My First Week 2014-05-25 15:11:01.000 - Caleb Meute,  Summit Intern View On Hike to Mount Clay The week is beginning to wind down as we are coming to the end of our shift and to be completely honest with you all, I am not entirely thrilled because I have not yet experienced the Mount Washington extremes! Thankfully, I have an entire summer ahead of me to spend here. It is just incredible on this summit and something quite extraordinary for me as I am so passionate about severe weather. I haven't experienced the strong winds that Mount Washington is known

My First Comment 2014-05-24 17:56:56.000 - Arielle Ahrens,  Summit Intern NULL Half-way through my first week up here at Mount Washington Observatory and I am having a total blast! As one of the new interns, I have been learning a lot about Observatory operations. I have shadowed several hourly observations as well as several mock and real Observatory tours (which we provide to members of the Observatory). I am trying to learn as much as I can!Getting to know everyone on my shift has been great as well. The lifestyle up here is very unique and so far, it has

New Faces In New Spaces! 2014-05-23 17:26:29.000 - Kaitlyn O`Brien,  Weather Observer/Education Specialist New summer interns Caleb and Arielle We have some new faces on our Summit crew! In addition to hiring two museum attendants, Andrew and AJ, we've also collected our interns for the summer, Arielle and Caleb. Everyone has been working very hard these past few weeks and the momentum has only continued!We continue to focus on getting things ready for the opening of our new Extreme Mount Washington Museum, which I must say is looking absolutely phenomenal. Additionally, we've spent time making preparations for our summer tour

Hackademy and Exciting Upcoming Events 2014-05-22 22:00:54.000 - Mike Dorfman,  Weather Observer Our Hackademy app team. The Mount Washington Observatory had been selected for an annual marathon-app-coding event called 'Hackademy.' In this event, computer science majors split into several groups of 3-4 students, attending a few crash-courses in app programming, then diving into making the app. The event was sponsored and hosted by Dyn, an internet traffic management and message management powerhouse located in Manchester, NH. The students had approximately 48 hours between when they arrived at Dyn and when they made their final presentation to develop the app.It was

Volunteer Comment 2014-05-22 00:02:51.000 - Brenda Lind,  Summit Volunteer Mid-May snow. May 20: Wind and snow pellets pummeled the building yesterday and last night. Even so, who would have thought that May 20 would dawn with inches of snow and rime ice? Even though I know this is the 'Home of the World's Worst Weather,' I was still surprised to find a seriously wintery world back again. See those drifts on my photo of the summit path this morning?One thing I learned during this week as a Mount Washington Observatory volunteer was: If you don't fancy the weather on the

Thoughts from the Museum 2014-05-20 17:55:39.000 - Jan Berriochoa,  Summit Museum Attendant NULL It is an exciting time as I start my first summer shift week working in our Museum and Gift Shop. After volunteering several times on the summit, I am honored to be a part of the MWO team, and what an awesome time to come aboard Extreme Mount Washington. The Museum and Shop are beautifully redone! As I watched the truck come up the Auto Road containing the museum displays I felt like it was Christmas. Putting items on the shelves in the gift shop, well I

Winter's Back! 2014-05-19 20:20:40.000 - Tom Padham,  Weather Observer/Meteorologist Sunrise yesterday, note the lack of snow! After a balmy beginning to our week with temperatures climbing into the 50s, winter has made a return to the higher summits today, with temperatures falling into the 20s and snow falling for nearly the entire day. Only yesterday standing out on the observation deck in just a light jacket, marveling at the lack of snow across the summit during sunrise. After melting all of the snow cover across the summit by the beginning of the week to just a few scattered patches, it

Exciting Experiences 2014-05-18 15:05:17.000 - Brett Rossio,  Summit Intern Reaching for the Clouds Living for weather has a whole new meaning at the summit of Mount Washington. I grew up in the Great Lakes State experiencing some of the most erratic weather known in the Lower 48. As a new intern at Mount Washington Observatory, my experiences did not come even close. My love for the mountains and the weather that comes along with it go deep. Growing up in farm-country with flat land and lakes never really cut it for me. I feel at home here in New Hampshire

Fog to Rain to Cold to...Sun? 2014-05-17 15:39:00.000 - Mike Carmon,  Weather Observer/Education Specialist Breaks in the Fog Like Kyle mentioned in his comment yesterday, 'fog' has been the word for our last two shifts up here. However, in addition to that, I have another one: 'rain.'This week has been quite the deluge so far, as we've received 2.62 inches of rain since Wednesday. Much of that has fallen in the last 24 hours or so, as a cold front has swept through the area. Rain fell heavily for most of the night last night and into a good chunk

Foggy Week Take 2 2014-05-16 18:17:09.000 - Michael Kyle,  Weather Observer Quick Break From The Fog So far for the month of May, the weather during our shift weeks on the summit has been very foggy. Last shift we did not have a single day without any fog being observed. In total, during our last shift week, we spent 82 percent of our week in the fog, only really clearing from the fog on the last day of the week when we headed back down the mountain. So far this shift, the foggy trend that started last shift has continued.