This post was written by Carolyn Weddle, 2012 Project Specialist.
When I went to bed on Friday night, the wind had calmed and the streets were completely dry here in Lee Vining. When I awoke Saturday morning I was pleasantly surprised to see that there was almost a foot of snow at my doorstep!
Policy Coordinator Morgan Lindsay, Information Center & Bookstore Manager Jessica Horn, and I started off our day here at the office shoveling snow. We got about a foot and a half of snow overnight and it continued to snow all morning and into the afternoon.
The weather forecast for this weekend predicted up to nine inches of snow accumulation for Saturday and up to three inches on Sunday. This is a welcome surprise in this extremely dry winter here
in the Eastern Sierra. Although it’s hard to say how long this snow will last (as the forecast shows we will be back to sunny days and highs in the 50s by Tuesday) for now we will enjoy the scenery of mountains blanketed in white snow!
Sunday morning update: We measured 19 inches of snow at our office on Saturday morning, and we had about two feet on the ground before the sun came out around 3:00pm. With winds picking up early Sunday morning we have 11 inches remaining on the ground in Lee Vining. Gusty winds are taking the snow east already!
I look at the web cams every morning, and seeing snow all around Mono was simply breathtaking!