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Status: Weather Data is UP.
Access Bear Valley Wiki Weather on your cellphone: www.ourbv.com/weather/index.wml.
Check out the new BV Weather iPhone optimized site: [WWW]BV Weather.
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
Northern Cal Radar Summary (weather.cod.edu)
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]Forecast and Detailed Weather Data Updated every ten minutes automatically, you can find all the details you want about current weather conditions.
The weather station is now feeding live data into NOAA's Mesonet network. You can also find NOAA reporting this weather station at [WWW]Bear Valley CW4253 NOAA
and 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]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]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 [WWW]Saratoga (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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2009-10-10 20:08:43   first good weather looks like it's a coming.... —TonyZuccarino

2009-10-11 07:26:05   Sounds like a good soaker predicted, is right! The rain I like....but not crazy about the wind warning. Just listened to Howard, and this is just the beginning. HI TONY! —SusiLewis

2009-10-12 06:51:43   I was up on the roof yesterday, hammered down all the nail heads and caulked them all (old tin roof). Cleaned out the gutters and downspouts, covered the firewood. Yep, winter is coming. Did you know that Calaveras County now charges for yard waste? $4.00 per cu/yd? I was surprised to find that out yesterday. —BobRynd

2009-10-13 13:51:28   Well, it's 3:00 PM and it's still raining hard. Keith your weather station is fantastic. I use it all the time, thanks for having it. —BobRynd

2009-10-13 13:58:19   oops, power outage in Angels Camp, Keith? —BobRynd

2009-10-14 17:02:14   Where's Tony, when it is time to clean out all the older posts? Sure miss him, but so happy to still have OUR BV! thanks again to the new owner of the snow stake. —SusiLewis

2009-10-14 17:42:00   I was thinking the same thing Suzi; So I went ahead and cleaned up the last years posts. —BobRynd

2009-10-14 19:49:30   tony is still lurking in the shadows... thanks Bob for cleaning up. I'll be checking in often and coming up for skiing. But I'll be super busy with work this winter as predicted, so I won't be up much at all. —TonyZuccarino

2009-10-14 22:08:52   all my whining produces. Thanks guys! maybe I should do a little tutorial on myself and learn to do this stuff. nahhhhhh. It is good to see your posts, veterans of ourbv. Tony, so lovely to know you care and are lurking. Look forward to seeing you if/when you can get away and up here. My best. —SusiLewis

2009-10-14 22:10:46   Bob, thank you. How did you do that? never mind... guess I should learn. But with you two caring, why do I need to stess? —SusiLewis

2009-10-15 04:46:02   Bob, yes, sorry, our power was out a lot during the day, then Comcast went down at about 2:00pm and didn't come back until midnight, so, while my weather station and PC were recording, I couldn't upload to my web page. A lot of people checked in, but there was no new data during the meat of the storm. :-( —KeithWinter

2009-10-17 20:38:25   btw Ed Berry has stopped his blog. The Dweeb did a great job of interpreting Ed's highly technical observations and research. I think Ed had a good handle on medium term weather trends. —TonyZuccarino

2009-10-19 10:07:08   it is snowing..... —SusiLewis

2009-11-01 10:28:06   dweeb says el nino is cooking up in central pacific... good for precip. We just need cold temps now. —TonyZuccarino

2009-11-01 16:46:17   Thanks for the pointer, Tony. There's a very sobering article there about the disappearance of the sunspots... —KeithWinter

2009-11-02 09:21:51   Bring it on El Nino! As long as we have some cold air dropping in. The report on sunspots is interesting, I can't help but think it's cyclical though and we (humans) have only been observers of the cause/effects for a very short duration of time. It is interesting science. BTW, A beautiful weekend just past. I enjoyed a nice hike up Reba. This is a splendid time of year for hiking! —BobRynd

2009-11-03 09:09:10   yes, arctic jet will be required ingredient this year if Nino gets growing. I would love a hike up there before it gets cold. —TonyZuccarino

