Note: Upgraded to a Winter Storm Warning

December 8, 2022 - The National Weather Service Hanford Office reports Winter Storm Watches are in effect for the Sierra Nevada this weekend.

Most of this snow will fall Saturday night and Sunday. Snow levels around 4,000 feet Saturday will rise to about 6,000 feet Saturday night. Snow levels will drop to around 3,000 feet by Sunday evening.

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Winter Storm Watch

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Hanford CA
323 AM PST Thu Dec 8 2022

Including the cities of Bass Lake, Coarsegold, Fish Camp,
Oakhurst, North Fork, Tuolumne Meadows, Wawona, Yosemite Valley,
Devils Postpile, Florence Lake, and Lake Thomas Edison
323 AM PST Thu Dec 8 2022

...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY EVENING
THROUGH LATE SUNDAY NIGHT...

* WHAT...Heavy snow with total snow accumulations of 3 to 4 feet
  expected with isolated heavier amounts to 5 feet. Winds could
  gust as high as 45 mph.

* WHERE...Mariposa-Madera Lower Sierra specifically above 3,500
  feet, Yosemite NP, including Yosemite Valley, and Upper San
  Joaquin River. In addition, snow levels are expected to rise
  to around 6,000 feet on Saturday evening into Sunday morning
  before lowering back to around 3,500 feet by Sunday evening.

* WHEN...From Friday evening through late Sunday night.

* IMPACTS...Travel could be very difficult to impossible.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Monitor the latest forecasts for updates on this situation.

Source: NWS