Heavy snow expected in Yosemite, Fresno County areas

FRESNO COUNTY, Calif. (KSEE/KGPE) - The National Weather Service issued a wintertime tempest informing for immoderate areas of Yosemite and Fresno County connected Monday.

The National Weather Service issued a wintertime tempest informing opening astatine 4 a.m. connected Wednesday until 4 p.m. connected Thursday. They accidental dense snowfall betwixt 8 and 14 inches is expected, on with upwind gusts that tin scope speeds of up to 45 mph.

The affected areas see Hume Lake, Grant Grove, Huntington Lake, Tuolumne Meadows, Lake Thomas Edison, Devils Postpile, Wawona, Cedar Grove, Florence Lake, Hume Lake and Johnsondale.

Federal officials shared the graphic beneath showing the champion and worst-case scenarios of the snowfall expected to extremity connected Thursday. The graphic shows areas similar Sequoia National Park are predicted to person up to 20 inches of snow.

Federal officials accidental this tempest could interaction roads, bridges and overpasses, making them slick, unsafe and intolerable to travel, truthful question is not advised. Those who indispensable question are encouraged to support food, h2o and an other flashlight successful their vehicles astatine each times.