intellecast shows a major blob still heading for the bishop area, while up "nawth" its breaking up, getting cold..Snow level on eastside of Tahoe appears to be at 8000, 3/4 inch of rain overnight.
YYYEEEESSSSSSS.. gonna be a good snow year, get the boards out! Thanks for the pics.. better get some woolly pj's, Cragman, so you can keep the snow off the roof in the middle of the night!
Those f*#king ass eaters are about to get the full brunt of my pent up chukar anger. I just love that its rained and its going to make for some hard hunting as the birds have plenty of water now and no need to go to a main source. I look forward to the long walk.
Plug out? Check
Shells? Check
Beer? Check
2 spare tires? Check
Bacon and Smoke Gouda for chukar wrapped in Bacon? Check
NICE PLAN!!! Im gonna avoid the crowds and head to,,,,,,,Mason Valley LMAO!! The quail are callin me...Ive already heard of about ten guys heading for smoke creek lol!
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Edit: I'm betting that with about a foot of snow between now and Thursday, it won't re-open in time for the weekend, even though temps get into the 50s by Saturday. But who knows...
Silver, just drive up Lewis canyon all the way early, ive shot three species out of that one.. Huns, chucks, quail.. If you see the EX,,, feel free to give her four in the head and one in the ass for me lol!
Glad we were up Bishop Creek Canyon last weekend to see the aspens - this probably is the end of those (at 9000 ft. anyway). Was thinking the color was earlier than last year too. This snow as well!
Just clearing up now down here in L.A. Maybe we'll have an early season Santa Ana this weekend, then it'll feel like Fall.
Probably a foot of snow at the most on top of Mt. Rose hwy this morning.
So question for you all out there. As I understand it a glacier is a mass of snow and ice that starts when a large amount of snow and ice does not melt from the previous winter. This is the first year I can remember that the snow did not melt completly off of Mt. Rose. I know as well many other areas in the Sierra it did not melt as well.
So are we starting a new Ice Age here. Many science people say the sun has the least amount of sun spots in the last few years sice the mid 1800's. They say the last time this happend a small ice age happend. Anyone think the huge earth quakes over the last few years have change our axis or created a small wobble that has resulted in what I consider two of the biggest winters I have seen in this area. It snowed this week 4 months after our last snow. 8 months of winter is not something I find appealing.
8 months of winter is not something I find appealing
forecast 80 in Bishop, 95 in Riverside, 89 in San Jose, 83 at Castle Rock by next Wednesday. I'm worried more about Santa Anas and a hot end of October. At least my firewood will get a chance to dry out.
What looks like the last band of precip is passing through the bay area as I type. Coming down pretty heavy at the moment.
Silver, I'm no expert but a few friends and I have been talking about that. Many of the Sierra glaciers/semi-permanent snowfields have made it through the summer relatively intact. With the new snow arriving on top of what's left, they should be even beefier next year. Neat. I don't think I'd call it an Ice Age yet, but a nice couple of years without drought.
I have a BS in Geography and some twenty years out of school I can remember small bits and pieces of classes that we discussed this stuff. I think we are on the front edge of a climate change here. Will it last? Who knows, but my passion for geography and weather have me thinking this may be a change we as people living in this area of the world have never seen or expected to happen. I have lived in this area 40 years plus and I can recall almost every major winter from 71 to present. This summer was by far the most moderate summer I have ever had in Reno/Tahoe. I can not tell you a single day of 100 degree weather and as far as 90 degree days we had plenty but they seemed come later and we had more low 90's than high 90's it seemed.
I suppose I could go and do the history for the last 4 months and over 10 years but I am just happy to see water in our lakes and a river flowing through our town.
Funny side note our local water authority is thinking of raising rates because we did not use enough water this summer and they did not make enough money. How wack is that?
I recall 4-6 years like this, where snowfields lingered into the beginning of the next winter. Including '69, just before your first obs in '71. None of them lasted more than 2-3 years. Used to be pretty tuned into that from living up in the Palisades every summer.
I too am a bit surprised that it snowed so much so early this fall, after snowing so much so late last spring. I just read prediction of a second La Nina season, though probably not as big as last year.
