[pct-l] Big snow melt on the way

[Carl Siechert]

Thanks for that link Scott. Quoting:


> IF YOU ARE PLANNING ON CAMPING NEAR STREAMS...REMEMBER THAT THE
> HIGHEST WATER LEVELS OCCUR AT NIGHT...USUALLY WITHIN AN HOUR OR
> TWO EITHER SIDE OF MIDNIGHT. A CAMPGROUND MAY LOOK PERFECTLY DRY
> AND SAFE IN THE LATE AFTERNOON...BUT CAN QUICKLY TAKE ON WATER AT
> NIGHT.
>


(Sorry for the shouting, but it's not me!)

While the advice is basically sound, I wonder how they can say with such
precision when the highest water level is. That depends on how far
downstream you are from the melt surge, no? Of course, NWS has a habit of
making precise predictions -- which often turn out to be wrong!



On Thu, Apr 10, 2008 at 8:18 AM, Postholer <public at postholer.com> wrote:

> The NWS has issued a special weather statement regarding a big warm up in
> the coming days. They're primarily concerned about increased creek and
> river
> flows in the southern Sierra, good news for thru-hikers! Read the SPS:
> http://tinyurl.com/6fn5uh
>