The National Weather Service has issued a High Wind Watch, which is in effect from Thursday evening through Saturday morning for the higher elevations of the Sierra Nevada.
Winds of twenty-five to thirty-five mph are expected with gusts ranging from sixty mph to one hundred mph.
Locations include along the ridge tops and below passes as well local ski resorts, the Merced River Canyon and the Yosemite Valley.
Written by Mark Truppner.
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