2009-12-02 09:49:38   The forecast for precipitation looks promising for next week, starting Sunday. Read the Dweeb. Seems another typhoon, like the one in October, could bring copius amounts of moisture to the central sierra. (I've prepped my skiis) —BobRynd

2009-12-05 16:02:35   the latest I read calls for very cold air, but not so much precip looks like. —TonyZuccarino

2009-12-05 16:20:19   Tony, I think you are right. Lots of cold with a little mosture. Next strom by mid-week will be a lot wetter NWS thinks. —EricDavis

2009-12-06 07:38:52   that's what dweeb says, but nws says models are looking at light qpf for mid week too. —TonyZuccarino

2009-12-06 08:38:49   This next set of storms headed our way must be hard to predict; forecasts are ranging all over the place, with some saying the brunt of the storms will go south, others say very wet in our area, etc. One thing that doesn't change is that the forecasts call for a 100% chance of snow in Angels. Hey, I moved down hill to get away from that! :-) —KeithWinter

2009-12-06 08:42:06   Seems pretty complex right now, very dynamic. The cold air mass from Canada moving from land to sea, The jet taking a dip, a cold front coming, moisture getting pulled in from the pacific, orographic dynamics setting up. Seems pretty hard to forecast. My bet, 2 feet of accumulative snow by next Friday. —BobRynd

2009-12-06 11:05:58   Tony, as we enter the 'weather watching' season, I am again, super appreciative of all the handy links you put up on the wiki. Thank you for this site! May the snow gods be with us all. —SusiLewis

2009-12-07 07:28:33   Susi: ....on the deck, How much? —BobRynd

2009-12-07 08:01:22   @Susi, I enjoyed building the site, and many more thanks to Charles for keeping the weather station chugging. —TonyZuccarino

2009-12-07 08:03:54   Judging by Charles' post, it looks like about 1.5 feet, and still going! We have three inches down here in Angels and it continues to snow. Wish I still had my snow shovel... —KeithWinter

2009-12-07 08:32:22   My hot pink 'smokey the bear' ruler says: 18"- on the railing. Will get a better sampling later, when I have boots on. —SusiLewis

2009-12-07 19:28:32   JUST A LITTLE POSITIVE THINKING. KEEP IT COMING! —SteveTroyer

2009-12-07 20:44:46   10deg ... cold! Charles I hope I told how to drain the cold/hot water pipes... —TonyZuccarino

2009-12-07 20:48:42   good forecasts for qpf + cold air for this coming late week... BV could have a good opening before Christmas —TonyZuccarino

2009-12-07 21:32:28   opening... sat/sun. closed midweek til christmas. seems strange... great snow, no open. I did measure again, forgot to post! plus had the report from my nephew from the mt.... 34 at lodge, 40 something on the top. We were both digging out, so lots got lost in the translation. it was like shoveling feathers. easier to stomp down, than shovel finally. now? verrrrry cold again. banking the coals to keep the minimum warmth tonight. —SusiLewis

2009-12-08 07:01:36   I saw negative degrees on the BV Real Estate cam, Brrrr. This snow will pack to half the total amount and then this weekend's storm, should be good for the weekend opening. I'll be there, hopefully in a blizzard. BTW, Murphys cabin damage report,6" snow, two 8" oak limbs broke, one of them smashing my outdoor lawn streetlight. —BobRynd

2009-12-08 08:17:36   brrrrrrrrr! —SteveTroyer

2009-12-08 08:46:32   Yes you did tell me how to shut off the water Tony. Hopefully I followed the directions correctly. Valves are well labeled so I think I'm OK. Definitely very cold storm that came through. I even saw a black ice warning on the freeway in San Jose today on my way to work. —CharlesRead