Doug thanks for the FYI. I'm not as old as some of you only being in my mid 40's but weather has always been a passion of mine. I wrote the weather history for Tonopah Nevada for the state climate office. My grand mother was from Tonopah so it was fun for me to collect the data for all the years and see what she lived through in those days.
I know I promised you a Summit with you in it and I apologize. The great flood of my basement destroyed my collection and your issue was not spared. Sorry for not getting it out to you when I had the chance.
It's windy as all hell in Lone Pine, raining off and on with some pretty macho clouds rolling through the mountains... Film festival goers are falling and breaking their hips left and right
I got an email from Al Gore, ohhh, I mean~ Mammoth Mountain, one of their dump alerts that is! and opening day is in a month. Get out the rock skis unless it keeps on a snowin'!
WX in Long Beach yesterday, unreal, was like a hurricane here, windy and just dumped rain non-stop all day.
Some dude from JPL predicted a La Nina for last winter, and LA got about 20" of rain for the season(above normal). they interviewed him again tonight, and he said the same thing about the coming winter. we shall see.
I also have a degree in geography. I remember one of my profs saying that you can't predict weather accurately for more than three days.
SR89, SR4, and SR108 have all opened again without controls. There is apparently a rock slide east of Tioga Pass that may keep that road closed a few days.
Update:
Just called the park and they report Tioga Road as open. Caltrans is still claiming 120 to be closed on the east side.
Wolf Creek, CO received 36" of snow Wed.-Thurs. and is planning to open for the weekend . . . first chairs of the CO ski season. They are only going to charge $33.00 for a day pass.
Yesterday was SO perfect here on the east side...a slight breeze and 71F. Today looks like it will be even better. Low this morning is 35F...definitely warming up!
I have to go to So Cal later this week, and I hear it will be 100F down there. Wow, what a contrast!
Indian summer is here....it has my permission to stick around til Thanksgiving.
Gonna have to amend the report a bit....some little system moving through here presently, bringing clouds and cooler temps. Looks like a fast mover, however, so things should be improving by tomorrow.
Pretty spectacular lenticulars hovering over the 3rd Pillar this morning. Shoulda had my camera with me. :(
39F here this morning. The weekend should be a bit cooler from what we have been experiencing this week, however, still absolutely stellar!
The colors are REALLY coming in now, so if you get the chance, c'mon up!
Off to the marina for half a day, then down to LA, where I feel much like a fish out of water.
More updates next Monday....right now next week is looking pretty good, with a little chance of showers around Tuesday. Colors should be peaking next week!!!!
i did a quick run up 108 this weekend, and the aspens didnt do much of a show. presumably it was the early wet/heavy snow.
but it's ok, because we had an absolutely spectacular flower/greenery/snow season thru the summer.
sorry to see my many summertime projects go back under the snow, but really sorry to see the veggies go away. cool, wet summer meant that we had a suck ass season for tomatoes and chiles. the walnut folks were sweating it, because that storm hit just about the time we needed to get walnuts in and the fields were too soft for the machines.
Saw on a jog tonight that there is ice in The Cross on Tallac. I didn't have a scope, but it looked like it would be a fun ice/mixed romp for at least two pitches. Anyone want to check it out? Tomorrow morning is probably as good as it will get (this week).
There is still a snow patch above it, that and the snow a week or two ago is what is feeding it I believe.
Tom, no I have not been out scoping any ice. Once I get the marina closed up next week, I'll be quite a bit more freed up.
Not as cold as I thought it would be this morning, thank goodness. Actually looks like a carbon copy of yesterday. Presently 21F with high's today around 50F at best.
After a particularly chilly low of 11F, we have reached 36F this afternoon, with partly cloudy skies and off and on snow showers.
Looks like some decent snow coming in this evening...perhaps 10". Just chained up the worm, and slapped the brand new blower on that baby.....of course, that probably cursed it, and it won't snow a flake now.
Was with Flanders for a bit today....we are going to do an ice recon tomorrow. YES!!!!!!
High Traverse....when you are ready to make the journey, the door to my bivy is open to you and yours.
