Yosemite Valley cold snowstorm
Posted: Wed Feb 21, 2018 5:48 pm
A rare forecast tomorrow for day time snow in Yosemite Valley starting late morning though just accumulating to 4 inches by sunset and maybe another inch by midnight before skies clear. The most unusual thing are temperature will be exceptionally cold. By 4pm clouds arrive then by 7pm tonight Wednesday 2/21/2018 it drops below freezing. By dawn it is 4F. Yeah 4 degrees Fahrenheit! By noon 20F. Friday morning just as cold with clear skies.
https://www.windy.com/37.737/-119.608?t ... ,m:eH2acPO
Although it snows a few times each winter at Yosemite Valley at 4000 feet, usually temperatures are just below freezing. Due to the massive granite walls that have absorbed heat, snow does not tend to last very long because that heat melts it off. But at the above really cold temperatures, we are likely to see snow stay on all the cliff ledges much longer providing a more wintery landscape.
Obviously one ought have 4wd with R2 rated tires. And very warm clothing, head gear, snow boots, snow shoes, gloves, expedition weight mittens, and ways to protect a camera while it is snowing. Working a camera at such temperatures is difficult. Am not at this point committed for Thursday as I already have numbers of decade plus old strong 4x5 material of daytime snow in the valley from much larger storms. More likely Friday sunrise after checking what actually fell by evening.
https://www.windy.com/37.737/-119.608?t ... ,m:eH2acPO
Although it snows a few times each winter at Yosemite Valley at 4000 feet, usually temperatures are just below freezing. Due to the massive granite walls that have absorbed heat, snow does not tend to last very long because that heat melts it off. But at the above really cold temperatures, we are likely to see snow stay on all the cliff ledges much longer providing a more wintery landscape.
Obviously one ought have 4wd with R2 rated tires. And very warm clothing, head gear, snow boots, snow shoes, gloves, expedition weight mittens, and ways to protect a camera while it is snowing. Working a camera at such temperatures is difficult. Am not at this point committed for Thursday as I already have numbers of decade plus old strong 4x5 material of daytime snow in the valley from much larger storms. More likely Friday sunrise after checking what actually fell by evening.