2009-12-08 10:24:06   Bob, sorry to hear you had some damage from the storm. :-( We had between 6 and 7 inches of snow here in GHC Angels. Set a new low temp record at 7:00am today: 24.3F (I know; no big deal compared with BV). No broken pipes, as far as I know; will have to check the sprinkler valves/lines when it warms up. Another hard freeze warning is up for tonight. The propane bill will be high this month... —KeithWinter

2009-12-12 15:48:23   temps are dropping fast here in west San Jose... so get ready, large cells and dropping temps headed east to BV! —TonyZuccarino

2009-12-13 07:43:31   It's down about 6 or 7 degrees here in AC from this time yesterday morning and I see Arnold is getting snow now; they have only had rain up there so far out of this storm. It rained pretty much all night here; we'v picked up n early an inch since midnight and received about an inch yesterday. This storm has been a good precip generator! :-) —KeithWinter

2009-12-14 07:25:23   Well, that series of storms put down some moisture. When I arrived at Murphys cabin Friday, I dumped 2.5 " of water out of my rain gauge. By Sunday evening another 4.5" had refilled the gauge. Angels Creek is flowing pretty good, but well within it's banks. The ground seems saturated now, as I had a BIG Oak tree come crashing down, just missed the house. Jeez, I've got firewood for a couple of years. —BobRynd

2009-12-21 08:29:26   Nice flakes coming down this morning. Be sure and read the Dweeb rprt for Sunday...lyrics to 'The Split-flow Blues' are priceless! —SusiLewis

2009-12-26 23:42:13   uh oh. weather updates aren't current. I can't remember this ever happening before. TONY!!!!! —SusiLewis

2009-12-27 12:49:46   you mean CHARLES!!! apparently the wx computer has gone offline... I am waiting to hear whether it was a simple power outage or what... —TonyZuccarino

2009-12-27 18:05:55   Knee jerk reaction to bug you, TOny. There wasn't a power outage/surge that I know of, at least in my hood. Oh well, it is up now. That little 4" overnight shouldn't have made a problem. —SusiLewis

2009-12-28 09:23:10   no power surge our outage. weather computer just locked up and couldn't be revived remotely. feel free to continue to give Tony grief about the weather data though instead of me for as long as you want. —CharlesRead

2010-01-03 11:30:23   Charles, if you want to power cycle the weather computer remotely, check this out [WWW]http://synaccess-net.com/remote_power_products.php/1/8 —MichaelShorts

2010-01-13 10:18:24   NWS talk about next week sounding good... I may have to make a midweek appearance. —TonyZuccarino

2010-01-13 21:15:59   Yes, next week looks like it could be very wet; NWS says 10 feet at the highest elevations by mid-week! —KeithWinter

2010-01-17 12:51:14   radar returns are huge... however, out here in Saratoga, the air smells a bit like spring... i.e.warm-ish. —TonyZuccarino

2010-01-17 14:33:49   from the Bay area standpoint, that first storm was a huge fizzle. Big radar returns, little in terms of precip. Sun is shining thru in places here. —TonyZuccarino

2010-01-17 16:05:48   this first one wasn't supposed to 'be' much anyway. couple inches so far.... We are easin into the whole 'storm a day' week! —SusiLewis

2010-01-18 07:47:27   looks like the weather computer is offline attm. —TonyZuccarino

2010-01-18 09:55:43   and now weather PC seems back online. BV people, it is super windy and coming down hard here in Saratoga... beware what's coming your way! —TonyZuccarino

2010-01-18 14:53:51   WHITE OUT !!!! —SusiLewis

2010-01-18 16:48:24   That says it all Susi, love it! "White out". Good moisture still coming your way. —BobRynd

2010-01-18 19:31:45   read the Dweeb people... interesting take on the hype... storms this week not as big, but next week could be better given upper jet moving north from Socal. —TonyZuccarino

2010-01-18 19:32:19   @Bob... tell me you aren't skiing this fresh snow?! I figured we could always count on you to hit the fresh pow, no matter what! —TonyZuccarino

