High Wind in Tulare Cty Mtns, California

The Bear Peak RAWS reported a maximum wind gust of 59 mph.

A cold and moist upper low which originated in the Gulf of Alaska pushed into California on September 21 bringing widespread precipitation, increased winds and much cooler than normal temperatures to the area. Winds picked up across the area again on the evening of September 20 and continued through the afternoon of September 21 with the strongest observed gusts being observed at the indicator ridge top sites in the Kern County Mountains. In addition, widespread precipitation impacted to area on the 21st with several locations in the San Joaquin Valley measuring a few tenths of an inch of rainfall while several locations in the Southern Sierra Nevada from Yosemite Park southward to Fresno County picked up between an inch and an inch and a half of liquid precipitation. The precipitation fell as snow above 11000 feet during the early morning hours of the 21st. the snow level lowered to around 7000 feet in Yosemite Park by late morning. Tuolumne Meadows measures three inches of new snowfall while State Route 120 through Tioga Pass was shut down due to accumulating snow.