Just When You Thought Global Warming Was True...

Finally, after I don't know how many weeks of no snow, we're finally supposed to be getting some! And I was just about ready to break out my shorts and hiking boots...

Here's the current special weather statement for the Sierra Nevadas from Yosemite to Kings Canyon (us!), from the National Weather Service:

Issued by The National Weather Service
Hanford, CA
3:42 am PST, Fri., Jan. 15, 2010

... WET WEATHER DEVELOPING LATE SUNDAY... CONTINUING THROUGH MUCH OF NEXT WEEK...

THE FIRST IN A SERIES OF PACIFIC STORMS IS DUE TO ARRIVE LATER SUNDAY OR SUNDAY NIGHT. THIS SYSTEM SHOULD OPEN THE GATES TO A VERY WET PATTERN NEXT WEEK.

IT IS STILL TOO EARLY HOWEVER... TO SAY WHEN AND HOW MUCH EACH INDIVIDUAL SYSTEM WILL IMPACT CENTRAL CALIFORNIA. BUT CONFIDENCE IS HIGH THAT A CHANGE IS IN STORE... AND SIGNIFICANT RAIN AND HIGH ELEVATION SNOW IS NOW LIKELY FOR MUCH OF NEXT WEEK.

SNOW LEVELS WILL RISE AND FALL WITH EACH INDIVIDUAL SYSTEM... BUT IN GENERAL WILL BE BETWEEN 5000 AND 6000 FEET. PRELIMINARY ESTIMATES OF NEW SNOW FOR THE SOUTHERN SIERRA... FROM MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY ARE AROUND 10 FEET.

You read that right. Possibly 10 feet of snow in a week. I'm going to go curl up under my desk now.