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Daily Report - Yosemite National Park
Thursday, July 29, 2010
Weather
Yosemite Valley
Today: Sunny, with a high near 92. Light wind becoming southwest between 10
and 13 mph.
Tonight: Mostly clear, with a low around 55. Southwest wind at 10 mph
becoming southeast.
Friday: Sunny, with a high near 94. Southeast wind at 11 mph becoming west
southwest.
El Portal
Today: Sunny, with a high near 95. South southwest wind between 5 and 10
mph.
Tonight: Clear, with a low around 57. Southwest wind between 5 and 8 mph
becoming calm.
Friday: Sunny and hot, with a high near 96. East wind 5 to 10 mph becoming
west southwest.
Wawona
Today: Sunny, with a high near 92. Calm wind becoming southwest between 7
and 10 mph.
Tonight: Clear, with a low around 48. Calm wind becoming east between 7 and
10 mph.
Tags: YOSEMITE OUTDOOR ADVENTURES #54
Miwok-Paiute Acorn Basketry 2 With Lucy Parker and Family
August 20-22, 2010 in Tuolumne
Meet heritage that lives on in Yosemite. Each student will prepare
materials for an acorn gathering basket. Lucy, her daughter Ursula, and
her mother Julia, will demonstrate weaving techniques and help students
start and build their own baskets. Yosemite basket traditions and history
will be discussed throughout the class. All materials are provided to
participants. This class involves short walks of which you will be
gathering material for your baskets. Hiking is not the focus of this
course. Please contact Holly at 209-379-2317 X17 or Pete 209-379-2317 X12
for more information. NPS is free, but would have to pay for the cost of
materials. This is a great class to be creative and learn about the
Miwok-Paiute Culture. Come join the 3 generations--Lucy, Ursula, and
Julia.
Daily Report - Yosemite National Park
Wednesday, July 28, 2010
Weather
Yosemite Valley
Today: Sunny, with a high near 92. South southwest wind between 6 and 14
mph, with gusts as high as 18 mph.
Tonight: Clear, with a low around 53. South wind between 8 and 11 mph.
Thursday: Sunny, with a high near 89. Southeast wind around 9 mph becoming
west southwest.
El Portal
Today: Sunny, with a high near 94. South wind between 7 and 10 mph.
Tonight: Clear, with a low around 54. South southwest wind 8 to 10 mph
becoming east southeast.
Thursday: Sunny, with a high near 93. East wind 9 to 11 mph becoming west
southwest.
Wawona
Today: Sunny, with a high near 91. South southwest wind between 5 and 13
Daily Report - Yosemite National Park
Tuesday, July 27, 2010
Weather
Yosemite Valley
Today: Sunny, with a high near 92. South southwest wind between 13 and 15
mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph.
Tonight: Mostly clear, with a low around 55. South wind between 6 and 11
mph.
Wednesday: Sunny, with a high near 92. Southeast wind 6 to 14 mph becoming
southwest. Winds could gust as high as 18 mph.
El Portal
Today: Sunny, with a high near 95. South southwest wind around 11 mph.
Tonight: Clear, with a low around 55. South southwest wind 7 to 9 mph
becoming east.
Wednesday: Sunny, with a high near 94. East southeast wind 7 to 10 mph
becoming southwest.
Wawona
Today: Sunny, with a high near 93. Southwest wind between 10 and 13 mph.
Tonight: Clear, with a low around 47. South southwest wind 6 to 9 mph
becoming east.
Wednesday: Sunny, with a high near 91. East wind 5 to 13 mph becoming
southwest.
Tuolumne Area
The thunderstorms built up in Yosemite's High country but never made it out to Yosemite Valley. The weather has been hot with temps in the 90's which makes for perfect swimming weather.
The Merced River which runs through Yosemite Valley has really dropped dwon and warmed up. Rafting or just hanging out is the call of the day to stay cool.
Photo> Rafting on the Merced River in Yosemite Valley with Half Dome in the back ground.
Indians were also colonists
By Wallace Alcorn | Austin Daily Herald
Published Monday, July 26, 2010
I’ve commented here about the inconsistency of courts allowing the designation of Indian sacred grounds within Yosemite National Park but also disallowing a secular cross in a nearby national preserve. I assign this to political correctness rather than the U.S. Constitution.
While in Yosemite, I made another observation about inconsistency (perhaps even hypocrisy) in regard to American Indians. Whereas the sacred grounds and the cross were simply nearby geographically, I read this additional inconsistency within the same books. Then being in a well documented tribal area, I was able to look at several locally published books on Indian history, and what I found is consonant with what I had read previously.
Daily Report - Yosemite National Park
Monday, July 26, 2010
Weather
Yosemite Valley
Today: A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy,
with a high near 90. Calm wind becoming south southwest between 10 and 13
mph.
Tonight: A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms before 11pm.
Partly cloudy, with a low around 58. Southwest wind 5 to 11 mph becoming
east northeast.
Tuesday: Sunny, with a high near 89. East southeast wind 5 to 15 mph
becoming south southwest. Winds could gust as high as 20 mph.
El Portal
Today: Scattered showers and thunderstorms before 11am. Mostly sunny and
hot, with a high near 96. Northeast wind at 11 mph becoming west southwest.
Chance of precipitation is 30%.
Tonight: Mostly clear, with a low around 57. West southwest wind 6 to 10
mph becoming northeast.
Tuesday: Sunny, with a high near 93. Calm wind becoming southwest between 8
and 11 mph.
Wawona
After three years of drought, the wildflowers of Yosemite National Park are responding enthusiastically to the abundance of moisture left over from a wet, late spring. As the very last of the snowbanks melt in the shadows of the red fir forests, riches of wildflowers are bursting forth. Throughout the park, vibrant fields of flowers are covering the meadows and open slopes between 7000 and 10000 ft. with Colorado-like abundance.
Pure stands of sierra shooting stars and crimson columbine are dominating the wet meadows. While lupines, mariposa lilies, groundsels, larkspurs, daisies, western wallflowers and Indian paintbrush can be found on the dry slopes interspersed among the red firs and lodgepole pines of the montane belt.
The National Weather Service has issued a Small Stream Flood Advisory for the Yosemite National Park area through 7:30 this evening.
Between 2:30 and 4:30 this afternoon, up to three inches of rain has already fallen in the park. This is due to very slow moving thunderstorms located just south of Tioga Pass and Yosemite Meadows.
An additional one to two inches of rain is expected before 7pm.
Do not underestimate the power of flood waters. Only a few inches of rapidly flowing water can quickly carry away your vehicle.
The same storm is also affecting Highway 108 (Sonora Pass) just north of the park. The C.H.P. reports lots of rocks and mud on the roadway between Highway 395 and the summit.
Yosemite Valley had a nice little rain storm come through around 11am and then it cleared up making it hot and muggy. Tuolumne Meadows and the high country got hammered yesterday with rain, hail and lightning and will definitely get more of the same today.
The clouds are building up again over Yosemite Valley and it looks like more rain this afternoon.
Here is the place to be on these hot days, relaxing in the mist by one of Yosemite's waterfalls.
