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Strong winds at Mt Bachelor!
17 Nov 2015 20:59 - 18 Nov 2015 20:01 #225021
by Dustin_B
Strong winds at Mt Bachelor! was created by Dustin_B
Pretty strong winds down here in central Oregon today. Haven't checked Muir or Hood but top of Bachelor (~9k) registered a gust of 172mph (avg of 135 mph) during the 6 pm hour today. Pretty impressive numbers coming from our little volcano down here in Oregon! 15 of the past 24 hours had peak winds of over 100mph. And 6 of those hours in the past 24 registered over 125mph gust!! I suspect a detailed post from Amar regarding this wind storm...
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19 Nov 2015 17:07 #225008
by Dustin_B
Replied by Dustin_B on topic Re: Strong winds at Mt Bachelor!
Adding another screen capture of the winds at top of Bachy today for this multi-day wind event. Still impressively strong winds today up there. Gusts above 100mph in 3 of the past 24 hours. Winds should be tapering off tonight. I find it interesting that this wind event seems so isolated to Bachelor and not covered (or even mentioned) in any media outlet I've seen. Those are some ripping winds. Unofficial networks had a write up about White Pass winds. White Pass registered 119mph and Crystal at 107mph but Muir didn't get above 70mph. No data for up high at Hood.
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20 Nov 2015 00:37 #225039
by Amar Andalkar
Replied by Amar Andalkar on topic Re: Strong winds at Mt Bachelor!
Thanks for the post Dustin. I noticed those amazing winds on the Mount Bachelor telemetry Tuesday, and mentioned them to a few friends. Those are among the highest winds I can recall seeing on that telemetry, but I'm nearly certain that I've seen winds in excess of 150 mph there a few times in past years. Unfortunately, I didn't setup a script to start saving the Bachelor telemetry data until March 2015 (it's something that I should have done years earlier), so I can't check for high winds in previous years. Is there any chance you could see if the Bachelor ski patrol has an archive of that data (and if so, can I get my hands on it)?
For those unfamiliar with the area: Mount Bachelor's 9065 ft summit is an impressively windy location, a smooth isolated volcanic cone rising over 3500 ft above its base a few miles east of the Cascade Crest in Central Oregon. There are no higher obstructions anywhere nearby except the 10000+ ft Three Sisters and 9175 ft Broken Top about 7-14 miles to the north-northwest, with all other directions completely unobstructed for dozens, even hundreds, of miles. The wind sensors at the summit are at a reasonably favorable location, atop a roughly 20 ft tower on the roof of the Summit Express lift building. The building itself is located to the southeast and east of several small cinder cones and lava mounds at the summit which rise as much as a few dozen feet higher than the roof of the building. They might otherwise obstruct or deflect the full force of the wind, but the tower's height atop the building raises it into the free airstream and probably gives a reasonably fair reading of free air wind speed:
[size=small]Eight-shot panorama spanning about 240° of the summit region of Mount Bachelor in late May 2015, taken from atop a small cinder cone on the southeast part of the summit plateau, with the true summit cinder cone at left-center and the Summit Express lift building at right. The Three Sisters and Broken Top are completely hidden behind the summit cone from this angle. (click for triple-size version)[/size]
[size=small]Looking northeast towards the Summit Express lift building from a different small cinder cone, with the wind sensor tower at right.[/size]
[size=small]Zoomed view of the wind sensor tower atop the Summit Express lift building.[/size]
[size=small]A large collection of lightsabers adorns the other end of the Summit Express lift building.[/size]
