Panel 20 -- Weather
TABLE OF CONTENTS of this chain:
20/ Weather
21/ Climbing glossary
22/ Song
23/
24/
25/
26/ Climbing Humor
27/ Legal issues
28/ Alternative ways to read rec.climbing
1/ DISCLAIMER
2/ Previous topics
3/ Beginner's (climbing) post
4/
5/ Access
6/
7/ References
8/
9/
10/
11/
12/ Ratings and grades
13/
14/ In memoriam
15/
16/
17/
18/ Climbing GIFs
19/
Disclaimer: This information is provided with no assurance nor implicited
guarantee. The information provided by these numbers is not assured to be
current. The use of this information implies the reader understands this
fact. Use at your own risk.
During the 1980s, a suit was brought against NOAA for a bad weather
forecast
in New England for the deaths of two fishermen.
Ref: comp.risks.
# %W% %H% %T%
Weather Condition Telephone Numbers
These are telephone numbers for weather condition re****ts near
various North American climbing areas:
State/Province Area Phone number
-------------- ---- ------------
California Pinnacles** 408 389 4485
California Redding 916 246 1556
California Tahoe 916 541 1151
California Yosemite Natl Park 209 372 0200
California **** 415 557 3755
Colorado Denver 303 398 3964
Colorado Denver* 303 236 9435
Colorado Ft.Collins* 303 482 0457
Colorado Frisco* 303 668 5485
Colorado Minturn* 303 827 5687
Colorado Aspen* 303 920 1664
New Hamp****re Pinkham Notch***** 603 466 2727
New York New Paltz 914 485 1390
New York Lake Placid*** 518 523 3518
Notes:
* Avalanche information
** Not a recorded number, but a ranger station
*** Recorded weather and trail information
**** Recorded California highway conditions. Enter highway
number via telephone keypad.
***** Ask for "weather line"
Weather Conditions Via The Internet
Current weather condition information for the United States can also
be retrieved from the Internet. sci.geo.meteorology FAQ:
<URL:http://www.ucar.edu/dss/faq/weather-data.html>
If you are unfamiliar with the telnet and
ftp commands used to retrieve these data, please ask your site
administrator for help.
---
Current weather data section now removed see instead:
<URL:http://www.ucar.edu/dss/faq/weather-data.html>
Acknowledgements
Weather condition phone numbers were provided by Michael Brodesky
(brodesky@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
), David O. Blanchard (blanch@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
),
Clint ***mins (clint@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
), David K. Mellinger
(dkm1@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
), Marc Breitfeld (marc@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
),
and Polly Powledge (p.s.powledge@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
).
sci.geo.meteorology FAQ see:
<URL:http://www.ucar.edu/dss/faq/weather-data.html>
Corrections and additions should be sent to p.s.powledge@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Fri Sep 24 1993
Great stories about Fred Beckey exist about the weather.
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