hail today turning to rain and snow on the pass. It doesn't look as though there will be much new snow accumulation but it could slow the works.
The drought means that Mono Lake has dropped to a level so low that there has been a 70% reduction on the amount of water exported to LA !
Do you guys think there any chance that the pass will be open on April 28th (one week from now)?
I think there is a chance Andy, but there is just no way of knowing. It doesn't look like plowing will take much time at all but they have to clear debris and carry out road repairs also. Clearing has begun, but there are no progress reports as yet. Watch this space.
This years snowpack at April 1st stands at just 7% of average according to the Yosemite website. As yet there have been no plowing reports updates, if indeed there is anything to plow !! A road rehabilitation project is in progress on the Tioga Road from Crane Flat To White Wolf. The road works have begun and the project is scheduled to conclude in November 2015. I wonder if they might get a head start on this while the road is closed, rather than getting it open early ??
A few inches of snow are possible from today through Saturday night.
Dave.