Muiricane

Muir?  The NWS revised their predicted winds for Wednesday downward significantly since the morning of March 1:
And the actual winds at Muir turned out to be a TOTAL disappointment, only reaching 56 mph, which is pathetic compared to the numerous 100+ mph events. That value seems way too low (especially considering that Paradise reached 43 mph), and it could perhaps be a sign of partial riming of the anemometer which prevented recording a true value.

I had the same thought about rime-caused friction on the anenometer when I saw the telemetry for Muir. It seemed to have trouble getting above 50 mph and was nearly the same for a few hours around the time of the peak winds.

Don't give up on Mission Ridge yet, they are still in the running with a nice 134 mph gust on 3/10: www.nwac.us/weatherdata/missionridge/10day/

Don't give up on Mission Ridge yet, they are still in the running with a nice 134 mph gust on 3/10: www.nwac.us/weatherdata/missionridge/10day/

The effects of the wind observed at mission ridge today were amazing. Really cool sastrugi, huge difts(8-10') in some spots, very large cornices and a cat track that I had skied on at around 1330 yesterday was completely gone, what had once been a cat track on a steep hillside was now just a steep slope. The uphill cut on the cat track was probably 10-15' the day before.

Aaaaahhhhh....spring, a nice, soothing northerly freshet this morning. Rainier, Baker, Alpental, and especially Mission and Crystal: www.nwac.us/weatherdata/crystalskiarea/10day/

Glad I didn't get out there today, afterall. None of my partners were up for an "adventure". So much for the 4th aspect until snows return.