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Ryan Knapp, Weather Observer & Meteorologist
To the Plains: My First Storm Chase
To the Plains: My First Storm Chase By Francis Tarasiewicz The storm that produced a very wide area of violent rotation and the one that we had to quickly outrun. Like most other meteorologists, I went through a childhood weather geek phase prior to
The First Severe Heat of the Year Sweeps Across the Midwest and Northeast
The First Severe Heat of the Year Sweeps Across the Midwest and Northeast By Alexis George New Englanders dragged fans and air conditioners out of their closets earlier this week as the first heat wave of the year gripped the Northeast. The hot and humid weather
Starting Out Life at 6288 Feet
Starting Out Life at 6,288 Feet By George Mousmoules Hey everyone, I’m George Mousmoules and am very excited to be one of this year’s summer interns here at the Observatory! Though I was born in southern California, I have lived in southern New Hampshire for most
Remembering the Big Wind
Remembering the Big Wind Eighty-nine years ago today, Mount Washington Observatory, in its second year of existence, recorded a world-record wind speed of 231 miles per hour – a record that would stand for
A Look Back at the First Nor’easter of the Season
A Look Back at the First Nor’easter of the Season Nor’easters are named after the direction in which the strongest winds blow typically from the northeast. Nor’easters commonly form along the east coast of
Re-Tracing February’s Arctic Air Mass and Record Cold
Re-Tracing February’s Arctic Air Mass and Record Cold It took 89 years, but as the headlines have reported, on Feb. 4 Mount Washington Observatory managed to tie its all-time record low air temperature of
