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New Hampshire’s Mount Washington felt more like Mars than planet Earth on Friday as wind chills dipped below an unfathomable minus 110 degrees, a new record for the coldest wind chill ever recorded in the US. https://lnkd.in/gFUYxFHi :
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Known for having some of the world’s worst #weather, #MountWashington saw #air #temperatures plummet to minus 46 degrees with wind speeds averaging over 100 miles per hour with #gusts over 125 miles per hour as the #artic #air mass wreaked havoc Friday, according to the Mount Washington #observatory: https://lnkd.in/guthsTRY .
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“There is half of me that loves what is going on right now, and the other half of me is pretty terrified, especially when the door fails.”
– Mount Washington Observer Francis Tarasiewicz : https://lnkd.in/gJjdV7vs :
“The metal latch that was holding the door on broke, so the door swung open when we had that 127 mph gust earlier today,” Mount Washington Observer Francis Tarasiewicz said. “So it took about three people to prop themselves up against it and someone from the state park helped to secure the door again.”
Visibility atop the mountain was less than one-sixteenth of a mile — or just over 100 yards. Meanwhile on #Mars, #temperatures on the surface this week reached a balmy high of 16 degrees with a low of minus 105, according to #NASA. The space agency said temperatures of the red planet can fluctuate between minus 225 and 70 degrees.
Video taken from the observatory on Mount Washington’s summit Friday afternoon shows raging gusts of wind whipping up #snow in a scene that looks more like planet Hoth from Star Wars. The #coldest #air #temperature ever recorded at the observatory was -47 degrees in 1934, according to the National Weather Service. The observatory is staffed year-round, but staffers have warned others about the deadly conditions.
“I want to emphasize the #danger of this #cold,” wrote Mount Washington weather observer Alexis George. “In these brutally cold conditions, the #risk of #hypothermia and #frostbite will be exponential. “These frigid cold conditions will quickly rob you of #body #heat, with the possibility that frostbite could develop on exposed skin in under a minute,” she continued. “Even small mistakes can prove deadly, with a simple slip or fogged goggles leading to a potentially life-threatening situation. In this type of #weather, rescue services will have a difficult time responding to any emergency effectively.”
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