[at-l] Fwd: Grandfather Washington

[hikester@mindspring.com (Lynn Setzer)]

I can't speak to last month's average wind speed at the Grandfather, but I
can tell you that it was routine in the winter (I went to college in Boone)
for wind speeds to top 60 miles an hour....on those occasions, it sounded
like the roof of my dorm (I lived on the top floor) was being ripped off,
never to be seen again.

Lynn



----- Original Message -----
From: "El Batboy" <elbatboy@hotmail.com>
To: <spiriteagle99@hotmail.com>; <at-l@backcountry.net>
Sent: Sunday, May 06, 2001 4:21 PM
Subject: Re: [at-l] Fwd: Grandfather Washington


> I am wondering if the average wind speed for Grandfather Mountain was
indeed
> 40+ MPH last month. That sounds more like the average of the daily highs
to
> me.
>
> I think you might be comparing apples and oranges.
>
> As for snowfall, don't forget the 300 inches that fell on Mt. Washington
> earlier during the season!
>
> Most interesting about the high wind speed.
>
>
> >From: "Jim and/or Ginny Owen" <spiriteagle99@hotmail.com>
> >To: at-l@backcountry.net
> >Subject: [at-l] Fwd: Grandfather Washington
> >Date: Sun, 06 May 2001 00:08:40 -0000
> >
> >
> >>From: "The Weathercarrot" <weathercarrot@hotmail.com>
> >>To: spiriteagle99@hotmail.com
> >>Subject: Grandfather Washington
> >>Date: Sat, 05 May 2001 14:10:12 -0400
> >>
> >>Hi -
> >>
> >>Could you forward this to at-l? Thanks!!!!!
> >>
> >>-------------------
> >>
> >>Hi everyone -
> >>
> >>Some interesting statistics for April 2001 comparing Grandfather
Mountain
> >>(similar to the Roan Highlands in weather) and Mount Washington. This
just
> >>further illustrates how the peaks of the southern Appalachians can rival
> >>the Presidentials at any time. Note that the average wind speed is not
> >>just
> >>for a single day, but for the entire month. Also note that the weather
> >>station at Grandfather is at 5,300 feet (near the eastern escarpment of
> >>the
> >>Blue Ridge), and generally gets less snow than at equal elevations to
the
> >>west (Unaka, Roan, Beech, etc). Take care,
> >>
> >>wc
> >>
> >>----------------------
> >>
> >>Mt Washington April Snowfall: 5.9"
> >>
> >>Grandfather Mtn April Snowfall: 13.25
> >>
> >>-----------------
> >>
> >>Mt Washington April Average Wind Speed: 29.9 MPH
> >>
> >>Grandfather Mtn April Average Wind Speed: 42.47 MPH
> >>
> >>----------------
> >>
> >>Mt Washington Peak Gust: 113 MPH from the northwest (April 14)
> >>
> >>Grandfather Mtn Peak Gust: 126.5 MPH
> >>
> >
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