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Disclaimer: All weather data is provided on an as is basis. Check time stamps for data and images to make sure you are seeing current conditions.
Status: Weather Data is UP.
Access Bear Valley Wiki Weather on your cellphone: www.ourbv.com/weather/index.wml.
Updated Sun Jan 6: Add your Jan 5 2008 storm pics or video to this [WWW]PikiWiki page ... (open page, click on Edit).

NOAA/NWS/NRL Satellite and Radar Imagery


ATTN: CW4253 is Bear Valley. Always check time stamp, note Zulu/UTC time is 8 hours ahead of PST (F5 key ensures latest image):
GOES IR West Sat Image
GOES WaterVapor West Sat Image
Sierra Nevada Visible Sat (NRL)
Eastern Pac Water Vapor (NRL)
Eastern Pac IR/WV/LowCloud (NRL)

Live Weather Data from Bear Valley


[WWW]Real Time weather data updated every 3 seconds from a Davis Vantage Pro2 weather station, located on Quaking Aspen Road, Bear Valley. Click on the Webcam button to see the snow gauge. Note: The rain gauge is accurate only above freezing temps and that melting snow (in the rain bucket) will show up as rainfall. For snowfall, check out the snow gauge on Webcams, which has a red line for every foot. The 10' mark is at the top of the '10' and the other depths are just below their numbers.
NOTE: for Bear Valley residents, note that the above Real Time weather page gives you three temperature indications from three separate temperature sensors:
[WWW]Weather Pages Updated every ten minutes automatically. Here you can find all the details you want about current weather conditions including forecast, radar images, and detailed weather data from the Davis Vantage Pro2 weather station. The weather station is also feeding live data into NOAA's Mesonet network. You can also find NOAA reporting this weather station at [WWW]Bear Valley CW4253 NOAAand if you look in the Bear Valley vicinity of this [WWW]NOAA surface observation map you'll find the Bear Valley weather station there as well.

[WWW]Weather Forecast Point forecast from NOAA

[WWW]Bear Valley Ski Resort hourly conditions as reported from weather instruments on the Mountain at Bear Valley Ski Resort. Useful for snowfall rate in the winter, though data updated hourly, at best... it's not unusual for this to be down for days at a time, esp during the winter when it's useful. Check [WWW]here for a great page on bearvalley.com about their weather instrumentation.

Ebbetts Pass (Hwy 4) 8700' elevation weather [WWW]weather
Snow Depth at [WWW]Bloods Creek.

[WWW]Caltrans Hwy 4 Conditions Check here before heading up Highway 4.

Weather Data from NOAA, NWS, misc


[WWW]Stormpulse Radar
[WWW]Wunderground weather... real time data coming from this Bear Valley Wiki weather station.
[WWW]SNOW-FORECAST.com 0-3 days out most accurate forecast of snow vs rain ... see other snow-forecast links below
Official NWS Forecast for [WWW]Bear Valley. More pinpointed forecast than in Detailed Weather Data link up above.
[WWW]Intellicast radar analysis. Integrates snow level vs precip... take a look.
[WWW]Sierra Avalanche Center report, from Truckee Ranger Station.
[WWW]Short term and current conditions from Sacramento office.
[WWW]24 hr Jetstream forecast. Useful to see if it's a warm or cold storm.

Satellite Goodies: New NOAA Ridge Radar snaps (really improved graphics): Current graphics for NOAA national [WWW]precipitation forecast and [WWW]fronts/baro pressure.

Probability of SNOW > 4" in next [WWW]24 hours and in next [WWW]48 hours.

[WWW]Sierra Crest (near Lake Tahoe) at 8700 feet, hourly weather data.
[WWW]Squaw Valley (High Camp) at 8200 Ft, hourly weather data.
[WWW]Reno Atmosphere wx data vs altitude, find altitude of freezing temps. Click Text for easier reading.

Forecast [WWW]discussion from NOAA forecasters in NWS Sacramento. The snow-forecast.com site is now usually more accurate (for snow levels/amount) than the NWS itself.
Forecast [WWW]discussion from NOAA NWS Reno, NV
Forecast [WWW]discussion from NOAA NWS San Francisco

[WWW]Climate Prediction Center from NOAA - National Weather Service - Long range forecasts

[WWW]Forecast from snow-forecast.com and [WWW]Snowfall forecast from same. Hit the play button to see the rollout of snow events from today to 3 days from now. The site used to have a red dot for Bear Valley but seem to have lost it, again.

Links


Weather in Saratoga: [WWW]http://www.banburys.org/wx/ (add your city here)
Another Saratoga weather site: [WWW]Saratoga
Weather in [WWW]Angels Camp
Want to learn more about weather... here is one of the [WWW]best web sites on all things weather.

NRL satellite images courtesy of [WWW]Naval Research Lab in Monterey, CA. For more images and edu-info, see [WWW]satellite meteorology.


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2011-07-21 14:55:42   For those of you that might be interested I created a new set of weather pages that are updated every ten minutes by the weather station computer. See weather pages link above. —CharlesRead


2011-07-21 15:28:51   Fantastic, Thanks Charles. —BobRynd


2011-07-23 07:48:54   Very nice, Charles! —KeithWinter


2011-10-04 07:27:11   Just saw on mymotherlode.com that Caltrans will be closing Sonora and Ebbetts Pass today at 5 pm in anticipation of the next few days snow. —SusiLewis


2011-10-04 10:55:05   And so, another winter season begins. A little early this year. —KeithWinter


2011-10-05 11:10:38   wow... it's brisk up there for early Oct... —TonyZuccarino


2011-10-05 13:29:45   brisk, is right. I definitely made my first wood stove fire of the season! This is pretty wet snow- when it is gone it will make the soil less dusty. —SusiLewis


2011-11-15 12:56:10   I cleared out the comments for Winter 2010/2011. We ready for Winter 2011/2012! —KeithWinter


2011-11-15 21:33:05   good going, Keith. Yes...............on to the next season, whatever it may bring. have to deal one way or the other. and observe- gosh it is so much fun to collaborate with you all on the WEATHER! —SusiLewis


2011-11-18 10:28:39   Susi, does your Smokey the Bear ruler have centimeters on it? I think that's all we'll need for this storm —BobRynd


2011-11-18 18:39:42   Bob, I think your are right. This storm will not cause Bear to open early. —EricDavis


2011-11-20 08:26:22   a good 7-8" this morning. I can get out, but may not be able to drive back in to the cabin this time. —SusiLewis


2011-12-07 17:05:45   I wish the weather would give us something to talk about —BobRynd



2011-12-07 17:14:16   I'm with you, Bob. We'd better start getting some storms in here soon or it could end up a bad year, rain/snow-wise... —KeithWinter


2011-12-12 10:32:59   After checking the Dweebs report and NWS discussions, it's not very optimistic that we receive any significant precipataion by Chrsitmas. I think the averages are catching up to us this year. An above average last year is being offset by a below average this year. (sigh!) —BobRynd


2011-12-12 11:08:00   Am I the only person worried that there is no sign of significant snow? Was hoping to have a white christmas. —TinaDuncan


2011-12-13 08:40:59   No your not the only one. Guess we all need to do a little snow dance —CharlesRead


2012-01-12 08:43:21   FINALLY! Looks like next week we'll see a change. looks like multiple day storm starting on Weds nite/ Thurs. next week. —BobRynd


2012-01-21 14:10:15   Charles, nice job on the weather pages... —TonyZuccarino


2012-01-23 09:26:43   Thanks Tony but credit really goes to Ken True and Saratoga-Weather.org. His templates with contributions from others on the internet were used to build the pages. —CharlesRead