Weather Update — November 5, 2026
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My friends…
It’s always a beautiful day here in the Eastern Sierra. I’m Noé from eastsideweather.com, here for MammothFM in the Eastern Sierra, coming atcha with your local weather report…
Our warming trend is now in full effect for about another week or so. Then, next week and especially next weekend and beyond, we are still monitoring a potentially active pattern out west. We’ve really been talking about this one for a while, and each day my confidence increases, but we need to get an event within 5 days before we can talk about any details like precipitation amounts and timing.
The upcoming pattern will feature a deep trough in the Gulf of Alaska, shifting southeast towards California. As this happens, our storm chances will gradually increase. This is a textbook El Niño pattern, and it’s showing up earlier than usual. Usually, you start to see a reliable response to El Niño in California around mid-December or even later. But, because of the magnitude of this El Niño, I’m expecting we see the impacts show up sooner than usual, and stronger than usual as well.
Mammoth Mountain opened this Thursday, and ski season is officially under way here in Mammoth. This upcoming pattern could just bring the base builder we need to expand terrain, but we need to keep up our snow dances because nothing is locked in just yet.
And now for the weather forecast this week:
In Mammoth Lakes and the surrounding areas:
Thursday will be sunny with a high near 50 and light northwest winds, with gusts up to about 17 mph in the afternoon. Thursday night will be mostly clear and calm with a low around 29.
Friday will be sunny with a high near 52 and light northwest winds, with gusts up to about 16 mph in the afternoon. Friday night will be mostly clear and calm with a low around 33.
Saturday will be sunny and nearly calm with a high near 59. Saturday night will be mostly clear with a light west wind and a low around 36.
Sunday will be sunny with a high near 60 and light southwest winds, with gusts up to about 15 mph in the afternoon. Sunday night will be mostly clear with a light southwest wind and a low around 35. All staying dry.
And now, down to our friends in the Owens Valley:
Thursday will be mostly sunny with a high near 64 and a light northwest breeze up to 3 mph. Thursday night will be clear with a northwest breeze around 5 mph and a low around 37.
Friday will be sunny with a high near 65 and a light northwest breeze up to 5 mph. Friday night will be mostly clear with a northwest breeze around 5 mph and a low around 39.
Saturday will be sunny with a high near 68 and a very light south southeast breeze. Saturday night will be clear with a south southwest breeze around 5 mph and a low around 40.
Sunday will be sunny with a high near 69 and a very light south breeze. Sunday night will be partly cloudy with a south breeze around 5 mph and a low around 41. All staying dry.
This has been Noé for MammothFM in the Eastern Sierra. Join me over on eastsideweather.com where you can get a detailed weather forecast for anywhere in the Eastern Sierra, and read my longer range weather outlooks.
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