Mount Washington Observers
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Sunday, Feb 22, 2004 (03:18
AM)
| Above: The Weather Room in the 1930s
Below: The Weather Room today |
Tonight has been remarkably similar to last night. Unusually low winds, snow, fog, and a powder covered deck. It's a great thing to have a calm snowfall. The hourly observations are also quite enjoyable. With temperatures in the middle teens and the winds at 15mph, I can go outside with only a wind block fleece, a hat, and a pair of gloves. No need to suit up, not even goggles!
The excitement of the night has come from watching the radar and the wind directions. For the majority of the day winds have been from the south, edging to the southeast only around 7pm. The next hour they shifted back through the south and into the west where they currently hold steady. The radar was showing the shift occuring over the summit, while the winds to our south and east continued to come from the south. Now, four hours later, the radar is showing a very clear counter-clockwise movement caused by the low-pressure system moving northeast over Penobscot Bay, Maine.
Here is a link to Intellicast's radar for the Northeast. The animated image updates every 15 minutes so you'll see something different than what I was referring to. But it'll give you an idea.
Jon Cotton - Summit Intern
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