For comparison, the highest wind gust ever recorded on telemetry in the Washington Cascades appears to be 155 mph at Camp Muir in February 2011 (see links below to older TAY threads). Although the highest winds at Muir during this storm appeared to be only just over 80 mph, that reading severely under-recorded the true wind speed, which certainly far exceeded 100 mph and likely approached 150 mph or more. How do we know for sure that this happened? First of all, the winds at Paradise topped 70 mph for several hours, which is really an exceptional wind speed at that location (see links below). There is no possible way that the winds at Muir could have been merely 10 mph higher during this type of intense mid-latitude cyclone. And as of last week when I visited on November 10, the anemometer at Muir was spinning freely, but severely under-recording winds due to a large shield of rime ice on its windward (SW) side which was blocking much of the wind:
[size=small]The partially rime-shielded wind sensors (anemometer at right) at Camp Muir on November 10.[/size]
It is very likely that this shield of rime ice remained in place during this storm. The data below shows that the Muir anemometer was completely frozen at 0 mph prior to this wind event, but did partially break free and start spinning again as the winds picked up, but only recorded winds slightly higher than Paradise:
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Northwest Avalanche Center Northwest Avalanche Center
Paradise, Mt Rainier National Park, Washington Camp Muir, Mt Rainier National Park, Washington
Precip gage not heating properly, repairs planned for mid-Nov Wind gages unheated and may rime
MM/DD Hour Temp RH Wind Wind Wind Hour Total 24 Hr Total Solar MM/DD Hour Temp RH Wind Wind Wind Wind Solar
PST F % Avg Max Dir Prec Prec Snow Snow W/m2 PST F % Min Avg Max Dir W/m2
5400' 5400' 5380' 5380' 5380' 5400' 5400' 5400' 5400' 5380' 10110'10110'10110'10110'10110'10110'10110'
11 18 1200 26 95 15 24 254 0 .04 9 26 402 11 18 1200 16 95 2 8 30 59 372
11 18 1100 26 95 12 26 246 0 .04 9 26 377 11 18 1100 15 95 2 7 18 67 293
11 18 1000 25 96 12 23 257 .01 .04 8 26 294 11 18 1000 13 95 0 5 11 355 121
11 18 900 23 95 14 23 255 .01 .03 9 26 171 11 18 900 13 94 1 9 34 18 165
11 18 800 22 96 20 37 262 .01 .02 8 27 37 11 18 800 9 93 2 10 41 28 39
11 18 700 22 96 24 40 264 0 .01 8 26 0 11 18 700 11 94 3 15 36 43 0
11 18 600 22 96 26 40 270 .01 .01 8 26 0 11 18 600 9 94 5 19 54 63 0
11 18 500 23 96 28 42 275 0 0 8 26 0 11 18 500 4 92 4 17 32 292 0
11 18 400 24 97 22 37 264 0 4.51 8 26 0 11 18 400 5 92 16 30 46 260 0
11 18 300 23 96 25 41 266 .01 4.51 8 26 0 11 18 300 4 92 9 25 38 268 0
11 18 200 24 97 26 46 269 0 4.5 7 22 0 11 18 200 5 92 15 32 49 260 0
11 18 100 24 97 26 45 266 .01 4.5 8 24 0 11 18 100 5 92 13 35 54 258 0
11 18 0 24 97 27 43 264 0 4.49 8 24 0 11 18 0 5 92 17 34 50 266 0
11 17 2300 23 96 30 50 260 .02 4.49 8 26 0 11 17 2300 5 92 13 34 51 257 0
11 17 2200 25 97 29 54 264 0 4.47 8 27 0 11 17 2200 6 93 16 31 62 266 0
11 17 2100 24 97 36 67 269 .01 4.47 48 27 0 11 17 2100 5 93 9 32 51 254 0
11 17 2000 27 98 35 65 274 0 4.46 7 26 0 11 17 2000 9 94 13 31 53 276 0
11 17 1900 29 100 37 73 272 .01 4.46 48 24 0 11 17 1900 14 96 9 34 60 268 0
11 17 1800 32 100 37 72 263 .05 4.45 7 25 0 11 17 1800 19 98 15 34 57 272 0
11 17 1700 34 100 41 73 267 .25 4.4 8 24 0 11 17 1700 22 99 22 47 72 267 2
11 17 1600 40 100 42 73 261 .51 4.15 8 21 3 11 17 1600 26 100 50 70 84 255 11
11 17 1500 39 100 42 60 268 .49 3.64 9 26 6 11 17 1500 25 100 59 70 81 252 22
11 17 1400 38 100 36 53 267 .39 3.15 9 25 7 11 17 1400 24 100 53 64 77 249 28
11 17 1300 38 99 33 56 266 .32 2.76 9 24 10 11 17 1300 23 99 48 61 73 253 39
11 17 1200 36 100 34 55 265 .3 2.44 9 25 12 11 17 1200 23 99 48 57 68 266 48
11 17 1100 37 100 35 54 263 .23 2.14 9 27 14 11 17 1100 23 99 49 60 72 212 51
11 17 1000 38 100 32 52 264 .2 1.91 9 25 11 11 17 1000 24 99 42 56 67 162 40
11 17 900 38 100 26 53 264 .36 1.71 10 25 5 11 17 900 24 99 39 51 62 162 20
11 17 800 37 100 30 47 266 .34 1.35 10 28 0 11 17 800 23 99 38 49 64 160 6
11 17 700 37 100 27 43 263 .3 1.01 10 29 0 11 17 700 23 99 39 48 56 151 0
11 17 600 37 100 29 50 267 .35 .71 11 29 0 11 17 600 23 99 36 46 57 149 0
11 17 500 36 100 23 36 265 .36 .36 11 29 0 11 17 500 23 99 32 42 50 141 0
11 17 400 35 99 21 33 264 .25 .7 11 30 0 11 17 400 24 99 29 42 56 137 0
11 17 300 33 99 20 31 262 .23 .45 11 30 0 11 17 300 24 100 31 40 53 137 0
11 17 200 32 100 15 26 264 .09 .22 12 30 0 11 17 200 23 99 30 38 48 137 0
