Winter storm warning in place for Yosemite until early Wednesday evening

Yosemite, Upper San Joaquin River and Kaiser to Rodgers Ridge are the focus of a winter storm warning released at 12:19 p.m. on Monday by the National Weather Service. The warning is valid from 10 p.m. until Wednesday Feb. 11, at 4 p.m.

The NWS Hanford CA states to prepare for, “Total snow accumulations 12 to 18 inches above 7000 feet and up to 24 inches at the highest elevations. Winds gusting as high as 40 to 50 mph.”

“Travel could be very difficult to impossible. The hazardous...