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Ryan Knapp, Weather Observer & Meteorologist
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 the U.S. and then progress northeastward, usually reaching maximum intensity near New
April Newsletter: Learn about Aurora and Retrace Record Cold
Mount Jefferson, shortly after sunrise on March 5. Dear Member, After having run and hiked up Mount Washington numerous times, my first trip in the snowcat as a new Observatory staff member was an amazing experience. It was a gorgeous bluebird day with almost no wind,
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 -47 °F, originally set in January 1934. Observer Karl Philipoff documented the
2020 By The Numbers
2020 By The Numbers 2021-01-11 16:44:21.000 - Ryan Knapp, Observer/Staff Meteorologist As we flipped the calendar to read 2021, it was time to look back and summarize the year that was (2020 in this
Joining the “Watchers on the Wall”
Joining the "Watchers on the Wall" 2021-01-10 15:31:48.000 - Jackie Bellefontaine, Intern Hi everyone, my name is Jackie Bellefontaine and I am the new Mount Washington Observatory winter intern! I grew up outside of
Terms Used In Forecasting: Advection
Terms Used In Forecasting: Advection 2021-01-04 12:17:34.000 - Jay Broccolo, Weather Observer and Meteorologist Hi MWObsians! It has been a while since I have written anything in this space so here is something I
