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Mount Washington sees first snow shower of the season
Updated: 4:53 PM EDT Sep 29, 2021
Crews at the Mount Washington Observatory reported the season’s first snow shower passed over the station Wednesday. “During a shift change today, a brief snow shower passed over the summit, which was the first of the season,” a social media post from the observatory read.There are some chances for accumulating snow atop New England’s highest peak in the coming days as temperatures are expected to drop into the mid-20s.Weather observers will report any snowfall through the observatory’s online weather reporting system. It marks the start of an inevitable arrival of colder temperatures across the region. The highest peak in neighboring Vermont, Mount Mansfield, was forecast to reach a high temperature of 36 degrees without wind chill Wednesday. In northern New York, high peaks in the Adirondack range stretching above 4,000 feet are likely to see a dusting of snow overnight, according to current forecasts.
Crews at the Mount Washington Observatory reported the season’s first snow shower passed over the station Wednesday.
“During a shift change today, a brief snow shower passed over the summit, which was the first of the season,” a social media post from the observatory read.
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There are some chances for accumulating snow atop New England’s highest peak in the coming days as temperatures are expected to drop into the mid-20s.
Weather observers will report any snowfall through the observatory’s online weather reporting system.
It marks the start of an inevitable arrival of colder temperatures across the region. The highest peak in neighboring Vermont, Mount Mansfield, was forecast to reach a high temperature of 36 degrees without wind chill Wednesday.
In northern New York, high peaks in the Adirondack range stretching above 4,000 feet are likely to see a dusting of snow overnight, according to current forecasts.
