May 21, 2017 - The National Weather Service Hanford office Hydrologic Outlook for the Merced River at Pohono Bridge in Yosemite National Park is forecast to reach flood stage early Tuesday morning.

The combination of above normal temperatures and rapidly melting snow over the higher elevations of the Sierra during the next several days will bring an increase in water levels and flows along rivers and streams.

The California-Nevada River Forecast Center is forecasting the upper Merced River in Yosemite National Park to peak above Flood stage at Pohono Bridge early next week.

Visitors to Yosemite National Park should closely monitor NOAA Weather Radio, social media and other media sources for updated forecasts, Flood warnings and Flood statements for the upper Merced river.
Source: NWS

The graph below was issued on Sunday morning at 8:15 A.M.

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Source: CNRFC