Forecast: The Owens Valley, Mammoth and Mono County
Provided by Dennis Mattinson, Eastern Sierra Weather Forecaster
Sierra Wave Radio – TV – Online News
www.easternsierraforecast.com

WEDNESDAY 20-JUL-2011, 6:01 AM

We continue to be influenced by toughing off the West Coast Region. This has been with us for most of the Spring and Summer. It generally has lead to temperatures running just below seasonal norms. As this pattern either weakens or deepens, temperatures move up or down a few degrees. This is what will happen today and tomorrow, with temps raising a bit to the normal range. By Friday and over the weekend, the trough fights with the 4-Corners high and weakens, this will allow temps to raise to just above normal. Then the trough deepens again on Monday and Tuesday for a slight reduction in temps. Also this troughy pattern has prevented the intrusion of moisture from the east, thus delaying our monsoon seaso

FOR THE OWENS VALLEY:

Today: Sunny. Highs around 97 F. Winds SE 5 mph.
Tonight: Mostly clear. Lows around 58 F. Winds S 6 mph.
Thursday: Sunny and clear. Highs 95 F and lows 57 F. Winds SE 5 – 10 mph.

FOR THE TOWN OF MAMMOTH LAKES:

Today: Sunny. Highs 75 F. Winds SW 5 – 15 mph.
Tonight: Clear. Lows around 48 F. Winds SW 5 – 15 mph.
Thursday: Mostly sunny day and clear in the evening. Highs 76 F and lows 49 F. Winds SW 5 mph.

FOR MONO COUNTY:

Today: Sunny. Highs 77 – 87 F. Winds SW 5 – 10 mph.
Tonight: Clear. Lows 39 – 49 F. Winds SW 10 – 15 mph.
Thursday: Sunny with clear skies in the evening. Highs 78 – 88 F and lows 39 – 49 F. Winds SW 10 – 20 mph.