Helvellyn - homework help

[Ridge]

My sons class at school are looking at mountains and for their homework have to research one particular mountain. He has, unsurprisingly, chosen Helvellyn but I am having problems finding average weather conditions. I know that there are people who go up every day to take readings as I have met them but I can not find where this information is available. If anyone knows of a website where we can find this information that would be really helpful.

Thanks

[Shell78]

Try the Met Office Weatherline and look at the mountain area forecasts. It has the fell top conditions report for Helvellyn and the summit statistics for the day

Hope that helps.

http://www.metoffice.gov.uk [nofollow]

[snowslider]

The national park have an education department, they're there to help. I was doing a project and approached them for info' and they answered my questions and gave the contact details for local rangers.

[mike knipe]

The information is, as snowslider says, published by the LD National Park weatherline on a daily basis.  It follows that the national park office must be recording the data, and the historical records ought to be available to the general public - I would have thought.. They've been publishing the daily forecasts for many years, although I think its only recently that they concentrated on Helvellyn - they used to climb other hills as well eg Scafell Pike.

[Ridge]

Thanks for your help, I emailed both the Met Office and the Lake District Education Dept. on Sunday and they both got back to me today.

Unfortunately the Met Office say that they do not have weather reports for the top of Helvellyn, and that their nearest weather station is Keswick.
I have emailed them this link
http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/loutdoor/mountainsafety/lakedistrict.html

The Education Department say that I can find past data on their site but as far as I can tell they only have current information so I have emailed back saying that I am stupid and can not find it, could they help.

Thanks also to Kidstypike. We were looking on Google for a picture of the Charles Gough monument with little success until I thought that there would definitely be a good one on your site that we could 'borrow'.

[ukmase]

If its not on Kidstys webpage it cant be in the lakes !!!! 

[Ridge]

Well I must say that the met office reply very quickly.

Mark,
 
    Sorry, but we don't have that data, only Keswick.
 
Barry
 


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United Kingdom

So they pay someone to go up and report every day but don't keep records of the reports?

I really thought that I would find the infomation in about 5 mins on Google but it is now becoming a mission.
I have found the details for one of the men who makes the reports and have emailed him.

[Ridge]

I have found the details for one of the men who makes the reports and have emailed him.

Just to complete this thread the answer, unsurprisingly, was to ask the people who wear walking boots not the ones who sit in offices.

They even apologised for taking 3 days to reply as they had not been going in to the office in Glenridding as the Kirkstone pass was closed for resurfacing.
Out of the tourist season is a good time to do roadworks but I'm not sure I would want to be laying tarmac on Kirkstome in January.

[dibble]

Just wondered.... if this is what you are looking for....?

I often look on the BBC Cumbria site and then click on the weather "fell"  forecast.

[Ridge]

That is the report that is linked to by lots of sites.
The problem I had was finding past details for the last year instead of what is happening now.

[kirbstones]

Well today (if it's any use) was [censored]*** cold    Got up as far as Red Tarn with Kirbstones junior, had lunch and returned whence we came. Wind SE 4 -5, gusting 6  would say, temp a few degrees below, light snow grains.

You might try http://mwis.org.uk/forecast.php?area=6

The people you really want to talk to are Craig Palmer or Jon Bennett http://www.thewestmorlandgazette.co.uk/search/3932297.Mountain_men_start_new_season_on_Helvellyn/

Now, who's going to volunteer for tomorrow?

[Ridge]

the answer, unsurprisingly, was to ask the people who wear walking boots not the ones who sit in offices.

Jon Bennett was that man in boots, very helpful.

We handed in the homework at school this morning. I suppose it is appropriate to have to walk through 1' of snow to get there.