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100

This can is used to measure precipitation

Precipitation can

100

This word describes water coming from the sky

Precipitation

100

The record wind speed on Mount Washington

231mph

100

The number of years Storm Scouts has been running (including this one)

3

200

The tool used to measure visibility

Eyes

200

These clouds can rise through many cloud layers and produce thunder

Cumulonimbus

200

The year the Observatory was founded

1932

200

If you could do a quadruple backflip on the moon, land on a skateboard, ride it down a space elevator into Antarctica, land so hard that you drill a you-shaped hole to the center of the Earth, collect the heavy metals at the core, and bounce back up to the moon like the Earth was a trampoline, then this is what 2 x 5 would equal

10

300

The type of anemometer that now serves as a Christmas tree topper on Mount Washington

3-cup

300

The temperature the air needs to be to release its moisture (a word, not a number!)

Dewpoint

300

The Observatory repurposed this tool to measure fast wind speeds at the summit instead of being used on aircraft

Pitotstatic tube

300

Use your notebook; closest answer wins. This is the number of seconds that Golden by HUNTR/X runs.

194

400

These tools are used to measure temperature and relative humidity

Sling psychrometer

400

This atmospheric layer lies right above the stratosphere

Mesosphere

400

The average amount of snow that falls on Mount Washington over the course of the year, in feet

23.5

400

These brothers directed Avengers: Endgame, the second-highest grossing movie of all time

Russo

500

This is the name of the tool that recorded the peak wind speed on Mount Washington

Heated Anemometer no. 2

500

This term describes how fluids flow at faster speeds when there is less space to flow through

Venturi Effect
500

This sedimentary rock from the ocean floor was put under intense heat and pressure to form the rocks found on Mount Washington today

Shale

500

Finish the lyric: "Deep down in Louisiana, close to New Orleans // Way back up in the woods among the evergreens // ______________ // Where lived a country boy named Johnny B. Goode"

"There stood a log cabin made of earth and wood"

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