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What's up with the weather?

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What's up with the weather?

Postby balzaccom » Wed Nov 30, 2016 10:33 am

What's the weather outlook for the Sierra? Depending on your point of view, things are looking up, or maybe starting to look really down.

First of all, the good news: we've had a ton of rain this fall already (1/3 of our normal rainfall before the end of November!) and that bodes well for the rest of this winter. Here's a story, in the LA Times, that spells it out:

http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-m ... story.html

But if you take a longer view, the picture isn't so pretty. We may be seeing the beginning of a prolonged and deep drought for the next eighty years. Here's THAT story, from a climate researcher at UCLA:

http://www.scpr.org/news/2016/11/28/664 ... of-the-ce/

If nothing else, the two stories should encourage you to get out and enjoy the Sierra now...and next summer...while it is still as beautiful as it is.
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Re: What's up with the weather?

Postby Grzldvt » Mon Dec 05, 2016 1:42 am

let's face it weather prediction is flaky at best. Not knocking the weather people but Mother Nature can change at any time. This year seems to be more unpredictable than others but then every year is unique. Personally, I don't put much stock in long term predictions. Let's see how this winter fairs
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Re: What's up with the weather?

Postby balzaccom » Tue Dec 06, 2016 11:31 am

The good news is that we are supposed to get more rain before the end of the year. That's good!
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Re: What's up with the weather?

Postby Grzldvt » Fri Dec 09, 2016 2:34 am

balzaccom wrote:The good news is that we are supposed to get more rain before the end of the year. That's good!

Yes very good.... haven't had a chance to renew my bookmarks(Had to rebuild my main system from scratch, and for some odd reason lost my Firefox bookmarks, while everything came back perfectly) for the snow pillows, so I wonder how the Sierra backcountry is doing snow wise?
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Re: What's up with the weather?

Postby balzaccom » Fri Dec 09, 2016 6:04 pm

Well, the good news is that all the southern highways are closed for the season. I remember not so many years go when you could drive to Tenaya Lake in January....ugh.
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