11 17 100 32 100 12 19 273 .01 .13 12 30 0 11 17 100 23 99 24 33 43 135 0
11 17 0 31 100 13 21 271 .02 .12 12 29 0 11 17 0 23 99 23 37 48 156 0
11 16 2300 31 100 12 16 268 .01 .1 11 24 0 11 16 2300 22 99 24 36 48 163 0
11 16 2200 30 100 13 19 269 .01 .09 11 26 0 11 16 2200 21 98 24 32 41 163 0
11 16 2100 30 100 13 19 271 .01 .08 10 23 0 11 16 2100 20 98 25 32 39 164 0
11 16 2000 30 100 11 17 278 .01 .07 10 24 0 11 16 2000 18 98 22 29 37 164 0
11 16 1900 29 99 4 12 283 .01 .06 9 24 0 11 16 1900 17 97 20 27 38 164 0
11 16 1800 28 98 2 4 285 .01 .05 9 28 0 11 16 1800 16 97 21 29 34 164 0
11 16 1700 28 98 5 9 285 0 .04 7 22 0 11 16 1700 16 97 26 31 40 164 2
11 16 1600 27 98 11 18 291 0 .04 5 20 11 11 16 1600 15 96 28 32 39 164 28
11 16 1500 27 98 11 18 286 .01 .04 3 17 46 11 16 1500 13 96 27 34 41 164 76
11 16 1400 26 97 11 16 282 .01 .03 3 20 44 11 16 1400 12 95 29 36 42 164 98
11 16 1300 26 97 9 16 280 0 .02 3 20 59 11 16 1300 12 95 28 34 40 164 133
11 16 1200 25 97 8 11 270 .01 .02 3 21 75 11 16 1200 11 95 22 30 40 164 187
11 16 1100 25 97 7 10 262 0 .01 3 17 95 11 16 1100 12 95 21 29 38 164 194
11 16 1000 24 97 7 11 261 0 .01 3 22 49 11 16 1000 11 95 16 22 32 164 160
11 16 900 23 96 3 7 267 .01 .01 3 22 32 11 16 900 11 94 2 14 24 164 87
11 16 800 21 96 2 6 272 0 0 3 22 17 11 16 800 10 94 0 4 19 164 23
11 16 700 21 96 3 7 258 0 0 3 22 0 11 16 700 9 94 0 0 0 164 0
11 16 600 21 96 5 13 242 0 0 3 22 0 11 16 600 9 93 0 0 0 164 0
11 16 500 21 96 5 10 213 0 0 3 22 0 11 16 500 7 93 0 0 0 164 0
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Other than Camp Muir, the windiest telemetry site in the Washington Cascades is atop Mission Ridge, and once again that came through with wind gusts exceeding 120-130 mph for several hours during the height of this storm:
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Northwest 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
6730' 5160' 4610' 6730' 5160' 6730' 6730' 6730' 5160' 5160' 5160' 5160'
11 18 1200 21 25 27 92 100 18 33 262 .01 .1 0 126
11 18 1100 20 23 26 92 100 16 35 274 0 .09 0 126
11 18 1000 20 22 24 91 100 15 40 289 0 .09 0 126
11 18 900 18 21 24 91 100 29 63 289 .02 .09 0 126
11 18 800 17 22 24 92 100 34 65 284 .03 .07 7 126
11 18 700 15 22 24 92 100 47 81 286 .01 .04 7 7
11 18 600 16 22 25 92 100 46 77 280 .02 .03 7 126
11 18 500 16 22 25 92 100 37 65 283 .01 .01 7 126
11 18 400 17 23 25 92 100 37 69 282 .02 2.62 7 126
11 18 300 18 24 26 92 100 40 73 278 .02 2.6 7 126
11 18 200 18 25 27 93 100 37 63 273 .03 2.58 7 126
11 18 100 18 25 27 93 100 30 56 281 .06 2.55 7 126
11 18 0 19 25 27 93 100 34 83 276 .06 2.49 45 126
11 17 2300 19 25 27 93 100 36 72 275 .07 2.43 4 126
11 17 2200 19 25 28 93 100 39 87 284 .04 2.36 2 126
11 17 2100 21 28 30 94 100 44 85 281 .05 2.32 2 126
11 17 2000 25 31 33 96 100 53 98 275 .05 2.27 2 1
11 17 1900 27 33 36 97 100 61 113 273 .04 2.22 2 3
11 17 1800 29 34 37 100 100 58 137 274 .13 2.18 1 3
11 17 1700 30 35 38 100 100 35 110 263 .26 2.05 2 3
11 17 1600 30 35 38 100 100 43 127 243 .2 1.79 2 2
11 17 1500 31 35 39 100 100 65 135 247 .19 1.59 2 3
11 17 1400 31 36 39 100 100 72 128 255 .1 1.4 2 2
11 17 1300 31 36 40 100 100 78 112 258 .07 1.3 1 2
11 17 1200 31 37 40 100 100 64 96 265 .02 1.23 1 3
11 17 1100 32 38 41 100 100 65 102 268 .01 1.21 1 3
11 17 1000 31 37 40 100 100 66 116 269 .02 1.2 1 3
11 17 900 31 36 40 100 100 61 108 273 .05 1.18 1 3
11 17 800 31 31 40 100 37 57 105 274 1 1.13 274 0
11 17 700 32 37 41 100 100 52 97 274 .05 .13 2 2
11 17 600 32 37 41 100 100 46 79 270 .06 .08 2 4
11 17 500 32 38 42 100 100 55 96 274 .02 .02 3 4
11 17 400 32 36 41 100 100 51 97 273 .05 .75 3 5
11 17 300 32 36 40 100 100 52 92 275 .14 .7 4 5
11 17 200 31 33 39 100 100 50 83 272 .11 .56 4 6
11 17 100 29 32 36 98 100 46 80 272 .08 .45 4 6
11 17 0 27 32 30 96 100 43 75 274 .09 .37 3 126
11 16 2300 25 29 28 95 100 43 68 265 .06 .28 2 2
11 16 2200 20 26 28 94 100 41 60 246 .06 .22 2 126
11 16 2100 19 25 28 93 100 42 58 240 .05 .16 1 3
11 16 2000 19 25 28 93 100 45 64 241 .04 .11 1 0
11 16 1900 18 25 27 93 100 43 63 240 .04 .07 1 126
11 16 1800 18 24 27 93 100 44 63 240 .03 .03 0 -1
11 16 1700 16 24 26 92 97 39 61 238 0 0 0 1
11 16 1600 17 24 26 92 96 39 60 239 0 0 0 1
