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NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME
308 AM EST FRI JAN 16 2004
HIGHER SUMMITS FORECAST FOR NORTHERN NEW HAMPSHIRE AND WESTERN
MAINE...
...LIFE THREATENING CONDITIONS TODAY WITH WIND GUSTS OVER 100 MPH AND
WIND CHILL VALUES COLDER THAN 100 BELOW ZERO AT TIMES...
TODAY...EXTREME WIND AND COLD. SUMMITS FREQUENTLY OBSCURED BY
CLOUDS...SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS AND BLOWING SNOW. HIGHS AROUND 10
BELOW ZERO. NORTHWEST WINDS 70 TO 100 MPH WITH GUSTS OVER 100 MPH.
WIND CHILL VALUES 80 TO 110 BELOW ZERO THROUGH MIDDAY THEN 50 TO 80
BELOW ZERO MID AND LATE AFTERNOON.
Pulled the plug at noon.
Bossman didn't let us go up any of the upper mountain lifts (we only rode 2, 7, and 11)
Chairs were hitting towers on all the outback lifts EVEN lift 6.
It was ugly
Real ugly.
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