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WEATHER FORECAST FOR YOSEMITE VALLEY AT THE 3,998 FT LEVEL

Tuesday  10/20  Mostly sunny, with a high near 68. East northeast wind 5 to 10 mph becoming south southwest in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 15 mph.
 
Tuesday Night 10/20  A 30 percent chance of rain after 11pm. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 48. Light northeast wind increasing to 5 to 10 mph.
 
Wednesday 10/21  A chance of rain, then showers and possibly a thunderstorm after 11am. High near 62. East wind around 5 mph becoming southwest in the morning. Chance of precipitation is 80%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
 
Wednesday Night 10/21  Showers and possibly a thunderstorm before 8pm, then rain, mainly after 8pm. Low around 45. Calm wind becoming northeast around 5 mph. Chance of precipitation is 90%. New precipitation amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
 
Thursday 10/22  Rain likely, then showers and possibly a thunderstorm after 11am. High near 55. Calm wind becoming west southwest around 5 mph in the afternoon. Chance of precipitation is 100%. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.
 
Thursday Night 10/22  A 50 percent chance of rain before 11pm. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 41. Calm wind becoming west around 5 mph. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.
 
Friday 10/23  Sunny, with a high near 63. Calm wind becoming west northwest around 5 mph in the afternoon.
 
Friday Night 10/23  Mostly clear, with a low around 42. Breezy, with a west northwest wind 5 to 10 mph becoming east northeast 15 to 20 mph in the evening.
 
Saturday 10/24  Sunny, with a high near 68. East wind 5 to 10 mph becoming light and variable.
 
Saturday Night 10/24  Mostly clear, with a low around 45. Light and variable wind becoming east 10 to 15 mph in the evening.
 
Sunday 10/25  Mostly sunny, with a high near 66. East wind 5 to 10 mph becoming west southwest in the afternoon.
 
Sunday Night 10/25  Partly cloudy, with a low around 44. West southwest wind 5 to 15 mph becoming east after midnight.
 
Monday 10/26  Mostly sunny, with a high near 65. East wind 5 to 10 mph becoming southwest in the afternoon.

Ellery Lake Tuolumne Meadows
In the image  to the left above you can see frozen Ellery Lake (9,489 feet) The Lake is located along the Tioga Road just below the Tioga Pass (9,943 feet)

When the Tioga Pass Road opens varies from year to year (depending on weather and snow conditions). Tioga Pass is the Eastern entrance to Yosemite National Park. It is the highest highway pass in California and in the Sierra Nevada.

WEATHER FORECAST FOR TUOLUMNE MEADOWS AT 8,650 FT
Check out the big temperature drop when comparing the higher elevation of Tuolumne Meadows to the Valley Floor's forecast as noted above.

Tuesday  10/20  A slight chance of snow between 11am and noon, then a slight chance of rain after noon. Increasing clouds, with a high near 48. Wind chill values as low as 27 early. South southeast wind around 5 mph becoming calm in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 20 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%.
 
Tuesday Night 10/20  Mostly cloudy, with a low around 31. Calm wind.
 
Wednesday 10/21  A slight chance of snow before 11am, then rain showers. Some thunder is also possible. Snow level 9800 feet. High near 43. Wind chill values as low as 32. Calm wind becoming southeast around 5 mph. Chance of precipitation is 80%. New snow accumulation of less than a half inch possible.
 
Wednesday Night 10/21  Rain before 8pm, then snow. Low around 30. Calm wind. Chance of precipitation is 90%. New snow accumulation of around an inch possible.
 
Thursday 10/22  Snow likely before 11am, then snow showers after 11am. Some thunder is also possible. High near 37. Calm wind. Chance of precipitation is 80%. New snow accumulation of less than one inch possible.
 
Thursday Night 10/22  A 50 percent chance of snow, mainly before 11pm. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 26. Calm wind. New snow accumulation of less than a half inch possible.
 
Friday 10/23  Sunny, with a high near 43. Calm wind.
 
Friday Night 10/23  Mostly clear, with a low around 25. Calm wind.
 
Saturday 10/24  Sunny, with a high near 47. Calm wind.
 
Saturday Night 10/24  Mostly clear, with a low around 28. Calm wind.
 
Sunday 10/25  Mostly sunny, with a high near 46. Calm wind becoming southwest around 5 mph.
 
Sunday Night 10/25  Partly cloudy, with a low around 28. Calm wind.
 
Monday 10/26  Mostly sunny, with a high near 45. South southwest wind around 5 mph becoming calm. Winds could gust as high as 15 mph.

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Shasta Lake Helen

Half Dome Cable Ladder

Psalm 103:11-13
For as high as the heavens are above the earth, so great is his love for those who fear him; as far as the east is from the west, so far has he removed our transgressions from us. As a father has compassion on his children, so the LORD has compassion on those who fear him;  for he knows how we are formed, he remembers that we are dust. As for man, his days are like grass, he flourishes like a flower of the field; the wind blows over it and it is gone, and its place remembers it no more.



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