Published on: October 30, 2006 at 1:01 PM

This is the weather observation at 1:30, EST, this afternoon atop Mount Washington, New Hampshire:

Visibility near zero

Wind NW averaging 86 mph with peak gust 112 mph

Temperature 18

9 inches of snow and ice on the summit with deeper drifts.

The average wind speed for all 24 hours Sunday was 89 mph with a high of 20 degrees. Over the weekend, a peak gust of 158 mph was recorded–the highest wind recorded in more than 10 years!