11 16 1500 18 25 27 92 96 37 52 239 0 0 0 -2
11 16 1400 18 27 27 90 84 30 55 236 0 0 0 1
11 16 1300 19 28 28 86 76 22 31 242 0 0 0 0
11 16 1200 19 28 26 83 73 19 33 250 0 0 0 1
11 16 1100 17 27 25 76 60 16 28 271 0 0 0 0
11 16 1000 17 26 23 68 57 16 32 270 0 0 0 0
11 16 900 17 24 23 70 67 11 24 273 0 0 0 0
11 16 800 19 23 22 51 79 8 17 327 0 0 0 0
11 16 700 17 24 22 63 69 16 26 329 0 0 0 0
11 16 600 16 24 22 80 76 17 30 323 0 0 0 0
11 16 500 14 22 22 89 86 19 36 302 0 0 0 1
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Here are some previous TAY threads about high winds:
Extreme high winds at Mt Hood Timberline: 136 mph! (Dec 2014), includes historical wind info for Paradise in Reply #1
Windy at Mission Ridge (January 2014), statistical comparison of high winds at Camp Muir vs. Mission Ridge
Windy on the east side (March 2011)
Muiricane (February 2011), the record 155 mph gust
Winds over 100 mph at many NWAC sites, 15Nov2010
A little breezy on the east side... (Dec 2006 & Jan 2007)
For those unfamiliar with the area: Mount Bachelor's 9065 ft summit is an impressively windy location, a smooth isolated volcanic cone rising over 3500 ft above its base a few miles east of the Cascade Crest in Central Oregon. There are no higher obstructions anywhere nearby except the 10000+ ft Three Sisters and 9175 ft Broken Top about 7-14 miles to the north-northwest, with all other directions completely unobstructed for dozens, even hundreds, of miles. The wind sensors at the summit are at a reasonably favorable location, atop a roughly 20 ft tower on the roof of the Summit Express lift building. The building itself is located to the southeast and east of several small cinder cones and lava mounds at the summit which rise as much as a few dozen feet higher than the roof of the building. They might otherwise obstruct or deflect the full force of the wind, but the tower's height atop the building raises it into the free airstream and probably gives a reasonably fair reading of free air wind speed:
[size=small]Eight-shot panorama spanning about 240° of the summit region of Mount Bachelor in late May 2015, taken from atop a small cinder cone on the southeast part of the summit plateau, with the true summit cinder cone at left-center and the Summit Express lift building at right. The Three Sisters and Broken Top are completely hidden behind the summit cone from this angle. (click for triple-size version)[/size]
[size=small]Looking northeast towards the Summit Express lift building from a different small cinder cone, with the wind sensor tower at right.[/size]
[size=small]Zoomed view of the wind sensor tower atop the Summit Express lift building.[/size]
[size=small]A large collection of lightsabers adorns the other end of the Summit Express lift building.[/size]
For comparison, the highest wind gust ever recorded on telemetry in the Washington Cascades appears to be 155 mph at Camp Muir in February 2011 (see links below to older TAY threads). Although the highest winds at Muir during this storm appeared to be only just over 80 mph, that reading severely under-recorded the true wind speed, which certainly far exceeded 100 mph and likely approached 150 mph or more. How do we know for sure that this happened? First of all, the winds at Paradise topped 70 mph for several hours, which is really an exceptional wind speed at that location (see links below). There is no possible way that the winds at Muir could have been merely 10 mph higher during this type of intense mid-latitude cyclone. And as of last week when I visited on November 10, the anemometer at Muir was spinning freely, but severely under-recording winds due to a large shield of rime ice on its windward (SW) side which was blocking much of the wind:
[size=small]The partially rime-shielded wind sensors (anemometer at right) at Camp Muir on November 10.[/size]
It is very likely that this shield of rime ice remained in place during this storm. The data below shows that the Muir anemometer was completely frozen at 0 mph prior to this wind event, but did partially break free and start spinning again as the winds picked up, but only recorded winds slightly higher than Paradise:
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Northwest Avalanche Center Northwest Avalanche Center
