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Windy on the east side.
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Last recorded summit wind average was 100 mph and after that nothing. Last recorded max was 110 mph, not unusual for that site, but then nothing. I'd guess gust to 50 in town and sustained winds of 20-30 mph.
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It's really windy in Wenatchee right now and generally nasty. It appears the wind might have wrought havoc on the summit telemetry site at Mission Ridge- www.nwac.us/data/OSOMSR
Last recorded summit wind average was 100 mph and after that nothing. Last recorded max was 110 mph, not unusual for that site, but then nothing. I'd guess gust to 50 in town and sustained winds of 20-30 mph.
It looked like the same thing to me. The sucker may have been destroyed.
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Last recorded summit wind average was 100 mph and after that nothing.
It looks like it was just a data glitch which corrupted the data file, the file looked totally screwy for several hours today with multiple (2 or 3) lines output for each hour after 8am, and the 7am line missing.
The data looks better now, either someone fixed it manually or it fixed itself. But the 8am line is still screwed up. It's pretty obvious that the "100" which is in the Wind Avg column at 8am belongs in the RH % 6740 column, while the "37" listed there is actually the Temp F 6740.
So the average winds only reached 70 mph and never reached 100 mph today, it's just an erroneous value which belongs in the RH column. Since the winds decreased substantially at many other sites around 8-9am too (Crystal, Snoqualmie, White Pass, Baker), it seems likely that the winds at Mission Ridge calmed a lot right then too, and a data glitch just happened to occur at the same time. Perhaps power-line related, maybe a voltage spike or drop.
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3-30-2011
Northwest Weather and Avalanche Center
Mission Ridge Ski Area, Washington
MM/DD Hour Temp Temp Temp RH RH Wind Wind Wind Hour Total 24 Hr Total
PST F F F % % Avg Max Dir Prec. Prec. Snow Snow
6740' 5300' 4600' 6740' 5300' 6740' 6740' 6740' 5300' 5300' 5300' 5300'
3 29 1700 25 33 34 100 95 27 40 265 0 0 0 67
3 29 1800 25 32 33 100 97 27 42 261 0 0 0 68
3 29 1900 25 31 33 100 99 28 39 264 .01 .01 0 67
3 29 2000 25 31 33 100 100 28 38 256 0 .01 0 67
3 29 2100 25 31 33 100 100 27 42 255 0 .01 0 66
3 29 2200 25 31 33 100 100 33 59 261 0 .01 0 67
3 29 2300 26 32 33 100 100 38 58 269 .01 .02 0 68
3 30 0 27 33 33 100 100 48 71 269 .01 .03 1 68
3 30 100 29 34 36 100 100 55 101 273 .02 .05 2 68
3 30 200 30 35 39 100 100 63 94 273 .02 .07 6 68
3 30 300 31 36 40 100 100 68 109 275 .03 .1 6 67
3 30 400 32 36 41 100 100 68 107 274 .03 .13 5 67
3 30 500 32 36 41 100 100 69 102 274 0 .13 5 67
3 30 600 31 36 40 100 100 70 110 276 0 .13 5 67
3 30 700 37 40 100 .01 .14 5 67
3 30 800 -99 37 40 37 100 100 -99 -99 .04 .18 4 67
3 30 900 36 35 39 100 100 17 33 186 .06 .24 4 67
3 30 1000 36 36 39 100 100 17 35 192 .01 .25 4 66
3 30 1100 37 37 40 99 99 21 41 191 0 .25 4 66
3 30 1200 37 37 40 96 96 21 42 191 0 .25 4 65
3 30 1300 38 38 41 95 95 22 38 187 0 .25 4 65
3 30 1400 38 38 41 93 93 21 39 184 0 .25 3 65
3 30 1500 38 38 40 92 92 19 35 177 0 .25 3 64
This is the corrected line for 8am:
3 30 800 37 37 40 100 100 -99 -99 -99 .04 .18 4 67
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P.S. The data file went back on the fritz as I was writing this post, now outputting multiple lines for 1600:
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3 30 1600 38 38 40 91 90 15 31 169 0 .25 3 64
3 30 1600 -99 -99 -99 -99 -99
3 30 1600 -99 38 91 -99 -99
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3-31-2011
Northwest Weather and Avalanche Center
Mission Ridge Ski Area, Washington
