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Wind               storm    | hurricane   | Height
m/s   1 5  10 15 | 20 25 30 | 35  40  45  | Base  C1    C2    C3    C4    Summ1 Summit2
Km/h  4 18 36 54 | 72 90 108| 126 144 162 | 6139  6748  7091  7499  8249  8854  9192  m
Kt    2 10 19 29 | 39 49 58 | 68  78  87  | 19009 21007 22132 23471 25932 27917 29025 ft

Daily weather forecasts provided by Explorersweb.com

Sent out daily to us by email, these forecasts are reproduced here.

June 1 T
May 31 M
May 31 M
May 28 F
May 28 F
May 24 M
May 24 M
May 21 F
May 21 F
May 20 T
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May 18 T
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May 17 M
May 14 F
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May 13 T
May 12 W
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May 11 T
May 10 M
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May 9 S
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May 6 T
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May 5 W
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May 4 T
May 3 M
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April 27 T
April 26 M
April 25 S
April 23 F
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April 20 T
April 19 M
April 18 S
April 16 F
April 15 T
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April 12 M
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April 9 F
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April 1 T
March 31 W
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March 29 M
March 28 S
March 26 F
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Notes
March 19 F
March 18 T
March 17 W
May 17
This is an extra message from AdventureWeather and ExplorersWeb.

1. Empty oxygen bottles have been dumped down the wall, almost hitting
the Russian Central North Face Expedition. The Russians have been
working above 8000 meter (no oxygen) for a week now. We do not need to
tell you how dangerous and hard their work has been. Adding "extra"
danger is not necessary. Please spread the word among ALL climbers that
empty oxygen bottles should be brought down, or in an emergency just
left in the snow.

2. WEATHER is looking good. Have you ever seen a weather forecast on
Everest with the word CALM at summit level?:) But, what is the scoop on
precipitation? We talked to all mets today and also with Monsoon
forecasters in India:

A. The Monsoon is 5-6 days early this year and has already formed
Friday/Saturday and started to move.

B. There is a typical pre/early monsoon depression over northern Bay of
Bengal. It's growing stronger mid-week AND moving East. Eastern Himalaya
and Everest will not be hit by the high winds, but will see increased
precipitation.

C. The increased precipitation will occur mainly on lower altitudes! It
will be better weather higher up and on levels above 7500 meter mostly
dry weather is expected.

D. When will the Monsoon hit Everest? Normally, the monsoon hits Everest
around June 10, so even if it was 6 days early, late summits shouldn't
be a problem.

NOTE!
Keep good track of the weather reports. We might see changes in
precipitation from one day to the other.

Good Luck and Safe Climb!
Team ExWeb

P.S.
We have now supplied free weather for 8 seasons. This years the mets
both in US and Sweden have put in a tremendous amount of work, way above
their fees. It has always been good
THE NORTH FACE clothing for extreme conditions
 
 
ICARO 2000 Hang Gliding World Champion
 
 
ALPHA emergency parachute
 
 
The FIAT group
 
 
BAILEY AVIATION manufacturers of Paramotors and automotive sport acessories
 
 
PARAMINA; Suppliers of Oxygen equipment to the expedition
 
 
Industrial Pressure Testing Ltd; Suppliers of Oxygen cylinders to the expedition.
 
 
Mainair Sports; UK dealer for Warp Drive Propellors
 
 
Articole Studios - GRP mouldings
 
 
MAINAIR SPORTS  manufacturers of fine microlight Aircraft
 
 
AdventureWeather.com providing Meteorological information to the expedition
 
 
SKYDRIVE, the UK Distributor of ROTAX engines
 
 
Lyndhurst Touchdown Services.  Supplier of fuel system components to the expedition.
 
 
Neltec flexible heaters
 
 
O-ZEE flight suits.  Suppliers of Bar-mitts to the expedition.
 
 
PEGASUS AVIATION manufacturers of fine microlight Aircraft
 
 
Quatar airways
 
 
FLYCOM Intercom and Radio equipment
 
 
Gerbings heated clothing
 
 
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