MOUNTAIN COMMUNITIES—The National Weather Service Hanford Office is predicting a storm system will be responsible for snow in the Sierra Nevada and adjacent foothills, as well as a chance of rain in the San Joaquin Valley Saturday afternoon through Sunday night. Snow levels will start at around 3,000 feet Saturday afternoon, before falling to about 2,000 feet Sunday. Snow levels should drop to nearly 1,000 feet Sunday night. The majority of this precipitation will fall Saturday night and Sunday morning.
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Precipitation ahead of the next storm system will overspread the northern portion of our communities Saturday afternoon. This storm system will continue to produce precipitation in Central California from Saturday night through Sunday night.
Snow levels will start at about 3,000 feet Saturday afternoon, before falling to around 2,000 feet Sunday. Snow levels should drop to nearly 1,000 feet Sunday night. In the Sierra Nevada, snow amounts of two to three feet are expected above 5,000 feet Saturday afternoon through Sunday night. Snow amounts of one to two feet are anticipated from 4,000 feet to 5,000 feet from Saturday afternoon through Sunday night.
In the Sierra Nevada foothills, snow amounts of six to twelve inches are expected from 3,000 feet to 4,000 feet Saturday afternoon through Sunday night. Snow amounts of three to six inches are anticipated from 2,000 feet to 3,000 feet Sunday and Sunday night. Snow amounts of one to three inches are expected from 1,000 feet to 2,000 feet Sunday night.
A Winter Storm Warning is in effect for the Sierra Nevada from Yosemite NP to Sequoia NP from Saturday afternoon until early Monday morning.
Here are snow amount probabilities for select locations in the Sierra Nevada and adjacent foothills Saturday afternoon through Sunday night:
Yosemite Valley – 99%
Wawona – 98%
Shaver Lake – 95%
El Portal – 89%
North Fork – 75%
Oakhurst – 55%
Mariposa – 26%