Weeg, no flaunting here. I know I am fortunate to be where I am, for however much longer. My offer stands to any wanting to take advantage of where I live......the door is open.
If I were King, I’d have Norwegian move into Andy Rooney’s chair at 60 Minutes. The lad is a curmudgeon of sorts, but tolerant of others. He’s lyrical, sometimes mystical, and always honest. He’s entertaining and, uhhh, has a certain way with words.
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Freezing in Vancouver, plus we had 5 - 6 cm of wet snow last night. We're supposed to have a few cool, sunny days, then it'll warm up a bit and we'll probably get some snow before it changes to rain. A bit early for such conditions, though it's nothing unusual.
Longer range forecasts still insist we'll have a cold, snowy winter, and a friend who does that sort of modelling says they're probably right.
Yippeee! 8" of snow on the deck this morning, still coming down hard, 7-8" yesterday. I skied in a nice training track yesterday, but today there should be grooming for the youth teams over at Auburn Ski Club, time to get the nordic on! Bigger storm forecast for Thanksgiving day, so you alpine or BC folks should be getting out soon.
Cragman...6 inches of pow in sin city here...I'll bring my fly rod and bullet- proof bear suit in case you are in one of your 4-head 1-ass moods.....RJ
Would never poach, but a bottle of GUD red on the patio watching the trout rise would be cool. Love skiing or snowshoeing the Upper in the winter, when not a soul is around. Nymphing deep pools is the way to go.
Peace
Roadside has yet to grow, though should not be too long now. The wall was plastered with the new snow, most of which came down today.
Horestail is growing some nice ice, however, the forecast is not favorable.
Looks like we will have a small system move through here on Thanksgiving Day, then high pressure begins to build back in.
Flanders and I will likely get out on Thanksgiving Day...probably up to Lee Vining Canyon. We'll update....
June Mountain received 4 to 6 inches of new......a good start. Mammoth received 10 to 15 inches, and is now sporting about a 30" base with 5 chairs running, and snow being made every night.
Should be a single digit night tonight. :-)
EDIT: Em, whenever you want to get out, give me a buzz.
Sounds GUD Dean, but he bride won't do 10 degrees.....she's got more brains than I do, but would like to make it up there soon....the red's on me.
Peace
Supposed to get pretty windy today - I've heard 80+ mph in the "mountains" from radio reports.
I wonder what we'll see out on the eastside this evening...
There was a windstorm a year or two ago around the Olancha area that was flipping semi trucks and ripping trailer-park home roofs off... Sh!t can get wild out here!
Unbelieveably quick temperature drop today! Went from 50F to 30F in less than an hour...MID-DAY!
We are moving into some serious ice growing weather over the course of the rest of this week, with low's in the single digits and highs in the 20's to low 30's.
wind about a million and half here in Paradise. Good thing the tree fell on my neighbors house last wind storm cause now there's not one to fall today.
Here in Kodiak, on the eastside of the Aleutian chain, I've been pinned down with weather for 5 days. Our chopper can't fly, our Pisten Bully and snowmachines can't make it the 14 miles to the emergency repair we have to do on the dam, so we're just hanging out.
Brutal day yesterday......high of 24F and howling winds. Mammoth Mountain recorded a 152 m.p.h. gust. Wind chill kept things slightly below zero.
This morning's low is 9F with bluebird skies...look out for wind coming as the day wears on though...and PROTECT YOUR SKIN!
We were without power here in June Lake yesterday for nearly 12 hours....a transformer out on Conway Summit. Had Flanders over last night for a true candelit dinner with my family.....that dude has a hard enough time seeing when the lights are on!
Local ice is REALLY forming up nicely. Edison has the flow rate on Horsetail at quite a high CFS presently, so there is some interesting build-up from the spray off to the sides of the normal ice area. I'll get some pics up here by tomorrow, as I am out the door right now to Reno for the day.
Thanks for the info Dean. I had no idea that June made snow so that is good news. Wanting so badly for decent conditions, this ski trip will be the first time ski experience for my daughter's boyfriend along with the fact that its been five years since skiing with my daughter!
