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,

Winter Weather Today, Spring Weather Ahead 2014-04-27 19:24:29.000 - Ryan Knapp,  Weather Observer/Meteorologist Winds have remained relatively low over the past 24 hours allowing all the newly fallen snow to accumulate on the summit rather than rushing off to the ravines below. The flakes that have been falling have generally been of the large variety, looking like something straight out of the movies. It makes for a beautiful scene that makes me long for Christmas. However, the visions of sugarplums dancing in my head are quickly shaken off once I remember that I have already seen months upon months of

Square Dancing Saturday 2014-04-26 18:43:45.000 - Kaitlyn O`Brien,  Weather Observer/Education Specialist NULL Today we enjoyed a very special treat from the folks attending the New England Square and Round Dance Convention, some of which included locals from the Mount Washington Valley Stompers! Arriving at the summit via the Cog Railway, these talented square dancers congregated in the rotunda of the New Hampshire State Park Sherman Adams building to show off their moves. It was a great show - take a look!If you're interested in taking the Cog Railway up to the summit, you can check their schedule HERE. The operating

Hustle and Bustle 2014-04-25 17:27:17.000 - Kaitlyn O`Brien,  Weather Observer/Education Specialist NULL The Sherman Adams building atop the summit is bustling with activity!With the opening of the new Extreme Mount Washington Museum just around the corner, we continue to prepare for a busy summer. The Mount Washington Auto Road crew continues to work on clearing the road to the summit (you can check their website for information on their progress and scheduled opening date). New Hampshire State Park has released their operating schedule online, so be sure to head here to learn when their facilities will be open. Lastly, the