High Sierra Topix

from http://cdec.water.ca.gov/cgi-progs/weather/RNOZFPVEF

EASTERN SIERRA SLOPES-
INCLUDING...ASPENDELL...MT WHITNEY
225 PM PDT MON MAY 4 2015

.TONIGHT...MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS AND SNOW
SHOWERS IN THE EVENING...THEN PARTLY CLOUDY WITH A SLIGHT CHANCE
OF RAIN SHOWERS AND SNOW SHOWERS AFTER MIDNIGHT. LOWS 35 TO 38.
NORTHWEST WIND 10 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 40 MPH. CHANCE
OF PRECIPITATION 50 PERCENT.
...

.FRIDAY...CLOUDY WITH SNOW SHOWERS LIKELY WITH POSSIBLE RAIN
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. HIGHS AROUND 52. CHANCE OF
PRECIPITATION 70 PERCENT.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A CHANCE OF SNOW SHOWERS AND A
SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS. LOWS AROUND 33. CHANCE OF
PRECIPITATION 50 PERCENT.

right now - 3:00 PM - 57º and intermittent heavy rain - Mammoth Lakes (7,800 ft)

This may put a damper on things! And here I was hoping to take a long weekend for a Mt. Kaweah summit on the hopefully snow-barren south facing slope. Kaweah Gap is showing a forecasted HIGH temp of 28 for Friday with 50% chance of snow and perhaps thunderstorms. Of course there's always a chance of this in the Sierra, but I'm questioning if going through with the trip would be more misery than much-needed mountain R&R. Decisions!

Even the hardest core of winter-time enthusiasts like Orland Bartolomew knew to stay put during a storm:

viewtopic.php?f=1&t=12398

Now, waiting to go after the storm has passed is the ticket.

I need to get out more. I didn't expect this: Lee Vining

live:http://395travel.com/webcams/mono-lake-cams/lee-vining

Is the Tioga Pass cam coming back?
-mort

My brother sent this picture today of the overnight snowfall accumulation at French Campground near Tom's Place (5/8/2015). The ground was clear the day before. He wrote "I think the beer is cold."

mort wrote:
Is the Tioga Pass cam coming back?
-mort

Nope. I've emailed their IT contact since 2008. No phone line after the park went satellite. http://tenaya.ucsd.edu/tioga/

Park doesn't care if it exists anyway.