Paradise, Mt Rainier National Park, Washington Camp Muir, Mt Rainier National Park, Washington
Precip gage not heating properly, repairs planned for mid-Nov Wind gages unheated and may rime
MM/DD Hour Temp RH Wind Wind Wind Hour Total 24 Hr Total Solar MM/DD Hour Temp RH Wind Wind Wind Wind Solar
PST F % Avg Max Dir Prec Prec Snow Snow W/m2 PST F % Min Avg Max Dir W/m2
5400' 5400' 5380' 5380' 5380' 5400' 5400' 5400' 5400' 5380' 10110'10110'10110'10110'10110'10110'10110'
11 18 1200 26 95 15 24 254 0 .04 9 26 402 11 18 1200 16 95 2 8 30 59 372
11 18 1100 26 95 12 26 246 0 .04 9 26 377 11 18 1100 15 95 2 7 18 67 293
11 18 1000 25 96 12 23 257 .01 .04 8 26 294 11 18 1000 13 95 0 5 11 355 121
11 18 900 23 95 14 23 255 .01 .03 9 26 171 11 18 900 13 94 1 9 34 18 165
11 18 800 22 96 20 37 262 .01 .02 8 27 37 11 18 800 9 93 2 10 41 28 39
11 18 700 22 96 24 40 264 0 .01 8 26 0 11 18 700 11 94 3 15 36 43 0
11 18 600 22 96 26 40 270 .01 .01 8 26 0 11 18 600 9 94 5 19 54 63 0
11 18 500 23 96 28 42 275 0 0 8 26 0 11 18 500 4 92 4 17 32 292 0
11 18 400 24 97 22 37 264 0 4.51 8 26 0 11 18 400 5 92 16 30 46 260 0
11 18 300 23 96 25 41 266 .01 4.51 8 26 0 11 18 300 4 92 9 25 38 268 0
11 18 200 24 97 26 46 269 0 4.5 7 22 0 11 18 200 5 92 15 32 49 260 0
11 18 100 24 97 26 45 266 .01 4.5 8 24 0 11 18 100 5 92 13 35 54 258 0
11 18 0 24 97 27 43 264 0 4.49 8 24 0 11 18 0 5 92 17 34 50 266 0
11 17 2300 23 96 30 50 260 .02 4.49 8 26 0 11 17 2300 5 92 13 34 51 257 0
11 17 2200 25 97 29 54 264 0 4.47 8 27 0 11 17 2200 6 93 16 31 62 266 0
11 17 2100 24 97 36 67 269 .01 4.47 48 27 0 11 17 2100 5 93 9 32 51 254 0
11 17 2000 27 98 35 65 274 0 4.46 7 26 0 11 17 2000 9 94 13 31 53 276 0
11 17 1900 29 100 37 73 272 .01 4.46 48 24 0 11 17 1900 14 96 9 34 60 268 0
11 17 1800 32 100 37 72 263 .05 4.45 7 25 0 11 17 1800 19 98 15 34 57 272 0
11 17 1700 34 100 41 73 267 .25 4.4 8 24 0 11 17 1700 22 99 22 47 72 267 2
11 17 1600 40 100 42 73 261 .51 4.15 8 21 3 11 17 1600 26 100 50 70 84 255 11
11 17 1500 39 100 42 60 268 .49 3.64 9 26 6 11 17 1500 25 100 59 70 81 252 22
11 17 1400 38 100 36 53 267 .39 3.15 9 25 7 11 17 1400 24 100 53 64 77 249 28
11 17 1300 38 99 33 56 266 .32 2.76 9 24 10 11 17 1300 23 99 48 61 73 253 39
11 17 1200 36 100 34 55 265 .3 2.44 9 25 12 11 17 1200 23 99 48 57 68 266 48
11 17 1100 37 100 35 54 263 .23 2.14 9 27 14 11 17 1100 23 99 49 60 72 212 51
11 17 1000 38 100 32 52 264 .2 1.91 9 25 11 11 17 1000 24 99 42 56 67 162 40
11 17 900 38 100 26 53 264 .36 1.71 10 25 5 11 17 900 24 99 39 51 62 162 20
11 17 800 37 100 30 47 266 .34 1.35 10 28 0 11 17 800 23 99 38 49 64 160 6
11 17 700 37 100 27 43 263 .3 1.01 10 29 0 11 17 700 23 99 39 48 56 151 0
11 17 600 37 100 29 50 267 .35 .71 11 29 0 11 17 600 23 99 36 46 57 149 0
11 17 500 36 100 23 36 265 .36 .36 11 29 0 11 17 500 23 99 32 42 50 141 0
11 17 400 35 99 21 33 264 .25 .7 11 30 0 11 17 400 24 99 29 42 56 137 0
11 17 300 33 99 20 31 262 .23 .45 11 30 0 11 17 300 24 100 31 40 53 137 0
11 17 200 32 100 15 26 264 .09 .22 12 30 0 11 17 200 23 99 30 38 48 137 0
11 17 100 32 100 12 19 273 .01 .13 12 30 0 11 17 100 23 99 24 33 43 135 0
11 17 0 31 100 13 21 271 .02 .12 12 29 0 11 17 0 23 99 23 37 48 156 0
11 16 2300 31 100 12 16 268 .01 .1 11 24 0 11 16 2300 22 99 24 36 48 163 0
11 16 2200 30 100 13 19 269 .01 .09 11 26 0 11 16 2200 21 98 24 32 41 163 0
11 16 2100 30 100 13 19 271 .01 .08 10 23 0 11 16 2100 20 98 25 32 39 164 0
11 16 2000 30 100 11 17 278 .01 .07 10 24 0 11 16 2000 18 98 22 29 37 164 0
11 16 1900 29 99 4 12 283 .01 .06 9 24 0 11 16 1900 17 97 20 27 38 164 0
11 16 1800 28 98 2 4 285 .01 .05 9 28 0 11 16 1800 16 97 21 29 34 164 0
11 16 1700 28 98 5 9 285 0 .04 7 22 0 11 16 1700 16 97 26 31 40 164 2
11 16 1600 27 98 11 18 291 0 .04 5 20 11 11 16 1600 15 96 28 32 39 164 28
11 16 1500 27 98 11 18 286 .01 .04 3 17 46 11 16 1500 13 96 27 34 41 164 76
11 16 1400 26 97 11 16 282 .01 .03 3 20 44 11 16 1400 12 95 29 36 42 164 98
11 16 1300 26 97 9 16 280 0 .02 3 20 59 11 16 1300 12 95 28 34 40 164 133
11 16 1200 25 97 8 11 270 .01 .02 3 21 75 11 16 1200 11 95 22 30 40 164 187
11 16 1100 25 97 7 10 262 0 .01 3 17 95 11 16 1100 12 95 21 29 38 164 194
