Daily Report - Yosemite National Park
Monday, December 29, 2008
Weather
Yosemite: TODAY...MOSTLY SUNNY. HIGHS 48 TO 58 IN YOSEMITE VALLEY...40 TO
50 IN THE HIGH COUNTRY.
.TONIGHT...PARTLY CLOUDY. LOWS 22 TO 32 IN YOSEMITE VALLEY...16 TO 26 IN
THE HIGH COUNTRY.
.TUESDAY...SUNNY. HIGHS 49 TO 59 IN YOSEMITE VALLEY...42 TO 52 IN THE HIGH
COUNTRY.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...MOSTLY CLEAR. LOWS 22 TO 32 IN YOSEMITE VALLEY... 17 TO
27 IN THE HIGH COUNTRY.
.WEDNESDAY...MOSTLY SUNNY. HIGHS 47 TO 57 IN YOSEMITE VALLEY...38 TO 48 IN
THE HIGH COUNTRY.

El Portal: Today: Mostly sunny, with a temperature rising to near 60 by
noon, then falling to around 45 during the remainder of the day. South wind
around 6 mph becoming west.
Tonight: Partly cloudy, with a low around 32. East northeast wind between 9
and 11 mph.
Tuesday: Sunny, with a high near 60. East northeast wind between 8 and 11
mph becoming calm.
Tuesday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 31. East wind around 9 mph.
Wednesday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 61. East northeast wind between 4
and 7 mph becoming calm.

New Today
TUOLUMNE MEADOWS WINTER CONDITIONS UPDATE
December 24, 2008
Weather: (December 18 through December 24)
High temp: 43° (Dec 20)
Low temp: -13 (Dec 18)
New Snow: 15” (Dec 22-24)
Total settled snow depth: 18” as of December 24

Daily Report - Yosemite National Park
Wednesday, December 24, 2008 (Have a great safe holiday!)
Weather
Winter Storm Warning
URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY - HANFORD CA
423 AM PST WED DEC 24 2008
...WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND GUSTY WINDS NOW IN EFFECT FROM 4
PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 4 PM PST THURSDAY FOR THE
SOUTHERN SIERRA NEVADA AND TEHACHAPI MOUNTAINS...

THE WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND GUSTY WINDS IS NOW IN EFFECT
FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 4 PM PST THURSDAY FOR THE
SOUTHERN SIERRA NEVADA AND TEHACHAPI MOUNTAINS.

TWO WEATHER SYSTEMS WILL MOVE THROUGH THE REGION TODAY AND CHRISTMAS DAY.
THE FIRST WILL MOVE SOUTH ALONG THE COAST TODAY SPREADING MAINLY LIGHT SNOW
INTO THE MOUNTAINS. AS THE LOW MOVES TOWARD THE SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA COAST
THIS EVENING...SNOW PICK UP IN INTENSITY AND SNOW LEVELS WILL BEGIN TO
FALL.

A SECOND AND MUCH COLDER SYSTEM WILL REACH THE AREA CHRISTMAS MORNING WITH
RAPIDLY LOWERING SNOW LEVELS. TOTAL SNOWFALL
AMOUNTS BY LATE THURSDAY AFTERNOON WILL RANGE FROM SEVERAL FEET OVER HIGHER
ELEVATIONS OF THE SOUTHERN SIERRA ABOVE 5000 FEET...TO A FOOT OR MORE IN
THE TEHACHAPIS. SIX TO 12 INCHES OF SNOW IS LIKELY DOWN TO ABOUT 4000 FEET
THURSDAY IN THE COLDER AIR. GUSTY
SOUTH WINDS TODAY WILL SHIFT TO WEST THURSDAY. THE WINDS MAY CREATE AREAS

Daily Report - Yosemite National Park
Tuesday, December 23, 2008
Weather
Winter Storm Watch
URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY - HANFORD CA
353 AM PST TUE DEC 23 2008
...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FOR HEAVY SNOW...FROM WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON
THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON FOR THE SOUTHERN SIERRA NEVADA AND TEHACHAPI
MOUNTAINS...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HANFORD HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WATCH FOR
HEAVY SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY
AFTERNOON THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON FOR THE SOUTHERN SIERRA NEVADA AND
TEHACHAPI MOUNTAINS.

TWO WEATHER SYSTEMS WILL MOVE THROUGH THE REGION WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY.
THE FIRST WILL MOVE SOUTH ALONG THE COAST WEDNESDAY SPREADING RAIN AND SNOW
INLAND. SNOW LEVELS WILL BE FROM 4000 TO 5000 FEET. A SECOND COLDER SYSTEM
WILL QUICKLY FOLLOW WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY...WITH THE SNOW LEVEL
LOWERING TO 2500 TO 3000 FEET. TOTAL SNOWFALLS OF UP TO 2 FEET WILL BE
POSSIBLE BY THURSDAY AFTERNOON AT AND ABOVE 5000 FEET...WITH A FOOT
POSSIBLE AS LOW AS 4000 FEET.

FOR THE KERN COUNTY PASSES...THE SNOW LEVEL IS EXPECTED TO REMAIN JUST
ABOVE THE PASSES UNTIL EARLY THURSDAY MORNING BEFORE LOWERING. TRAVEL
ACROSS THE PASSES COULD BE HAMPERED IF NOT IMPOSSIBLE FOR A WHILE LATE
WEDNESDAY NIGHT OR CHRISTMAS DAY.

A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT