Weather

Going to the Sierras? Carry chains!

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Caltrans photo

It snowed yesterday in Tioga Pass, Sonora Pass and other higher elevations of the Sierra Nevada. The above summer scene is from the west entrance gate to Yosemite National Park on Tioga Road.



It's snowing on Tioga Pass right now!!!!

Posted by Mono County Tourism - California's Eastern Sierra on Thursday, July 9, 2015

The quick summer storm also caused flooding on U.S. 395 south of the Owens Valley.


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