![]() Imagine being able to stand ON THE GROUND, but have the view you’re used to seeing FROM AN AIRPLANE. You may wonder why we have continued waking up at 2am to risk not seeing any view at all, and to that I will say, when you hit it right, there’s nothing like it. ![]() Disappointing, yes, to some extent, but being inside a cloud is cool too! Each trip was and continues to be a learning experience though, as we can consult weather data after to look for hints as to why the clouds set up a particular way. We’ve spent countless hours hiking in the dark to catch the sunrise above the clouds, only to see nothing but gray because the summit was IN the cloud. I’d say in general, he’s pretty spot on about identifying days where an undercast is possible, but it’s tough to predict exactly what altitude the cloud deck will form at, or how thick it will be. ![]() On weekdays when we can’t hike, we check out mountain webcams to confirm whether his forecasts verify, and if there’s no undercast, he seeks to understand why. He’s even written custom algorithms to identify where undercast conditions are likely. In fact, he has spent YEARS studying the various combinations of conditions that create these gorgeous, low cloud decks keeping track of incoming and outgoing weather systems, wind profiles, temperature inversions, etc. If you live in the northeast like us, you’re surely familiar with what overcast days look like, but have you considered that if you climb high enough, it becomes an UNDERCAST?Īs an atmospheric scientist married to a woman who is obsessed with undercasts and hike planning, Ted spends a great deal of time looking at weather models, satellite images, and maps so that we can hit the right summits at the right times.
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