Word: weathers
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Mount Washington's horrific weather is pretty much an accident of geography. It just so happens that if you plot the tracks of storms as they move across the U.S. from west to east, they all converge, thanks to prevailing winds, on northern New England. The White Mountains, meanwhile, focus things further, turning already bad weather to flat-out hellish. The range stretches from southwest to northeast, pretty much at a right angle to winds sweeping down from Canada. As they run into the solid wall of peaks, the winds stream up and over the top, accelerating all the while...
...just about everyone wanted to get outside, as often and for as long as possible. The biggest thrill by far: on Saturday night, the whole group trooped up a metal spiral staircase, then up two ladders and out onto the balcony of the observatory tower, where many of the weather instruments are located. The temperature at that point was --16°, and the winds were at about 60 m.p.h., gusting to nearly...
Pavic never intended to end up at Harvard. “I was supposed to go to Italy with my girlfriend,” Pavic says. But despite Harvard’s cold weather and notable lack of Playboy Mansion-esque partying, Pavic has no complaints. “I’m having a great time so far,” Pavic says...
...city woke up into a crisp, cheerful winter morning, fresh white powder finally coating streets after weeks of freakishly warm weather. And as frigid sunlight gives way to snowflakes swirling in punishing wind, I am watching an outdoor soccer match. In the field, the forward - No. 10 - slides on the fake turf, losing a bright orange football to an opponent. Frustrated cries burst from a gang of dedicated sexa-to-octogenerian fans. "Strike it! Oh my God! What's he doing?!" the men holler, bundled in heavy coats. Some of them have been following this once-famed Prague club, Slavia...
...teammates rewarded him with loud "well done" cheers, as if he had come off with an unexpected triumph. "He plays well. But in summer," sniped 59-year-old Antonin Votruba, shaking his woolen pompom-topped red-white club hat. His buddies nodded knowingly. No. 10 himself misses the warm weather...