Maddening, it is snowing like crazy down here but I refuse to ski locally, too many psycho snowboarders-gaper types-dangerous!
Karen....love to connect with you all while you are here...shoot me a note when you arrive, or connect with my son Paden on the mountain....he's in the rental shop.
I'll be doing nothing but climbing ice between Christmas Eve and around the 5th of January.
Brutal relentless Northeasterly winds here at Donner Summit, at least it keeps our 1.8 kilometer of well groomed track from melting! Heading to town to print my end-o-year pitch letters, then hitting the little track yet again...never have I gotten one patch of snow so wired!
Hey Kath, heading up to Shasta Feb. 3-5 to give skating clinics again, hope we can meet for a cuppa or some skiing! Assuming we will have snow by then!
We can shower the people we love with love though, eh?
INDEED!
:-)
Hey Kath, heading up to Shasta Feb. 3-5 to give skating clinics again, hope we can meet for a cuppa or some skiing! Assuming we will have snow by then!
Indeed, MayOrMayNot. . . that is if I'm still here. If there's nothin' to ski on by early January, I'm shuttin' this place down and goin' home! Let's keep in touch.
Booked this weekend for 5 days at Sorensen's months ago.
With no bloody snow, want to do some mountaineering.
Have done Round Top west ridge, will likely do it again. Any others?
We're assuming no snow/ice so are not taking skis or technical ice tools.
Will take alpine axes and a light rope. Will probably spend one or two days cragging at Woodfords.
Any good routes in the Luther Summit/Carson Pass/Markeleeville area?
Good = interesting, summit, not too desperate.
We went up Parker Canyon scopin for ice and definitely saw pretty fat ice.I had never done the 4-byaneering approach into the canyon.Things learned:it's REALLY a four-by road and also I realized you can't wait to leave Bishop at 9am.We were way to lax.I'll know next time.Still had a fun day though.Cool canyon and no one around.
but I think the final nail in the coffin, was that I bought a Mammoth pass.
HohMahn!
And I thought I had it bad with two season passes for Mt Shasta (Nordic and Alpine) - together they're not even a fraction of what a Mammoth pass runs these days.
Have done Round Top west ridge, will likely do it again. Any others?
High Traverse, East Ridge of Round Top is pretty nice. A lot more interesting than west ridge (IMO). Longer scramble. Just stay on the risge crest and go up, route finding is straight forward. I did it last winter. Would probably be easier without all the snow around...
So, what's new? Coming back west after a snowless Vermont Christmas (okay, a dusting). Given the conditions, I think I'd like to spend a couple days on the eastside. Why not? If anybody wants to play for a day, let me know.
Tuolomne on the 29th - Drug Dome looked like it had thinned over the past week, 3 cars parked at the turnout. Stately Pleasure Dome offered fairly warm rock though.
Climbed Parker Canyon ice on the 30th, the hiking/climbing ratio is very high on that one. Dry approach the whole way in. There are two distinct ice formations with a multitude of WI3-4 routes, v-thread raps.
Winter is on its way, have faith.
First storms this week will be wet, but warm.
Rain to 9000'
The colder ones the following week will help start the snowpack.
Have all of you Eastsiders forgotten the "Miracle March" of (I forget myself!) around 1990? I got so bored, I climbed Mt. Tom end of February - about 7 hrs car-to-car.
Then, we got a whole year's precip during a single month...which made for an awesome month of powder!
I have a really bad feeling about this winter. Reminds me too much of the drought winter of like '78, when even the Scandinavians died.
Dean what's the 411 on the wx down south. It rained hard here at least an inch of rain fell last night.
Looks like 6 inches on the ground at Northstar.
Maysho chimes in we will get the Donner summit report.
Weather reports people we need our weather reports.
Bump for weather keep the rubber side down be safe slow down and make it where your going today.
Ther is a lot of oil on the roads due to not rain or snow for so long so be careful as the oil work loose it will be very slick on the rain soaked roads.
As bergbryce reported above, a heavy rain turned to snow just after 0300.
Presently 28F with light winds and a light snow falling. No more than 1/2 and inch on the ground.