11 16 1000 24 97 7 11 261 0 .01 3 22 49 11 16 1000 11 95 16 22 32 164 160
11 16 900 23 96 3 7 267 .01 .01 3 22 32 11 16 900 11 94 2 14 24 164 87
11 16 800 21 96 2 6 272 0 0 3 22 17 11 16 800 10 94 0 4 19 164 23
11 16 700 21 96 3 7 258 0 0 3 22 0 11 16 700 9 94 0 0 0 164 0
11 16 600 21 96 5 13 242 0 0 3 22 0 11 16 600 9 93 0 0 0 164 0
11 16 500 21 96 5 10 213 0 0 3 22 0 11 16 500 7 93 0 0 0 164 0
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Other than Camp Muir, the windiest telemetry site in the Washington Cascades is atop Mission Ridge, and once again that came through with wind gusts exceeding 120-130 mph for several hours during the height of this storm:
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Northwest 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
6730' 5160' 4610' 6730' 5160' 6730' 6730' 6730' 5160' 5160' 5160' 5160'
11 18 1200 21 25 27 92 100 18 33 262 .01 .1 0 126
11 18 1100 20 23 26 92 100 16 35 274 0 .09 0 126
11 18 1000 20 22 24 91 100 15 40 289 0 .09 0 126
11 18 900 18 21 24 91 100 29 63 289 .02 .09 0 126
11 18 800 17 22 24 92 100 34 65 284 .03 .07 7 126
11 18 700 15 22 24 92 100 47 81 286 .01 .04 7 7
11 18 600 16 22 25 92 100 46 77 280 .02 .03 7 126
11 18 500 16 22 25 92 100 37 65 283 .01 .01 7 126
11 18 400 17 23 25 92 100 37 69 282 .02 2.62 7 126
11 18 300 18 24 26 92 100 40 73 278 .02 2.6 7 126
11 18 200 18 25 27 93 100 37 63 273 .03 2.58 7 126
11 18 100 18 25 27 93 100 30 56 281 .06 2.55 7 126
11 18 0 19 25 27 93 100 34 83 276 .06 2.49 45 126
11 17 2300 19 25 27 93 100 36 72 275 .07 2.43 4 126
11 17 2200 19 25 28 93 100 39 87 284 .04 2.36 2 126
11 17 2100 21 28 30 94 100 44 85 281 .05 2.32 2 126
11 17 2000 25 31 33 96 100 53 98 275 .05 2.27 2 1
11 17 1900 27 33 36 97 100 61 113 273 .04 2.22 2 3
11 17 1800 29 34 37 100 100 58 137 274 .13 2.18 1 3
11 17 1700 30 35 38 100 100 35 110 263 .26 2.05 2 3
11 17 1600 30 35 38 100 100 43 127 243 .2 1.79 2 2
11 17 1500 31 35 39 100 100 65 135 247 .19 1.59 2 3
11 17 1400 31 36 39 100 100 72 128 255 .1 1.4 2 2
11 17 1300 31 36 40 100 100 78 112 258 .07 1.3 1 2
11 17 1200 31 37 40 100 100 64 96 265 .02 1.23 1 3
11 17 1100 32 38 41 100 100 65 102 268 .01 1.21 1 3
11 17 1000 31 37 40 100 100 66 116 269 .02 1.2 1 3
11 17 900 31 36 40 100 100 61 108 273 .05 1.18 1 3
11 17 800 31 31 40 100 37 57 105 274 1 1.13 274 0
11 17 700 32 37 41 100 100 52 97 274 .05 .13 2 2
11 17 600 32 37 41 100 100 46 79 270 .06 .08 2 4
11 17 500 32 38 42 100 100 55 96 274 .02 .02 3 4
11 17 400 32 36 41 100 100 51 97 273 .05 .75 3 5
11 17 300 32 36 40 100 100 52 92 275 .14 .7 4 5
11 17 200 31 33 39 100 100 50 83 272 .11 .56 4 6
11 17 100 29 32 36 98 100 46 80 272 .08 .45 4 6
11 17 0 27 32 30 96 100 43 75 274 .09 .37 3 126
11 16 2300 25 29 28 95 100 43 68 265 .06 .28 2 2
11 16 2200 20 26 28 94 100 41 60 246 .06 .22 2 126
11 16 2100 19 25 28 93 100 42 58 240 .05 .16 1 3
11 16 2000 19 25 28 93 100 45 64 241 .04 .11 1 0
11 16 1900 18 25 27 93 100 43 63 240 .04 .07 1 126
11 16 1800 18 24 27 93 100 44 63 240 .03 .03 0 -1
11 16 1700 16 24 26 92 97 39 61 238 0 0 0 1
11 16 1600 17 24 26 92 96 39 60 239 0 0 0 1
11 16 1500 18 25 27 92 96 37 52 239 0 0 0 -2
11 16 1400 18 27 27 90 84 30 55 236 0 0 0 1
11 16 1300 19 28 28 86 76 22 31 242 0 0 0 0
11 16 1200 19 28 26 83 73 19 33 250 0 0 0 1
11 16 1100 17 27 25 76 60 16 28 271 0 0 0 0
11 16 1000 17 26 23 68 57 16 32 270 0 0 0 0
11 16 900 17 24 23 70 67 11 24 273 0 0 0 0
11 16 800 19 23 22 51 79 8 17 327 0 0 0 0
11 16 700 17 24 22 63 69 16 26 329 0 0 0 0
11 16 600 16 24 22 80 76 17 30 323 0 0 0 0
11 16 500 14 22 22 89 86 19 36 302 0 0 0 1
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Here are some previous TAY threads about high winds:
Extreme high winds at Mt Hood Timberline: 136 mph! (Dec 2014), includes historical wind info for Paradise in Reply #1
Windy at Mission Ridge (January 2014), statistical comparison of high winds at Camp Muir vs. Mission Ridge
Windy on the east side (March 2011)
Muiricane (February 2011), the record 155 mph gust
Winds over 100 mph at many NWAC sites, 15Nov2010
A little breezy on the east side... (Dec 2006 & Jan 2007)
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20 Nov 2015 01:47 #225040
by Amar Andalkar
Replied by Amar Andalkar on topic Re: Strong winds at Mt Bachelor!
