[pct-l] Re: temp at night

[matt at mattmaxon.com (matt maxon)]

Here are some weather stations along the trail in sections B & C

I use a Polartec jacket and have a wind breaker / rain coat + gloves I can
put on over it, this is more than adequate, for Southern California.

Fawnskin Ranger station on big bear lake
http://www.wrcc.dri.edu/cgi-bin/rawMAIN.pl?caCFAW

Big Pine Flat Ranger Station
http://www.wrcc.dri.edu/cgi-bin/rawMAIN.pl?caCBPI

Kennwild Ranger Station
http://cdec.water.ca.gov/cgi-progs/queryF?KNW

Anza CDF?
http://www.wrcc.dri.edu/cgi-bin/rawMAIN.pl?caCANZ

If you Have National Geographic TOPO! California Check out the map exchange
I have my Southern California PCT TOPO region posted there with lots of data
I have collected.

Matt Maxon
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> Date: Tue, 04 May 2004 12:25:17 -0500
> From: "Joseph Niemiec" <whitethunder10@hotmail.com>
> Subject: [pct-l] temp at night
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> Ok,
>
> I have read from different sources that the pct is ALWAYS cold at night -
> even in the desert.  But I have been looking at the temps late at night
> using weather.com.  I noticed it has been like 6 degrees at night in
> idylwild.  Also i looked up Big bear and it was 70 degrees.  I think lows
in
> these areas were like 56 degrees.
>
> So what have the hikers been reporting?   I mean I don't want to take all
> kinds of cold weather sleeping stuff when I start in idyllwild if i don't
> need it...
>
> Thanks again- I leave in two days!
>
> Joe Niemiec
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