Yeah Silver, good advice on the road sitch. Thankfully, I was in Reno on Wednesday getting new shoes put on the truck...I'm ready.
Unfortunately, the cold that I picked up on Christmas Eve has never left me, and came roaring back this week in a big way....I feel like death warmed over. If this gets to plowing depth today, it's gonna be a miserable shift. :(
But......we sure are thankful for the white stuff!!!!!!!!!!!
snowing lightly here in Hilton crk , a angry couple of inchs so far, after copoious amounts of rain last night. I'll bet the upper elevations got hammered. Those north facing exposures with bullet-proof old snow and a few feet of the wet/heavy......hmmmmmmm.......
Excellent, Jeff and Cleo! Glad to hear of the snow on that side.....starting to let up here now.....gonna be some glorious photos this morning...this stuff is SO light!!!
Really BRUTAL day here today.....very high winds and blowing snow all day. Thankfully, I was working indoors in Mammoth today. Really coming down when I left there at 4:30 this afternoon.....about 4" on the ground and coming down HEAVY.
Silver, that forecast of FEET sounds rather far-fetched.
Presently 28F with winds sustained at 30mph, with gusts above 50mph and light to moderate snow.
We had about 5 cm of wet snow last night in Vancouver, which is a bit unusual this late in the winter. It's mostly melted now. Lots of lovely powder on the local mountains.
35 and slush falling from the sky.
I'm all for it. The woods were so pleasant after that last little storm with all the dust knocked down. Even found a few of these gems....
Survived last night's wind storm without any trees blowing down. Lots of storm debris to clean up. 50,000 people in S. Idaho lost their electricity during the storm.
Credit: Fritz
The photo was taken looking NW last evening through heavy smoke and dust from constant 20-30mph winds with gusts up to 59 mph. We had packed up some essentials and were ready to flee the expected firestorm.
After dark, when we couldn't see flames on our horizon, we calmed down-----quite a bit.
Feeling very dangerous out there.....swirling wind and VERY dry conditions make for outrageously dangerous fire conditions today, and the next few days!!!
The dew point is VERY high this morning.....keep your eyes on the sky today if you are playing on the eastside. This will likely not be a good day for summits after 1 p.m.
And if you are climbing in Tuolumne...........bring a snorkel.
Currently warm and partly cloudy in the buttermilks. Around 6am had some brief but not terribly intense rain. Yesterday a storm hammered pine creek around 2-230. Thunder lightning rain and hail. Fortunately we got off of our route just in the nick of time
So, the heavy, dark overcast of this morning burned off to reveal bluebird skies.....but now, the serious, low, swirling clouds are beginning to boil.....I predict about 2 p.m. it will start to go big.....
EDIT: Wind is freshening considerably...this is gonna be fun, unless you are up high somewhere....
Been sneaking peeks myself of the Yos webcams watching the clouds build and swirl.
Over here on the Central Coast we got our flicker and flash show last night - light on the rain - mostly virga - but enough to give us a smell of ozone.
Last night about 9 p.m., the sky finally opened up.....BIG! Incredible lightning and thunder, then downpour!!!! Lasted for over 2 hours here....with the power going out at about 10:30...didn't come back on til well after midnight.
Also knocked out cable, internet and cell service. Internet and cable JUST came back on 10 minutes ago....cell service is still down.
We got at least an inch of rain last night...quite the gully washer...but lightning was off the hook. Two real close calls to the house here....ground strikes within a few hundred yards....shook the place big time, and scared the living crap out of Cush.
My girlfriend and I were sitting in the nice travertine hot tub ( the lower one , not the muddy crowded one ) on Saturday night watching that lightning storm .
Bolts were ripping across the Sawtooth every 10-15 seconds lighting up the night . It was a fascinating and powerful storm .
We were over in Markleeville that night...also got a pretty good lightning and thunder show, with rain to boot - fortunately after dinner so we could all dive for our tents. The morning mist was something, I shot this photo of the meadow after it had lifted some. When I first poked my head outside of our tent I thought we had been transported to the inside of a cloud!
We just had a nice little shower but no boom boom or twinkle...This reminds me of living in Northern Idaho and power outages..The energy suppliers would pinpoint the outage via phone calls from its' customers...
