Morning Weather Report from the Aerie

The temperatures have been climbing all night and have soared to 35 degrees as of 7:00 AM. Despite considerable winds the snow that fell on Saturday-Sunday has been rotting and producing a thick fog. Visibility is pretty low at the 2100 foot elevation but if it weren't for the wind, it would be pea-soup fog for sure. (Reminds me of the time my sister-in-law and I had to walk from Lake of the Clouds to the train depot atop Mount Washington. We tag teamed the rock cairns that marked the trail. One would venture out to spot the next cairn while on would stay within sight of the previous one. In that manner we leapfrogged our way to the peak to catch the first--and last--train on the cog railway heading down that day.)