2010-01-19 00:08:51   It's killing me Tony, but I have to work. Maybe Thursday I have an appointment that may last the entire day! —BobRynd

2010-01-19 07:33:32   Bob, that sounds like THE day of the week to hit it up. I might see you out there. BTW< down here in Saratoga, it is again coming down sheets. Thunder and lightening early this AM. BV is going to get pounded big time with this one. —TonyZuccarino

2010-01-20 14:35:56   Updated the "Hourly Conditions" snow link here on this weather page —BobRynd

2010-01-21 17:51:43   Thanks for the link update— again. PS rain & snow at 3,200 ft. 3-4 in. tonight. —EricDavis

2010-01-21 22:48:07   snow levels seem to be close to norms this year.... good news for BV!!! —TonyZuccarino

2010-01-21 22:52:33   @Brady... your iPhone optimized page has some strange behaviour on my iPhone 3G. Otherwise good idea! —TonyZuccarino

2010-01-22 09:16:27   Tony, a near normal snow level is a good start; let's hope we get even more. Coincidentally, I've added an iPhone webapp to my weather page; I don't have an iPhone, but a couple of guys a work checked it out and said it look pretty good. It's not mine; I got it from a guy on one of the many weather forums I frequent. It's a work in progress, however. —KeithWinter

2010-01-23 09:21:45   road conditions got pretty gnarly last eve...trees down everywhere, and black ice this morning. snow levels all the way down to Douglas Flat. yikes. A friend in Arnold supposedly had a tree fall on their house. Have yet to verify. —SusiLewis

2010-01-23 18:47:28   looking at that huge low coming in on eastern pac satellite visible... —TonyZuccarino

2010-01-23 21:14:32   Susi, according to thepinetree.net, a huge Oak fell through a house on Moran Rd Friday night, a house on Sequoia Woods nineth fairway. Could that have been your friend's house? The pictures aren't too clear about how much damage, as they were taken at night. —KeithWinter

2010-01-24 18:46:00   My friend's house is in Lilac Park. A tree snapped, fell top down STRAIGHT into their roof, landed stick straight into a tub for boots next to the woodstove. AMAZING> He posted pix on Facebook. Unbelievable. Clean hole in roof! —SusiLewis

2010-01-25 08:21:11   @Tony: What kind of strange behavior have you experienced on the iphone site? I don't have an iphone, so I've been testing on an emulator. I know the inclusion of the snow-forecast.com images was problematic (they've been removed). Give it another look and see if it's still acting strange (if you will :). —BradyWard

2010-02-19 10:37:48   where did our Sacramento and SF Bay radar images disappear to? —SusiLewis

2010-02-24 22:59:59   Is it OK to get mad at the weather? I've been watching forecasts intensely for the past week 'cause I'm bringing a bunch of friends up to ski on Friday. And it has CHANGED every 6 HOURS!!!! Ok it's probably always like this, but geez. What's with this rain thing? It just shouldn't rain above 7,000 feet in February. Period. Pray for snow! —TinaDuncan

2010-02-24 23:33:04   Is it OK to get mad at the weather? I've been watching forecasts intensely for the past week 'cause I'm bringing a bunch of friends up to ski on Friday. And it has CHANGED every 6 HOURS!!!! Ok it's probably always like this, but geez. What's with this rain thing? It just shouldn't rain above 7,000 feet in February. Period. Pray for snow! —TinaDuncan

2010-02-26 10:43:34   Seems like a storm is brewing. The winds are kicking around sky is ominous, BUT is warm! —BobRynd

2010-02-26 14:09:21   Bob, judging by the live view from Charles' web cam, it's snow big, fat flakes in BV right now. —KeithWinter

2010-03-31 06:32:13   A dusting of snow in Angels this morning. This storm has not been as big as "they" forecast; less than 0.5" here and very light winds. —KeithWinter