Any sense of how these patterns are playing out in the Meadows? We drove through there on Sunday night in a steady drizzle. Today, altitude acclimation hike up to the base of the North Ridge of Conness - and it started dumping at noon. Hiked out in fairly heavy rain.
Hubby and I are so keen to finally do Tenaya Peak on this trip. Are we gunna die?
Backup plan is Clark Canyon - is it drier there?
Phyl
Have had two pretty good squalls that dumped over an inch or so, roll through this side just under Paiute Pk/White Mountain. Another one on it's way from the south. It don't happen that often either. Great stuff.
Funny how localized the cells are - we climbed in Mammoth all morning and then stayed for lunch. Really only a light sprinkle there from 2 - 4. But when we got back to Lee Vining a lady was telling me it was bad at June Lake. BTW, we saw the aftermath of a horrible car accident between the rest stop and the June Lake turnoff. i hope they lived - the car was horrible.
So it turns out that our deluge yesterday was VERY localized...Mammoth just got a few sprinkles, as did Lee Vining.
Someone commented that as they drove down 395 from Lee Vining south, it looked as if the June Lake area was obliterated by falling water....I can tell you, it sure SEEMED that way....
Rick, I truly hope you are correct. Years of these kinds of forecasts have me a skeptic, however...I just wait to see what happens, and deal with whatever comes.
I hope you are prophetic.....our environment is in DIRE need!
Summer of '68, '05 and '10... lots of monsoonal TSers just as we are experiencing this past month or so.
Hell, we got over an inch yesterday in a one hour period here at the base of the Whites just south of Chalfant. I know for a fact that Hammil Valley and the Benton area have had five times that much in the past week or so.
I'm hearing ya, Rick...I just think that predicting the weather, especially here in the eastern Sierra, is tantamount to herding cats, or nailing Jello to the wall.....
No one on Earth has EVER accurately predicted ANY weather months in advance.
EVER. Nor will they, anytime soon.
Surprised there are Thunderstorms? Uh, no, not really.
It's the Season.
I'm not doggin' you Dean, I dig you. That FACTS remain.
When I was in graduate school I took at climatology class. The professor was very well know and he was challenged to a daily weather prediction contest by one of the other graduate students.
This was in the late 70's so their was not nearly as much satellite and other technology/data as there is today. The graduate student spent hours each day and studied all the numbers and made his daily prediction. The professor simply said, "tomorrow's weather will be the same as today".
The professor won.
It would be different today, the satellite data is incredible. However, you still can't go out too far.
I've begun to cobble together this web page to have a sort of 'mountain WX at a glance'. Please bear in mind the whole website is under construction, yet if you know of other webcams on the east side (or other mountain related cams) I'd be grateful to know of them.
This is the result of this morning pre-dawn 3 hour lighting TS onslaught. I had bolts hundreds of yards from my tent (I was at upper Humphreys just below the SW Face) and some pretty intense rockfall to go along with it. I do not know which was louder. I got there yesterday afternoon and was suppose to meet my 4 clients to do the SW Face early this morning. Obviously they never showed. I GTFOT this morning when the first hole of silence appeared after 7:30am. I am looking over there as I type and that area is getting hammered, again! And another super cell is building behind my house on the Whites. Black as can be. Obviously NWS screwed the pooch big time with this latest forecast yesterday... or lack of.
Old Flanders was on Whitney yesterday and this morning. Hope he faired better. But looks like they got hammered this morning as well according to the webcam.
Lol, I got second place in a skateboarding comp at the Bishop fairgrounds like '78. I was very impressed she showed up out front beforehand. True eastside celebrity.
I'm hoping to rope up with you on some ice this season! I picked up some ice tools and I'm all set! I would send you an e-mail, but you've blocked yourself!
Chief, that is one of my favorite views. You are very blessed to have it. I love where I live, in Wawona, but I also love that long distance view one can get on the east side. There is just something very special about it.
not gonna run away to nice weather, no siree. no jt for me
seeing what this set of storms can offer this week over there
hoping for snow, not rain
maybe sneak in a boulder climb or two and bother chin for a chalk bag
Blustery night, which brought temperatures back up considerably. Low this morning of 40F....gusty winds and mostly cloudy, with intermittent rain squalls on top of slush.
