Thursday, July 8, 2010

Smoke on the Water


We collected 117 lightning strikes yesterday from afternoon storms that built over the 5-10,000' level, but no fires were ignited; it's still relatively wet or snowy at those elevations. Nice to see those big cumuli build over the higher elevations the past two days.
Baby flicker learning to find ants near the Ahwahnee yesterday morning. Turkey vulture flying over the Ahwahnee Meadow at 8:30 a.m., suggesting that the bird roosted in the Valley. Three peregrines (one calling) at the Rhombus later in the morning - a healthy sign to have predators around in quantity. Azalea is smelling so sweet now!
The Conservancy's Sentinel Dome webcam connection has been fixed and that feed is back on line. It was a very complicated process, with lots of helpers, to get this operational again.

3 comments:

  1. was very glad to see the webcam up and operational. often the worst weather is the best weather in yosemite! spring & early summer are a joy in the valley. (but i find anytime of year joyful in the valley)

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  2. Do you think the azalea will still be blooming next week?

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