2003 National Tour Archive
Well, here we go. The Subaru Weather-Mobile is loaded (boy, is it loaded). John Mitchell had attached our Davis Vantage Pro Weather Station. The buggy looks pretty hot! A few folks at the Observatory have worked extra hard to make this trip happen; beside John, there is Sean Doucette, who set up this website, Peter Crane, who got the grant, Scot Henley, whose varied talents have helped in numerous ways, and Melody Nester, Marketing Manager for The Weather Notebook, who has organized and kept a handle on everything in ways I never could. Thanks to everyone.
Atlantic Ocean
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I just had to swing by the Atlantic Ocean on my way out of town - the next big body of water I will see is Mobile Bay, on the Gulf of Mexico. Then, the Pacific. Today was mainly a day to get from here to there. Not too much excitement, unless you count the raging drivers in a couple of states. The temperature was about 15 when I left (pretty balmy compared to what we have experienced recently). I had hoped to break the freezing barrier today, but never quite made it; it was only 29 degrees in Mount Holly, NJ. It was fun to check the readings from the Vantage Pro. It is a wireless system, so I can check wind speed (although direction is dependent upon the direction of travel), temperature, pressure, humidity, and a bunch of other things. Of course, the most fun was comparing the anemometer with the speedometer.
At the Mount Holly National Weather Service Office, I ran into a bunch of familiar faces. One of the great things about being from Mount Washington is that it is a great ice-breaker (pun, of course, unintended), especially in the weather world. At the AMS meeting in Albuquerque 2 years ago, I met Bob Wanton, from the Mount Holly office. That meeting has led to programs at the office and with affiliated organizations the past 2 years. It has also led to a cooperative relationship between the Obs and the Mount Holly office - they have been to the summit in both summer and winter.
After a nice little visit with the weather service guys, Bob and I went off to supper at the Outback (I am still stuffed), and then back to his house, where I met his wife, Jerah. Then, as Samuel Peyps wrote--and so, to bed.
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