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YOSEMITE, Calif. (KSEE/KGPE) - Since arriving astatine Yosemite's Tuolumne Meadows successful the past week, parkland rangers announced determination was nary caller snowfall study - an incidental they accidental happened due to the fact that of beardown northeast winds.
On Thursday, rangers announced this was due to the fact that of the atypical winds that were the driving unit of this week's weather. The Santa Ana winds, the aforesaid that drove the wildfires successful the Los Angeles area, were a portion of the aforesaid upwind signifier that produced these beardown northeast winds successful the Sierra Nevada.
According to parkland rangers, these sustained precocious winds tin and person stripped escaped aboveground snow, successful places, each the mode to bare ground, including from slopes that typically clasp the deepest wind-loaded snow. A distant upwind presumption connected the Sierra Crest adjacent Mammoth Mountain recorded a highest gust of 135 mph connected Jan. 7.
According to rangers, the Tioga Road is 100% snow-covered successful Yosemite with snowfall extent averaging betwixt 2 and 4 feet. Rangers adhd supra 8,000 feet, skis, snowshoes, divided boards, and/or traction devices are advised for harmless question successful Yosemite wilderness, wherever lone non-mechanized question is allowed. For much accusation connected Yosemite's snowfall conditions, click here.
