MOUNT WASHINGTON (WGME) — It was a big day on Mount Washington Thursday, as the National Weather Observatory celebrated a milestone.
The Mount Washington Observatory debuted a brand-new weather station, marking the start of a multi-year expansion program.
“This is really important because it’s the west side of the mountain, where most of our weather comes from. So we’re just really, really excited to start recording that data, but also the partnerships and collaborations that have come from it and what it’s going to do to the community,” Mount Washington Observatory Director of Weather Operations Jay Broccolo said.
This is one of five newly installed remote weather stations along the Cog Railway.
“These new stations and our current summits page, it’s really helpful because say you want to hike Mount Washington or any of the Presidentials, but you don’t necessarily know what to pack. It helps the recreationists really plan out their day,” Broccolo said.
It takes a lot of work to build one of these weather stations.
“It takes about three days to preassemble a station and then another day to deploy it. Then the data flow integration after the station is in place takes probably another one to two days per station, because of how our internal network is configured,” Mount Washington Observatory Director of Technology Keith Garnett said.
This information will help with both short-term and long-term forecasting.
“With that information, they may be able to provide better forecasts and give us a better idea of how the climate is changing on a long-term basis. Obviously, the more data you have the better those prognostications can be,” Mount Washington Cog Railway President Wanye Pressdy said.
To see more about the newly unveiled weather stations you can visit their website.
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