More Fun with Remote Weather

Presently it is warm, sunny, with a light breeze. Quite nice!

An interesting thing about the Cascades is that there is about a 400 ft. elevation change from the base of the Cascades to the top of the Meadow (keep that in mind on your next hike!). The hill which has the meadow is exposed to wind while the base of the Cascades are in a valley and are more sheltered at the bottom of the 'cliff.'

Ok, fine. So what?

Well we have set up some remote weather gear to see what if any differences are noted from the base to the top.

Last night at 6 pm the hill registered:
69.6 degrees F with 71% humidity.
While the Lodge registered at 6:24pm:
70.3 degrees F with 73% humidity.

Given that the equipment is within a degree of error that is more or less the same reading.
We hadn't got the timing or pressure thing worked out by that point.

This morning at 8:03 am the hill registered:
29.47" of Mercury and steady; 65 degrees F and steady; 83% humidity.
The Lodge at the same time registered:
29.88" of Mercury and steady; 65.7 degrees F and rising; 91% humidity

The pressure difference is a function of elevation.
You reset the device to your base elevation to account for the presence or absence of the column of air above you pushing down. We might need to tweak that a bit as theoretically the pressure should be the same unless the system is changing and there was no rising of falling noted so.....

The increased humidity here at the bottom of the Cascades next to the brook isn't particularly surprising.

All of that weather observation fun aside,
It is a beautiful day for a hike!
Enjoy it, particularly as there will be a chance of thunderstorms later in the day.

The Cascades have flow and the Cascades brook has flow.
Even the small fall on the Silver Spring Trail has flow.


A Scarlet Tangier was noted yesterday in the woods at the edge of the meadow.
The bunny was here at the Lodge.
New rose along the stone wall at the Lodge as well.