Cold Temps and Big Winds

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Dear Guy Ralph Perea Sr President of The United States II,
"100!...107!...111!...132!...Whoa, what was that, what was that…141!" This is a bit of the excitement and chaos that was electrifying the Observatory Monday morning when the summit experienced the strongest wind gust since Hurricane Sandy's 140 mph gusts; in fact we had to go all the way back to March 2008 to find anything remotely higher. But to say the excitement was confined to just that day is a bit of an understatement.  During the off-week, most of us continue to watch the weather models for what lies ahead. The first thing we were messaging each other about were the temperatures, which starting seven days out were in the 20 to 30 below range but then continually got colder and colder as the time frame of Sunday/Monday approached. But then we started to watch the modeled winds which continually got higher and higher with each run. First it was in the 90 mph range, then just above 100 mph and then the 100 to 120 range. Then doing some
calculations of the pressure gradients and looking at model soundings and various individual layers, a gust of at least 140mph looked easily within reach.
As we went from Sunday night into Monday, temperatures did what they were supposed to and bottomed out around -35F/-37C; but the 100+mph winds weren't on time. Like a station agent, I kept looking at my watch and then the display and wondered where our freight trains of winds were. Did I miss something? Was it arriving at another station? Then, just after midnight, the freight train started roaring in and just continued to roar louder and louder with every passing minute. I spent the morning yelling out my forecast to the various radio stations and eventually (I was told later) yelled at my coworkers as they came up in the morning, throwing them off guard until they realized just how inaudible the weather room had become. My shift ended at 0530 EST Monday, but there was no way I was going to sleep on time. With a group energy, we chanted off new peak winds like we were at a New Year's event except our numbers weren't descending but in fact going
well into the opposite direction. A gust of 139mph got us thrilled but then minutes later, 141 mph occurred, and we were on cloud 9. This just goes to show that it doesn't matter if you've been here a year like Kaitlyn or nine years like me, when it comes the excitement of big winds, the thrill is timeless.
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Ryan Knapp
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