iain Posted January 23, 2003 Posted January 23, 2003 I set up a script to track this coming windstorm up on Mt. Hood to see how bad it gets up there. It just clocked winds at 95mph at the top of the magic mile. Check it out here. Quote
allthumbs Posted January 23, 2003 Posted January 23, 2003 That's cookin' brah. Remember back a couple weeks ago. I think they clocked the wind at 118, or 128, or some ungodly speed at Chinook Pass (probably on the ridge, but still smokin'). Quote
wayne Posted January 23, 2003 Posted January 23, 2003 Ian , thats sick. What was the freezing level down there? Quote
iain Posted January 23, 2003 Author Posted January 23, 2003 not sure but it only recently dropped back into the 20's. It was in the 40's all night only 24 hours ago, miserable. Look for some rate increases on the electric bills this fall! Quote
MtnHigh Posted January 23, 2003 Posted January 23, 2003 Iain, As much as you deny it, you are a skilled technogeek. Thanks for the info. Â Quote
iain Posted January 23, 2003 Author Posted January 23, 2003 heh heh, boy this weekend is gonna suck. forecast of 8k' freezing levels and raining. sounds like a coffee and newspaper weekend. Quote
wdietsch Posted January 23, 2003 Posted January 23, 2003 It just clocked winds at 95mph at the top of the magic mile. Â shit .... even that 61 mph average is enough to kick your ass .... Quote
sketchfest Posted January 28, 2003 Posted January 28, 2003 Hey Iain, can you set one of these up for Rainier? Quote
iain Posted January 28, 2003 Author Posted January 28, 2003 I could, but I need a telemetry station that is working to do so. Looks like the station at Paradise/Mt Rainier is down at the moment. I'm setting up some updating graphs on the current one just for kicks, kindof fun to watch the temps drop for once! Quote
ChrisT Posted January 28, 2003 Posted January 28, 2003 the cam at Timberline is down too! Snowstorm!?!?!?! Quote
b-rock Posted January 28, 2003 Posted January 28, 2003 the cam at Timberline is down too! Snowstorm!?!?!?! ... or the Slammer worm, he he. Quote
iain Posted January 28, 2003 Author Posted January 28, 2003 Snow total's not looking so hot. But on the rise at the very latest... Quote
rbw1966 Posted January 28, 2003 Posted January 28, 2003 Iain--did you grow up in Portland? Â Thanks for the great work. Interesting stuff. Pray for snow and cold temps. Quote
iain Posted January 28, 2003 Author Posted January 28, 2003 Grew up in Corvallis, went to college in Minnesota, came back to Portland. Quote
RobBob Posted January 28, 2003 Posted January 28, 2003 This ain't PNW, but look at the wind and temps on Mt Washington in New Hampshire.  mountwashington.org  Nippy! Quote
rbw1966 Posted January 28, 2003 Posted January 28, 2003 An old friend of mine went to Macalester. They must have loved you there. Quote
iain Posted January 28, 2003 Author Posted January 28, 2003 An old friend of mine went to Macalester. They must have loved you there. hahaha it's not quite as liberal as it once was, the admin sees it getting in the top 10 by becoming more mainstream. Whatever Quote
jja Posted January 29, 2003 Posted January 29, 2003 This ain't PNW, but look at the wind and temps on Mt Washington in New Hampshire. mountwashington.org  Nippy!  Mt. Washington in NH has got to be the most bad-ass little 6000' mountain in the world. Great ice climbs to boot  The Mount Washington Observatory on the summit holds the world record for highest measured wind speed, as well as the N.H. state record for lowest measured temperature, -47 F. Weather observers (l) have been gathering data at this mountaintop station--which sports concrete walls two feet thick--since 1932. Their instruments often record extreme cold, dense fog, heavy snow and very strong winds all at once. The mountain claims the names of over 125 people who may have survived had they visited on a different day.  The world record wind speed measured using a conventional wind instrument stands at 231 mph atop Mt. Washington, N.H., on April 12, 1934. Quote
gapertimmy Posted February 4, 2003 Posted February 4, 2003 today started out as a very mild day, but around 10am or so, the winds really kicked up. an older gent, around 65 yo, got "blown" off the skyliner express chair. i'm not sure how far he fell, but apparently he landed on some rocks (which leads me to believe it was closer to the wind blown top of the lift) Â nevertheless, airlife flew in and took him away, guess he had a huge gash on his face, scary stuff... who wever said lift serviced skiing wasn't extreme! Quote
sketchfest Posted February 7, 2003 Posted February 7, 2003 Iain, What's up with your site? Did a get to it? Quote
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