Photo: Weather System Bishop California

A threatening looking weather system moves in from over the Inyo Mountains near Bishop, California in the United States of America.

Over the mountains, the clouds darken and start to move in and take over the brighter areas of sky on the north end of the Inyo Mountains near Bishop, California in the USA. Soon the white clouds will be overcome by this weather system that is bringing in an evening of stormy weather.During the summer months when days have been extremely warm around Bishop, California, a new weather system can bring in thunder and lightening which seems to appear out of nowhere. Within a few hours, the sky around Bishop, California can be clear and sunny and then dark clouds creep over the Inyo Mountains bringing buckets full of rain.Summer storms usually pass fairly quickly and by morning, the sky is blue again over Bishop, California. At times a weather system can linger over the mountains and remain there for quite a while before moving on.Winter around the highest peaks of the Inyo Mountains bring in another type of weather system, where the clouds are usually filled with a lot of snow. ... continue below the picture...

... The lower elevations of this mountain range are usually easily accessible year round as the normal temperatures around Bishop, California do not usually drop much below -5 during the winter months.Cloud formations on north end of Inyo Mountains, near Bishop, California, USA, North America