National Geographic Weather Station

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It was one of five automatic weather stations placed in May 2019 as part of a partnership between the National Geographic Society; Tribhuvan University in Kathmandu, Nepal; and the Nepal government, with funding from Rolex. This article was supported by Rolex, which is partnering with the National Geographic Society on science-based expeditions to explore, study, and document change in the planet’s most unique regions.

On a postcard day in 2021, Tenzing Gyalzen Sherpa crested the Balcony, a windswept rest spot high on Mount Everest’s Southeast Ridge. You can set a temperature alarm for maximum and minimum values, which triggers both an acoustic and a light signal when the specified value is reached.

Sitting in the trajectory of three major storm tracks and only 100 miles from the North Atlantic, Mount Washington routinely records winds in excess of 100 miles an hour during more than 100 days a year.

Its nice to have a look into the future this is what you are doing opening a window with a 70% correct forcast.Part of the benefit of putting a weather station near the mountain's summit is that it can actually measure the jet stream—but that also means the wind sensors have to be able to endure sustained periods of hurricane-force winds.