Here’s some video of this weekends snow in the Yosemite Backcountry. It’s not a lot of snow, but it is August after all. In my time living in Bishop I saw it snow in the mountains all twelve months of the year.

Our heat and humidity have returned with a vengeance. High temps will be approaching 90 this afternoon and tomorrow with dew points in the 70′s again. The low temps aren’t that good either, last night was very warm and sticky. A chance of thunderstorms return this afternoon with a slight chance of severe storms tomorrow. There is a positive side though, tomorrow’s storms will be with a cold front and temps for the rest of the week will be back in the high 70′s and low 70′s over the weekend.

The Sierra Nevada got it’s first taste of snow this last weekend. I noticed a dusting on the Mammoth Mtn Cam Sunday morning. They also had their first hard freeze of the season with higher elevations getting well below freezing this morning. Looks like the rest of the week will be nice with Sierra temps ranging from the high 60′s to high 70′s.

It’s a great time of year to go hiking in the mountains. Temps are decent, the mosquitoes are gone and after next weekend, the crowds will be gone. One of my favorite days to go to Yosemite Valley is the Wednesday after Labor Day, you get the whole valley to yourself.

Did I just read that right?
Yes, I did.
From the NWS out of Reno;

BEHIND THE FRONT…MUCH COLDER TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED THIS
WEEKEND. HIGH TEMPERATURES ON SUNDAY WILL BE IN THE 50S AND
60S…WHICH WILL BE 30 TO 40 DEGREES COLDER.

IN ADDITION…SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE AS THE LOW
SETTLES OVERHEAD LATE SATURDAY INTO SUNDAY. WITH THE COLD
TEMPERATURES…SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE IN THE SIERRA ABOVE 9000 FEET
THIS WEEKEND. ANYONE PLANNING TRAVEL IN THE HIGH SIERRA THIS
WEEKEND SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR WINTER-LIKE CONDITIONS.

Talking snow levels in August, very interesting.

This video was shot by storm chaser Andy Gabrielson on August 7, 2010 in Wilkin County MN.  At the end of the video the tornado hits a home and destroys it, thankfully nobody was home at the time.

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