They are forecasting up to 2 feet of fresh snow overnight and into Friday so lets hope it's the start of many more snowfalls through February.
Dave
They are forecasting up to 2 feet of fresh snow overnight and into Friday so lets hope it's the start of many more snowfalls through February.
Dave
Looking at the graph at The National Weather centre, it would seem that the latest 'Winter storm' only produced about 4 inches of new snow accumulation! That's a bit of a let down and looking at the latest image, seems about right!
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Courtesy of the Yosemite conservancy
The January Weather summary from Yosemite NPS doesn't make good reading.
January Weather Summary
New Snow: 10 inches (historical average 61 inches)
Snow Water Equivalent: 0.48 inches (historical average 5.05 inches)
Average High Temperature: 41.9°F (historical average 40.2°F)
Average Low Temperature: 12.5°F (historical average 10°F)
Average Temperature: 27.2°F (historical average 25.4°F)
Dave
Yeah, that is a bit of bummer.
Mark
The Weather centre is forecasting a very good chance of some significant snowfall on Thursday, starting off with a 40% chance of snow Tuesday night and increasing to a 60% chance on Wednesday. Here's hoping!
Dave
Snowing quite heavy right now and that's expected to continue through to Friday morning, bringing the possibility of up to 5 feet of fresh snow on the high ground.
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Dave
That is looking much better!
The other side of the storms are the mudflows in the fire areas. Look at this video from the outflow side of the Sierra Madre Dam in southern California!
When you look at the link above, set the playback at 12 hours -- in the lower right. Most of the night, it is just rain, but it gets light at about 5:30 am and it is just water streaming, but by about 11:30 am, the water turns to a muddy water flow.
Bummer, the camera lost power at 1:54 PM.
Mark
Yeah that was pretty bad, like a thick slurry, but at least the flow rate seemed to have kept it moving. I noticed the Weather centre's warning of floods throughout the area at lower levels.
Latest picture Courtesy of Yosemite Conservancy
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Dave
The previous storm brought 4feet of fresh snow to Tuolumne Meadows, but since then winter has had little more to offer. For the sake of the water table, we can only hope there are some late storms to come!
Latest image courtesy of the Yosemite Conservancy
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To conclude this contest we can confirm Tioga pass closed for Winter 2024 on November 11th with no Winner or DcTpp (Darn close Tioga pass prognosticator) for this competition. It's time to have another go already though! You can find the Tioga pass Spring opening 2025 competition here.
Dave