Reading this has me a bit concerned now. We are already at record snow depths in the high Sierras, and continued more snow will make this July's backpacking trip more of a snow adventure, something I doubt I will really enjoy.
Sierra Nevada from Yosemite to Kings Canyon
Winter Storm Warning
Statement as of 10:44 AM PDT on May 16, 2011
... Winter Storm Warning remains in effect from 11 PM this evening
to 11 am PDT Wednesday above 6000 feet...
A Winter Storm Warning above 6000 feet remains in effect from
11 PM this evening to 11 am PDT Wednesday for the higher
elevations of the southern Sierra Nevada.
* Another round of potentially dangerous winter weather will
arrive in the Sierra this evening and it will persist into
Wednesday.
* Snow accumulations: up to two feet or more of snow is
possible above 8000 feet... 10 to 18 inches above 6000 feet.
* Timing: snow will begin this evening... then continue heavy at
times well into Wednesday.
Bishop, CA Weather Advisories, Watches & Warnings
WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY
in effect until Tuesday, May 17, 10:00 AM
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 10 AM PDT TUESDAY...
A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 10 AM PDT TUESDAY.
* TIMING: SNOW WILL INCREASE LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND BECOME LOCALLY HEAVY AT TIMES OVERNIGHT BEFORE TURNING TO SHOWERS TUESDAY MORNING.
* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 4 TO 8 INCHES ABOVE 7500 FEET...ESPECIALLY WEST OF HIGHWAY 395...WITH 1 TO 4 INCHES ELSEWHERE.
* IMPACTS: SNOW COVERED ROADS WILL MAKE TRAVEL HAZARDOUS MONDAY NIGHT INTO TUESDAY MORNING WITH VISIBILITIES LESS THAN 1 MILE AT TIMES.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
SNOW WILL MAKE ROADS...BRIDGES...AND SIDEWALKS SLICK AND HAZARDOUS. DRIVING CONDITIONS WILL DETERIORATE RAPIDLY. MOTORISTS SHOULD USE CAUTION AND ALLOW EXTRA TIME TO REACH THEIR DESTINATION.
http://www.accuweather.com/us/ca/bishop/93514/watches-warnings.asp
I can only hope now that we here in southeastern Arizona get some of this cool, wet relief becaues we are burning up down here, literally!
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