Going in there this weekend and will post up some pics.
I'd guess this weekend is going to be RIPE avalanche conditions.
Current Tioga Pass forecast for Friday.
Snow. Temperature falling to around 25 by 9am. Very windy, with a southwest wind 45 to 55 mph, with gusts as high as 80 mph. Chance of precipitation is 100%. New snow accumulation of 5 to 9 inches possible.
Snow on top of water ice. Wind loaded slabs.
Saturday
Snow showers. High near 36. Very windy, with a southwest wind around 45 mph, with gusts as high as 65 mph. Chance of precipitation is 100%. New snow accumulation of 2 to 4 inches possible.
Sat night.
Snow. Low around 36. Very windy, with a west southwest wind around 45 mph, with gusts as high as 65 mph. Chance of precipitation is 100%. New snow accumulation of 7 to 11 inches possible.
Warming with more storm force winds and heavy snow.
A VERY heavy snow began to fall around 0200.....at dawn we had about 5 inches of mashed potatos. Presently 35F and snowing moderately. Wind out of the north at 15 mph.
Dean, you're getting the front that came through the Santa Cruz mtns the past 24 hours. I got 3" of rain and plenty of gale force winds.
Enjoy.
Oh......and it's a Very Warm Storm....last night was 54 degrees here at 2850 feet.....usually about 45 in a winter storm.
Hope it goes well in your neck of the woods, Dean. We are anticipating flooding here as well...three sites in town already distributing sandbags. Supposed to be similar to the '05 flood moreso than the '97 flood. Was out of town for the 05 one but have seen pictures of both and I hope that neither comes to fruition.
Dumping rain at my house at 6500ft in Truckee.....rain rain rain......although i did mannage to get some dry bouldering in inbetween storms yesterday!!
Still not seein' it in Bishop.Pretty overcast but totally climbable.I would love to see a real winter down here though.Haven't skied the "frontcountry" down here for the last couple seasons.
Thanks. My girlfriend and I rent her Mom's old house and she said that the floodwaters were pretty close last time. And to think, when I moved out of the swamps of South Florida I thought I was done with flooding...meh
SNOW LEVELS
WILL RISE ABOVE 8000 FEET SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND MAY RISE TO NEAR
10000 FEET SATURDAY NIGHT AND EARLY SUNDAY...BEFORE A COLD FRONT
PASSES THROUGH THE SIERRA AND WESTERN NEVADA SUNDAY. SNOW LEVELS
WILL FALL TO 6000 TO 7000 FEET BEHIND THE FRONT AND QUICKLY END
THE FLOOD THREAT ALONG SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS.
AREAS AT GREATEST RISK FOR FLOODING ARE SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS
ALONG AND WEST OF HIGHWAY 395 FROM LASSEN COUNTY SOUTH THROUGH
THE RENO...TAHOE...CARSON CITY AREA AND INTO NORTHERN MONO
COUNTY. MUD AND ROCK SLIDES ARE POSSIBLE IN AREAS OF STEEP
TERRAIN AND NEAR RECENT WILDFIRE BURN AREAS.
Wind blew hard all night, and is still going strong...15 mph with gusts to 50. Presently 41F and rising. Gonna be some serious flood potential here beginning later today through tomorrow.
I was gonna post this in the "When people quote wind speeds" thread but since you mentioned wind. Yesterday morning I went to get some fishing in at Pleasant Valley Reservoir. It was a little windy when I got there but not that bad. Within about an hour all hell broke loose. I was getting tuft in my teeth it was so windy. Crazy thing is the fishing was really good so I stuck it out for about two hours. On my way back up the bank I got hit by a gust that quite literally knocked my on my ass. First time I've ever been blown off my feet by wind. Now I don't wanna quote wind speed here and get people all in a huff but I'm betting over 60MPH to do that.
