A foot more today
Around 20-30 F and Blue Sky till Saturday
Wet storm Saturday
Tuesday, February 17, 2009 8:57:56 AM
CURRENT STORM WILL WIND DOWN TONIGHT WITH THE BLUE BIRDS RETURNING BY WEDNESDAY...THEN EACH MORNING THROUGH FRIDAY.....STORMY WEATHER TO RETURN BY WEEKS END"
ANOTHER FOOT IS CERTAINLY POSSIBLE TODAY UP ON THE HILL. HIGH TEMPS WILL CLIMB INTO THE 20S AND WITH CLEARING AFTER MID NIGHT TONIGHT...LOWS COULD DROP TO THE DEW POINT....IN THE SINGLE DIGITS FOR SOME FREEZING FOG ALONG THE HIGHWAY 395 CORRIDOR...THE NEXT FEW MORNINGS.
THE STORM IN RETROSPECT DID NOT REALLY HAVE ANY OROGRAPHICAL COMPONENT TO IT. SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS WERE VERY CLOSE BETWEEN THE VILLAGE AT MAMMOTH AND THE MAIN LODGE...OR ABOUT 2 TO 2.5 FEET. TODAY THEIR IS A BIT BETTER OROGRAPHICAL COMPONENT SO EXPECT A BETTER SPREAD BETWEEN MAMMOTH MT AND THE TOWN. UP TO ANOTHER FOOT IS POSSIBLE BY THIS EVENING.
THEN GET READY FOR SOME EXCELLENT WEATHER THE NEXT FEW DAYS WEDNESDAY THROUGH FRIDAY BEFORE THE NEXT SYSTEM ROLLS INTO THE SIERRA SATURDAY. THAT WILL BE A WETTER STORM WITH TWO STORM TRACKS....ONE ASSOCIATED WITH A LOW COMING OUT OF THE SOUTH WEST AND ANOTHER FROM THE NORTHWEST. WE SHOULD GET A LOT OF QPF BEGINNING BETWEEN THIS WEEKEND THROUGH AT LEAST THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK.
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