Yosemite National Park to fully close amid blizzard warning

YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK (KFSN) -- Yosemite National Park volition beryllium afloat closed starting astatine 12:01 a.m. connected Friday owed to the anticipated upwind conditions.

Park officials accidental they volition re-assess the concern astatine 12 p.m. connected Sunday.

Big Flat Road volition adjacent astatine 2 p.m. connected Friday.

ABC30 Meteorologist Christine Gregory says Yosemite Valley could spot betwixt six and 18 inches of snow.

The National Weather Service Hanford has issued a blizzard informing for parts of the Central Sierra Nevada mountains.

The informing is successful effect starting astatine elevations supra 5,000 feet from 4 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 29 to 10 a.m. Sunday, March 3.

Last March, the parkland was closed for an extended play of clip owed to snowy conditions. Parts of the parkland were nether 15 feet.

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