Even though I don't have the full set of saved Mount Bachelor telemetry data prior to March 2015, out of curiosity I searched through my archive of miscellaneous saved files and did find occasional manually saved data during various high wind events. Here are the windiest of those random saved files (this is a very random and incomplete set of high wind events!!):
130 mph and 139 mph in February 2015:
149 mph in May 2013:
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Mt Bachelor previous 24hr weather report
updated 5/29/2013 18:10
Date Time Base Pmx Smt Pmx Smt Pmx Pmx Pmx Smt Smt Smt Srx Srx Srx
Temp Temp Temp RH RH wind wind wind wind wind wind wind wind wind
6300' 7800' 9000' 7800' 9000' avg max dir avg max dir avg max dir
5/29/2013 1700 35.4 31.9 98 27 41 354
5/29/2013 1600 35.8 31.7 29.7 97 98 25 35 351 68 95 0
5/29/2013 1500 35.5 32 29.8 97 98 24 46 351 68 80 0
5/29/2013 1400 35.2 31.7 29.9 97 98 27 44 352 69 88 0
5/29/2013 1300 35 31.7 29.4 97 98 28 42 330 70 94 0
5/29/2013 1200 34.5 30.8 29.5 97 98 30 43 336 75 94 0
5/29/2013 1100 34.8 30.9 28.6 97 99 25 38 330 73 120 0
5/29/2013 1000 34.2 30.5 28.4 97 99 21 48 332 86 133 0
5/29/2013 900 34 30.4 27.9 97 99 18 26 328 101 149 0
5/29/2013 800 34.1 30.1 27.4 97 99 21 28 319 104 147 0
5/29/2013 700 33.3 29.4 27 97 99 24 31 130 109 129 0
5/29/2013 600 33.3 28.8 26.3 97 99 25 33 0 102 135 0
5/29/2013 500 34.6 30.4 25.9 98 99 26 37 0 90 113 0
5/29/2013 400 35.2 31.2 27.2 98 100 23 31 0 101 133 0
5/29/2013 300 37.2 32.6 27.2 98 100 24 37 0 24 63 0
5/29/2013 200 38.1 33.1 30.1 97 100 16 27 0 51 93 0
5/29/2013 100 38.6 33.3 29.6 97 100 11 22 0 12 37 0
5/28/2013 2400 38.8 34.1 30.6 96 100 16 35 0 20 43 0
5/28/2013 2300 41.5 35.3 29.6 91 100 20 29 0 8 7 0
5/28/2013 2200 39.3 35.7 29.9 89 100 27 35 0 18 7 -999
5/28/2013 2100 40.7 35 30.3 89 99 16 22 0 11 2 -999
5/28/2013 2000 42 35.3 31.3 88 95 15 23 0 4 7 -999
5/28/2013 1900 44 36.5 32.2 86 91 20 30 0 26 36 0
5/28/2013 1800 44.5 36.4 33.3 84 85 22 32 0 51 62 0
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174 mph in March 2009:
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Mt Bachelor previous 24hr weather report
updated 3/29/2009 5:44
Date Time Base Pmx Smt Pmx Smt Pmx Pmx Pmx Smt Smt Smt Srx Srx Srx
Temp Temp Temp RH RH wind wind wind wind wind wind wind wind wind
6300' 7800' 9000' 7800' 9000' min max dir min max dir avg max dir
3/29/2009 500 13.8 10.1 91 8 12 105 11 22 329
3/29/2009 400 13 10.1 4.7 91 92 10 14 -6999 40 74 353 15 29 341
3/29/2009 300 14.6 11.2 5.9 91 92 13 20 118 51 100 353 17 33 332
3/29/2009 200 14.6 11.4 6.6 91 91 13 19 109 77 101 353 18 29 329
3/29/2009 100 15.8 12.7 7.4 92 92 11 16 126 61 87 353 14 32 328
3/28/2009 2400 17.1 14.4 8.7 93 93 11 15 -6999 51 92 353 16 24 330
3/28/2009 2300 18.9 16 10.3 93 94 12 18 128 50 78 353 15 26 335
3/28/2009 2200 21.8 19.3 12.8 94 95 15 23 134 60 102 353 14 25 339
3/28/2009 2100 26.5 23.5 17.4 96 95 17 25 130 110 168 353 11 27 329
3/28/2009 2000 28.1 25.1 20.5 96 96 19 26 130 95 174 353 10 23 302
3/28/2009 1900 29.5 26.3 21.6 96 97 17 23 116 44 103 353 15 40 254
3/28/2009 1800 29.6 26.7 21.9 97 97 16 24 121 18 58 353 9 18 263
3/28/2009 1700 30 27.5 22.4 97 96 14 22 127 24 52 353 11 36 260
3/28/2009 1600 30.4 27.9 23.3 97 97 18 25 127 22 56 353 12 27 259
3/28/2009 1500 31.4 29.3 24 96 97 21 29 130 30 64 353 17 29 290
3/28/2009 1400 32.2 30.2 25.4 96 97 23 29 130 43 88 353 17 28 290
3/28/2009 1300 32.3 30.5 25.8 96 98 27 33 131 22 51 353 18 31 276
3/28/2009 1200 31.7 30 25.9 96 98 11 13 105 15 51 353 21 37 274
3/28/2009 1100 31.4 29.8 25.6 96 98 10 13 105 8 24 353 19 31 273
3/28/2009 1000 31.5 29.7 25.7 96 99 12 14 105 3 13 353 15 24 288
3/28/2009 900 30.9 28.8 26 96 99 13 16 105 16 39 353 14 22 277
3/28/2009 800 30.2 28.1 25.5 97 99 14 16 107 58 99 353 15 25 275
3/28/2009 700 30 27.3 24.4 96 98 14 16 118 77 107 353 4 8 275
