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Everest Wx

The trick with the weather is not just reading the forecasts but understanding how they change - and they will change every day, making it significantly more challenging to pick a summit window than you might expect.

MeteoExploration

Current forecast by MeteoExploration - thanks!

 

Everest weather by MeteoExploration, note ensembles...

Nepal is UTC +5.45 ahead (round to +6) - in China we use NEPAL time

(so midnight 00 UTC on charts is 6am for our expedition)

Meteoexploration meteogram http://www.meteoexploration.com/forecasts/Everest/

mbar = hPA

500mb = ~5500-5850m; 450mb = 6600m; 400mb = 7500m; 300mb = ~9000m

5m/s = 10kts = 18.5km/h

15kts = 28km/h

10m/s = 20kts = 37km/h

 

MeteoTEST

http://expeditionweather.info/forecast

500hPa is ~5600m

 

NOAA arl

http://ready.arl.noaa.gov/READYcmet.php

Everest: +30N +87E — winds 350 - 400 - 450

 

Others

Stormsurf global jet streams http://www.stormsurfing.com/cgi/display_alt.cgi?a=nindi_250

250mb = 10,500m

Great Norwegian site with precip graphic yr.no

Cloud tops temperature, good for spotting cyclones

JTWC US navy for cyclones