Volunteer Comments 2014-05-07 13:06:16.000 - Stephen Crossman,  Summit Volunteer NULL My volunteer week at the Mount Washington Observatory is coming to a close. This was my second time here as a volunteer; my first during a winter week. Yes, it's still considered winter here on the summit. The other volunteer and I spent the week cooking for the Observatory staff, keeping the living quarters clean, and helping with a few small odd jobs (based on what we saw during one of them, the new Summit Museum is going to be amazing). During our free time, we took daily walks around

Extreme Mount Washington awaits exhibits and ribbon cutting 2014-05-06 10:31:33.000 - Will Broussard,  Outreach Coordinator NULL The summit museum space that will soon host Extreme Mount Washington is ready for install. Having been outfitted with the necessary lighting, electricity, and carpeting, the exhibit floor, retail shop, and storage space awaits the arrival of exhibits from Massachusetts later this month. As always, the weather will dictate how quickly the exhibit materials make their way to the summit. With a heavy snow year and winter remaining in full control as of this post, we remain flexible with our schedule.In Norwood, Massachusetts, Mystic

Winter is Back! 2014-05-05 18:35:26.000 - Samuel Hewitt,  Summit Intern NULL Even though the calendar reads May, it has felt more like February on the summit over the last 3 days. A slow moving upper-level disturbance has resulted in wave after wave of precipitation across New England. On the summit, afternoon high temperatures around 30 degrees Fahrenheit have allowed the precipitation to fall as a mix of snow, snow pellets and ice pellets. Yesterday, we recorded 8.1" of new snow, the most snow the summit has seen in a single day since March 20th. Although it is only May 5th,

Internship Experience 2014-05-03 17:18:33.000 - Samuel Hewitt,  Summit Intern NULL After 17 weeks on the summit, it is hard to believe that my internship will be coming to a close at the end of this shift. The past 8 months have been the quickest of my life and I am so fortunate I was able to spend them as an intern for this incredible organization. Besides the extreme weather, the best part about the experience was the wide variety of tasks I was assigned to tackle/lend a hand with. Daily assignments varied, but the main constant was working on my

Internship Experiance 2014-05-03 16:35:53.000 - Samuel Hewitt,  Summit Intern NULL After 17 weeks on the summit, it is hard to believe that my internship will be coming to a close at the end of this shift. The past 8 months have been the quickest of my life and I am so fortunate I was able to spend them as an intern for this incredible organization. Besides the extreme weather, the best part about the experience was the wide variety of tasks I was assigned to tackle/lend a hand with. Daily assignments varied, but the main constant was working on my

Thunder And Lightning 2014-05-02 18:47:42.000 - Michael Kyle,  Weather Observer NULL At around 2:05PM this afternoon, with a quick flash and loud bang the summit of Mount Washington experienced its first thunderstorm of 2014. The thunderstorm was short lived, only lasting 24 minutes, but still caused the power to flash and accounted for multiple claps of thunder. So far this year there have been several days, with thunderstorm activity observed across New England. However as those storms approached the White Mountains they weakened or changed course. This made today's thunderstorm even more surprising, because the forecast only called for a

Changing of Seasons 2014-05-01 18:53:45.000 - Mike Carmon,  Weather Observer/Education Specialist NULL It's funny how an end of an era on the summit generally coincides with the changing of the seasons. Sometimes I suspect the mountain is conscious of all the changes that are constantly occurring within the walls of the Observatory.Once again, this week, it's time to bid farewell to another co-worker. We seem to be experts at this point, as we've been experiencing lots of staff turnover over the last year. At the end of this shift, we'll be saying goodbye to our summit intern, Sam Hewitt, who

Reviewing April's Weather 2014-04-30 19:29:16.000 - Tom Padham,  Weather Observer/Meteorologist NULL With the month of April now behind us, I decided to look back and see how this month compares to our average April. As of the time of this writing, the summit received 6.96 inches of liquid, and 25.7 inches of snow. A bit more rain is on the way through midnight as a large storm system over the center of the country continues to pull Gulf of Mexico moisture all the way up into New England. Our average liquid equivalent precipitation is 7.44 inches, and average snowfall is

A Message From Our Executive Director 2014-04-29 07:06:17.000 - Scot Henley,  Executive Director NULL This is it: Our fiscal year ends at midnight tomorrow, and we are still $18,642 from our goal. Please, make a tax-deductible donation of any amount right now - this is your last chance to help! There is so much riding on this year's budget: The new website , which will deliver our weather, webcams, photos and news in a much more modern, user-friendly interface. Critical IT upgrades , which will allow us to complete the new website and provide a more reliable flow of data

What's in a cloud? 2014-04-28 17:48:41.000 - Mike Dorfman,  Weather Observer NULL With an extensive collection of forecasting tools available online, forecasts today are vastly more accurate than they were even ten years ago. With the development of accurate models and weather stations scattered across the world, actually going outside to see what is happening seems to have become much less necessary in forecasting. It is still amazing how much you can learn by just looking outside. Just by looking out your window and up at the sky, you can determine what time of year it is. In the summertime,