3/28/2009 600 30.2 27.1 23.1 97 98 14 17 130 55 82 353 7 12 275
3/28/2009 500 29.7 26.8 22.9 97 98 17 22 130 52 73 353 15 24 287
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130 mph and 139 mph in February 2015:
149 mph in May 2013:
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Mt Bachelor previous 24hr weather report
updated 5/29/2013 18:10
Date Time Base Pmx Smt Pmx Smt Pmx Pmx Pmx Smt Smt Smt Srx Srx Srx
Temp Temp Temp RH RH wind wind wind wind wind wind wind wind wind
6300' 7800' 9000' 7800' 9000' avg max dir avg max dir avg max dir
5/29/2013 1700 35.4 31.9 98 27 41 354
5/29/2013 1600 35.8 31.7 29.7 97 98 25 35 351 68 95 0
5/29/2013 1500 35.5 32 29.8 97 98 24 46 351 68 80 0
5/29/2013 1400 35.2 31.7 29.9 97 98 27 44 352 69 88 0
5/29/2013 1300 35 31.7 29.4 97 98 28 42 330 70 94 0
5/29/2013 1200 34.5 30.8 29.5 97 98 30 43 336 75 94 0
5/29/2013 1100 34.8 30.9 28.6 97 99 25 38 330 73 120 0
5/29/2013 1000 34.2 30.5 28.4 97 99 21 48 332 86 133 0
5/29/2013 900 34 30.4 27.9 97 99 18 26 328 101 149 0
5/29/2013 800 34.1 30.1 27.4 97 99 21 28 319 104 147 0
5/29/2013 700 33.3 29.4 27 97 99 24 31 130 109 129 0
5/29/2013 600 33.3 28.8 26.3 97 99 25 33 0 102 135 0
5/29/2013 500 34.6 30.4 25.9 98 99 26 37 0 90 113 0
5/29/2013 400 35.2 31.2 27.2 98 100 23 31 0 101 133 0
5/29/2013 300 37.2 32.6 27.2 98 100 24 37 0 24 63 0
5/29/2013 200 38.1 33.1 30.1 97 100 16 27 0 51 93 0
5/29/2013 100 38.6 33.3 29.6 97 100 11 22 0 12 37 0
5/28/2013 2400 38.8 34.1 30.6 96 100 16 35 0 20 43 0
5/28/2013 2300 41.5 35.3 29.6 91 100 20 29 0 8 7 0
5/28/2013 2200 39.3 35.7 29.9 89 100 27 35 0 18 7 -999
5/28/2013 2100 40.7 35 30.3 89 99 16 22 0 11 2 -999
5/28/2013 2000 42 35.3 31.3 88 95 15 23 0 4 7 -999
5/28/2013 1900 44 36.5 32.2 86 91 20 30 0 26 36 0
5/28/2013 1800 44.5 36.4 33.3 84 85 22 32 0 51 62 0
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174 mph in March 2009:
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Mt Bachelor previous 24hr weather report
updated 3/29/2009 5:44
Date Time Base Pmx Smt Pmx Smt Pmx Pmx Pmx Smt Smt Smt Srx Srx Srx
Temp Temp Temp RH RH wind wind wind wind wind wind wind wind wind
6300' 7800' 9000' 7800' 9000' min max dir min max dir avg max dir
3/29/2009 500 13.8 10.1 91 8 12 105 11 22 329
3/29/2009 400 13 10.1 4.7 91 92 10 14 -6999 40 74 353 15 29 341
3/29/2009 300 14.6 11.2 5.9 91 92 13 20 118 51 100 353 17 33 332
3/29/2009 200 14.6 11.4 6.6 91 91 13 19 109 77 101 353 18 29 329
3/29/2009 100 15.8 12.7 7.4 92 92 11 16 126 61 87 353 14 32 328
3/28/2009 2400 17.1 14.4 8.7 93 93 11 15 -6999 51 92 353 16 24 330
3/28/2009 2300 18.9 16 10.3 93 94 12 18 128 50 78 353 15 26 335
3/28/2009 2200 21.8 19.3 12.8 94 95 15 23 134 60 102 353 14 25 339
3/28/2009 2100 26.5 23.5 17.4 96 95 17 25 130 110 168 353 11 27 329
3/28/2009 2000 28.1 25.1 20.5 96 96 19 26 130 95 174 353 10 23 302
3/28/2009 1900 29.5 26.3 21.6 96 97 17 23 116 44 103 353 15 40 254
3/28/2009 1800 29.6 26.7 21.9 97 97 16 24 121 18 58 353 9 18 263
3/28/2009 1700 30 27.5 22.4 97 96 14 22 127 24 52 353 11 36 260
3/28/2009 1600 30.4 27.9 23.3 97 97 18 25 127 22 56 353 12 27 259
3/28/2009 1500 31.4 29.3 24 96 97 21 29 130 30 64 353 17 29 290
3/28/2009 1400 32.2 30.2 25.4 96 97 23 29 130 43 88 353 17 28 290
3/28/2009 1300 32.3 30.5 25.8 96 98 27 33 131 22 51 353 18 31 276
3/28/2009 1200 31.7 30 25.9 96 98 11 13 105 15 51 353 21 37 274
3/28/2009 1100 31.4 29.8 25.6 96 98 10 13 105 8 24 353 19 31 273
3/28/2009 1000 31.5 29.7 25.7 96 99 12 14 105 3 13 353 15 24 288
3/28/2009 900 30.9 28.8 26 96 99 13 16 105 16 39 353 14 22 277
3/28/2009 800 30.2 28.1 25.5 97 99 14 16 107 58 99 353 15 25 275
3/28/2009 700 30 27.3 24.4 96 98 14 16 118 77 107 353 4 8 275
3/28/2009 600 30.2 27.1 23.1 97 98 14 17 130 55 82 353 7 12 275
3/28/2009 500 29.7 26.8 22.9 97 98 17 22 130 52 73 353 15 24 287
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