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THE MOUNT WASHINGTON OBSERVERS
Dedicated Weatherheads
From atop the highest peak in New England, we track the weather night and day. Ours is the only continuously staffed mountaintop weather observatory in the western hemisphere.
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Mount Washington Observers
an environment less ordinary
Shift Change
Thursday, Feb 19, 2004 (03:01
AM)
The summit has welcomed our shift with some very nice weather. The whole day has been awesome ever since we rode up in the Snow cat Wednesday morning. We rode up in bright, strong sunshine, seasonable temperatures and light winds. When we arrived at the summit, the weather was nearly the same as down at the base- clear skies, temperatures in the teens and extremely light winds. This wonderful weather has continued into tonight. Although the winds are now picking up a little bit (but just into the 30s mph... The peak gust for Feb 18th was only 40 mph!)
| An observer chips rime ice off the tower |
But what really made my day was my first ob at 4:45 pm. While I was getting ready to go outside I grabbed the sling psychrometer and the red light as usual (we use a red light to read the psychrometer at night). But when I got outside, I realized that there was absolutely no need to use the red light- because it was still bright and sunny! It's great having a real daylight ob again... definitely a sign of longer and warmer days to come.
Dan Solari - Meteorologist
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