[pct-l] Epic Weather Year Continues

[ned at mountaineducation.org]

What was interesting was that, by chance, we were coming off the trail at 
mile 1122 on Tuesday (yesterday) when we saw the front approaching in the 
morning. By noon, we had 100% cloud coverage overhead and by our TRTA 
evening presentation (1830) it was beginning to rain at 6300 feet. One of my 
Pro Ski Patrol friends from last season at Heavenly said that it was snowing 
on the mountain above South Lake Tahoe!

We have so gotten used to the drought weather cycles of the past 20 years 
that we fail to remember what the weather was like back in the 50s-70s! 
Maybe the weather is saying, "I'm baaack!"


"Just remember, Be Careful out there!"

Ned Tibbits, Director
Mountain Education
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South Lake Tahoe, Ca. 96150
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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Thelma Fredricksen" <thelma.fredricksen at gmail.com>
To: "tom aterno" <nitnoid1 at yahoo.com>
Cc: <pct-l at backcountry.net>
Sent: Monday, June 27, 2011 1:23 PM
Subject: Re: [pct-l] Epic Weather Year Continues


> Your're f...ing kidding me! I can't believe this whole thing.
> Thelma-ma
>
> On Mon, Jun 27, 2011 at 4:43 AM, tom aterno <nitnoid1 at yahoo.com> wrote:
>
>> >From the National Weather Service...
>>
>> .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY
>>
>> A LATE SEASON STORM WILL BRING A CHANCE OF SNOW ABOVE 8000 FEET
>> FROM YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK TO KINGS CANYON TUESDAY AFTERNOON
>> THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING. IN ADDITION...THERE WILL BE A SLIGHT
>> CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING.
>>
>> and...
>>
>> ...UNSEASONABLY COOL AND SHOWERY WEATHER SYSTEM TUESDAY AND
>> WEDNESDAY...
>>
>> A VERY DYNAMIC AND COOL LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM CONTINUES TO APPROACH
>> NORTHERN CALIFORNIA FROM THE GULF OF ALASKA AND WILL MOVE OVER THE
>> REGION ON TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY. THE SYSTEM IS PROJECTED TO BRING
>> WELL ABOVE NORMAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS FOR THIS TIME OF YEAR ALONG
>> WITH A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS. THE BRUNT OF THE PRECIPITATION IS
>> EXPECTED TO OCCUR TUESDAY AND TUESDAY NIGHT WITH SOME SHOWERS
>> LINGERING OVER THE AREA INTO WEDNESDAY...ESPECIALLY OVER THE
>> NORTHERN SIERRA NEVADA.
>>
>> * VALLEY PRECIPITATION: ROUGHLY HALF AN INCH OR MORE OF RAIN OVER
>>   THE NORTHERN SACRAMENTO VALLEY AND DIMINISHING TO NEAR ONE
>>   TENTH OF AN INCH OVER THE NORTHERN SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY.
>>
>> * MOUNTAIN PRECIPITATION: HALF AN INCH OVER LAKE COUNTY AND
>>   SOUTHWARD OF HIGHWAY 50 IN THE SIERRA NEVADA WHILE THREE
>>   QUARTERS TO MORE THAN AN INCH AND A HALF ARE EXPECTED OVER
>>   SHASTA COUNTY AND DOWN THE NORTHERN SIERRA NEVADA TO AROUND
>>   INTERSTATE 80.
>>
>> * SNOW LEVELS: LOWERING TO AROUND 7500 TO 8500 FEET BY TUESDAY
>>   NIGHT. SNOW ACCUMULATION SHOULD STAY ABOVE PASS LEVELS EXCEPT
>>   PERHAPS OVER CARSON PASS ON HIGHWAY 88...EBBETTS PASS ON HIGHWAY
>>   4 AND SONORA PASS ON HIGHWAY 108. THESE PASS LEVELS MAY
>>   EXPERIENCE SOME LIGHT SNOW ACCUMULATION.
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