I'm a 155lbs and was turned sideways into the wind when that gust blew me down. Maybe we can get RGOLD to do the physics on it. I'm sure it has something to do with f=mXa and coefficient of friction and all sorts of other crap I don't understand. lol All I can say for sure is it was pretty amazing to witness.
Cragman, I don't know exactly why, but the current storm's entries in this thread bring to mind your classic post of the epic on the Walker River and the angels from Fallon NAS. (Was it Hells Gate or?) One of the most riveting and detail rich "trip" reports to ever show up here.
Absolutely INSANE wind here on the east side....not sure the rain is even hitting the ground!!!!!
EDIT: David Plotnikoff..you are referring to my report regarding the flood of January 2, 1997, the rescue attempt of 2 people trapped by the flooded Walker River at Mountain Gate Lodge, just north of Devil's Gate, here in Mono County.
Thanks for the compliments on my report....Closest I've ever come to death.
Wow it was insane here in the west side of town. We just moved to the Caughlin Ranch area and I for the life of me can't figure out why anyone would live here now that I live here.
Twice this week the house was basically blasted by 50 to 80 mph winds with gust I'm sure near 90 plus. I sleep like the dead but was up all night after the first blast hit the house at 11 pm last night.
It finally slowed around 4 am to a steady 30 and still having gusts to 50 I suspect.
Dean that was and is a great report. But it's not the closest you have been to dying. Those happen and you don't even know it so add 5 more to your list you never knew that happened and you lived.
Hope all are well we will go see the flood today and how many bad ass kyakers there really are in our town.
Just ran to Winco to grab some bagels. Rain is coming down in what the desert rats would call pouring but I would call "another day after 330pm in South Florida" - people here seem incapable of driving in it. No pooling of water or significant puddles yet, yet being the operative word. Also I do not live too close to the river, just south of the airport by a little bit kinda near the Reno In N Out Burger. On the bright side, I didn't see anybody in line for the world's most un-fast fast food....
Still OK in Bishop.Just spoke with my buddy workin' in the Village and he says it's so bad there that direct TV is down and they can't even watch football.Dead calm in Bishop with a little sun even.Did lose a couple shingles due to wind on friday night though.Guess I better get out before it hits.Good luck and be safe all.
Anyone care to comment on bc ski conditions on the east side?
I've got a handful of days off and plan to head south. Am wondering if I should take ski + climbing gear or not.
Sounds like many roads are still open. How high do you have to hike to reach snow?
A steady, mostly lighter snow has been falling all day. Starting to get heavier now in intensity....very fluffy stuff! Presently 31F and falling, with light winds. Only about 2 inches of snow here though.
Saw a Facebook photo of someone skating on Lake Mary a couple of days ago, perfectly clear ice, light snow cover on the mountains. Guess that'll be the last of THAT nonsense till next year.
There were 3 lines led (1 by me) on Chouinard falls. Protection was good. Left side was very thin and not formed for the most part. Bottom part of the main wall was not thick enough to be climbed (by me at least). Approach was not as bad as I thought it would be. Not a snow trail, but doable for those who want to play on some early ice. Took us about 45 mins or so without hauling ass.
There were 3 lines led (1 by me) on Chouinard falls. Protection was good. Left side was very thin and not formed for the most part. Bottom part of the main wall was not thick enough to be climbed (by me at least). Approach was not as bad as I thought it would be. Not a snow trail, but doable for those who want to play on some early ice. Took us about 45 mins or so without hauling ass.
I just showed these pictures to my best climbing friend of all time ever for 49 years and 8 months+ and after we open-mouth-kissed for like 4 minutes straight these were the first things he said
"dude, you should try flossing. You have a dead-rat flavor coming from that beautiful east-side pie hole"
and
"I'd never lulzy-fi with theses NOOVBS on that THIn ice dawg! LoLOL yur gunna die!!!!! FA rap bolt"
Weather beginning to move in here....finally getting dark in the sky.
Currently 39F with gusty winds. Local forecasts are calling for 3 to 6 feet of snow in the higher elevations by Monday morning. I suspect the town of Mammoth Lakes will see at least 3 feet.
MOTORISTS ARE SUBJECT TO DELAYS OF UP TO 15 MINUTES 