MM/DD Hour Temp Temp Temp RH RH Wind Wind Wind Hour Total 24 Hr Total
PST F F F % % Avg Max Dir Prec. Prec. Snow Snow
6740' 5300' 4600' 6740' 5300' 6740' 6740' 6740' 5300' 5300' 5300' 5300'
3 30 1100 37 37 40 99 99 21 41 191 0 0 4 66
3 30 1200 37 37 40 96 96 21 42 191 0 0 4 65
3 30 1300 38 38 41 95 95 22 38 187 0 0 4 65
3 30 1400 38 38 41 93 93 21 39 184 0 0 3 65
3 30 1500 38 38 40 92 92 19 35 177 0 0 3 64
3 30 1600 38 38 40 91 90 15 31 169 0 0 3 64
3 30 1600 -99 38 40 -99 90 -99 -99 -99 0 0 3 64
3 30 1600 -99 38 40 38 89 91 -99 -99 0 0 3 64
3 30 1700 38 39 40 90 86 13 28 167 0 0 3 64
3 30 1700 -99 39 40 -99 89 -99 -99 -99 0 0 3 64
3 30 1700 -99 38 40 38 91 90 -99 -99 0 0 3 64
3 30 1800 38 39 42 89 91 13 32 166 0 0 3 64
3 30 1800 -99 40 43 -99 95 -99 -99 -99 0 0 3 64
3 30 1800 -99 41 44 38 96 89 -99 -99 0 0 3 63
3 30 1900 39 41 44 86 96 18 35 173 0 0 3 63
3 30 1900 -99 41 43 -99 92 -99 -99 -99 0 0 3 63
3 30 1900 -99 41 43 39 89 86 -99 -99 0 0 3 63
3 30 2000 39 40 42 88 93 18 34 176 0 0 2 62
3 30 2000 -99 39 41 -99 93 -99 -99 -99 .01 .01 2 63
3 30 2000 -99 38 41 39 96 88 -99 -99 0 .01 2 62
3 30 2100 38 38 40 91 97 16 34 177 .02 .03 2 62
3 30 2100 -99 37 40 -99 96 -99 -99 -99 0 .03 2 62
3 30 2100 -99 37 39 38 94 91 -99 -99 0 .03 2 61
3 30 2200 39 91 18 39 181
3 30 2200 -99 -99 -99 -99 -99
3 30 2200 -99 39 91 -99 -99
3 30 2300 40 94 12 28 169
3 30 2300 -99 -99 -99 -99 -99
3 30 2300 -99 40 94 -99 -99
3 31 300 33 100 78 123 275
3 31 400 33 100 78 119 275
3 31 500 32 100 82 121 275
3 31 600 32 100 77 117 274
3 31 700 31 100 73 114 276
3 31 800 31 100 60 109 295
3 31 900 30 100 53 103 299
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In trying to read this and make sense of it, it's important to realize that the data from each sub-site (4600, 5300, 6740) comes in separately, then is combined into a single file with the timestamp for each row derived from one of those sub-sites (in this case, the 6740 is giving the time in each row). So the data from the 4600 and 5300 locations is just fine, but it's being listed in rows which have incorrect times.
So I think the telemetry actually should look like this (it was a pain-in-the-ass to move the values around, using combinations of text editor and spreadsheet for different parts of the process):
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3-31-2011
Northwest Weather and Avalanche Center
Mission Ridge Ski Area, Washington
MM/DD Hour Temp Temp Temp RH RH Wind Wind Wind Hour Total 24 Hr Total
PST F F F % % Avg Max Dir Prec. Prec. Snow Snow
6740' 5300' 4600' 6740' 5300' 6740' 6740' 6740' 5300' 5300' 5300' 5300'
3 30 1100 37 37 40 99 99 21 41 191 0 0 4 66
3 30 1200 37 37 40 96 96 21 42 191 0 0 4 65
3 30 1300 38 38 41 95 95 22 38 187 0 0 4 65
3 30 1400 38 38 41 93 93 21 39 184 0 0 3 65
3 30 1500 38 38 40 92 92 19 35 177 0 0 3 64
3 30 1600 38 38 40 91 90 15 31 169 0 0 3 64
3 30 1700 38 38 40 90 90 13 28 167 0 0 3 64
3 30 1800 38 38 40 89 89 13 32 166 0 0 3 64
3 30 1900 39 39 40 86 86 18 35 173 0 0 3 64
3 30 2000 39 39 40 88 89 18 34 176 0 0 3 64
3 30 2100 38 38 40 91 91 16 34 177 0 0 3 64
3 30 2200 39 39 42 91 91 18 39 181 0 0 3 64
3 30 2300 40 40 43 94 95 12 28 169 0 0 3 64
3 31 0 41 44 96 0 0 3 63
3 31 100 41 44 96 0 0 3 63
3 31 200 41 43 92 0 0 3 63
3 31 300 33 41 43 100 89 78 123 275 0 0 3 63
3 31 400 33 40 42 100 93 78 119 275 0 0 2 62
3 31 500 32 39 41 100 93 82 121 275 .01 .01 2 63
3 31 600 32 38 41 100 96 77 117 274 0 .01 2 62
3 31 700 31 38 40 100 97 73 114 276 .02 .03 2 62
3 31 800 31 37 40 100 96 60 109 295 0 .03 2 62
3 31 900 30 37 39 100 94 53 103 299 0 .03 2 61
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It's best to try to do these corrections mentally, to figure out which values go where as you're viewing a slightly-screwed up file which still has mostly-valid data. It gets easier to tell good data from suspect data with practice.
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