URGENT WEATHER ADVISORY

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE

National Weather Service Hanford CA 1207 PM PST Sat Jan 20 2024

Yosemite NP outside of the valley-Upper San Joaquin River-Kaiser to Rodgers Ridge-Kings Canyon NP-Grant Grove Area-Sequoia NP-South End of the Upper Sierra-Including the cities of Tuolumne Meadows, Wawona, Devils Postpile, Florence Lake, Lake Thomas Edison, Lake Wishon,

Huntington Lake, Shaver Lake, Cedar Grove, Grant Grove, Hume Lake, Giant Forest, Lodgepole, and Johnsondale

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST SUNDAY ABOVE 6000 FEET......WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM SUNDAY TO 1 AM PST TUESDAY ABOVE 7000 FEET...

* WHAT...For the Winter Weather Advisory above 6000 feet, snow.Additional snow accumulations of up to 10 inches. Winds gusting as high as 45 mph. For the Winter Storm Warning above 7000 feet, heavy snow expected. Total snow accumulations of 8 to 16 inches with local amounts up to 20 inches.

* WHERE...The Sierra Nevada.

* WHEN...For the Winter Weather Advisory, until 4 PM PST Sunday.For the Winter Storm Warning, from 10 PM Sunday to 1 AM PST Tuesday.

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

Meanwhile: For conditions in Tuolumne Meadows: https://www.nps.gov/yose/blogs/update-for-january-17-2024.htm