Up Close With Frost 2014-02-04 18:18:46.000 - Ryan Knapp,  Weather Observer/Meteorologist The outside of our tower during summer. Our observation tower serves a few functions. The first is its connection between the two levels of NH State Park's Sherman Adams building where we lease space for our living and working quarters. It also connects us to the observation deck door so we can do our hourly weather observations 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. Going even higher in this tower, we house our deck webcam and an available "cold" room for experiments. Going even higher, we start to

Backcountry Awareness Talk 2014-02-03 18:01:17.000 - Rebecca Scholand,  Weather Observer/Education Specialist NULL One of my passions on the Summit is educating people. This Saturday, February 8th I get to take my experience as a Weather Observer from 6,288' to the valley. From 6pm to 8pm at the Weather Discovery Center in North Conway, myself and Snow Ranger Frank Carus will be giving a free presentation on Backcountry Awareness. Topics will cover utilizing both Organization's forecast information as well as tips and tricks to safe travel and decision making in the backcountry. Please join the Mount Washington Observatory and the Mount

Presentations Both Near and Far 2014-02-02 16:37:08.000 - Mike Dorfman,  Weather Observer MWObs at the AMS Annual Meeting The American Meteorological Society hosts a meeting every year in which weather scientists from across the country present research in the form of posters and lectures. With five posters and one presentation, the Mount Washington Observatory is proud to have a presence at the convention this year. If you're interested or happen to be at this year's meeting, here is where you can find us:Presentation by Mike Carmon, The Complexity of Weather Forecasting in the Presidential Range of the White Mountains, New

What Do Groundhogs And Football Players Have In Common? 2014-02-01 16:32:18.000 - Rebecca Scholand,  Weather Observer & Education Specialist NULL What do groundhogs and football players have in common? February 2nd! Tomorrow is not only the Super Bowl, but Groundhog Day too. While two football teams are gearing up for the game of the season, the meteorological furry Observer will be exiting his home to tell us if we can expect six more week of winter. Later in the day, the football players will face off to determine who will be the team of the season. It only seems fitting

Our Mesonet 2014-01-31 17:59:05.000 - Pete Gagne,  Information Technology Manager NULL Our regional Mesonet consists of 19 stations in the White Mountain National Forest. Wikipedia defines a mesonet as 'a network of automated weather stations designed to observe mesoscale meteorological phenomena.' Further, the distinguishing features of a mesonet are station density and temporal resolution. What does all that mean? It means that the stations have a spatial spacing of 1.2-25 miles and report conditions every 1-15 minutes.We have mesonet stations at most of the major ski resorts, AMC backcountry huts, and other various strategic locations. The ARVP (Auto Road Vertical

Extreme Mount Washington Project Update 2014-01-30 22:42:02.000 - Will Broussard,  Outreach Coordinator NULL It has been a while since my last update on the Extreme Mount Washington project. At this point, the museum space lies dormant for the winter season. Parts of the base building phase are being delayed due to problems with lighting procurement. Several large and expensive lighting fixtures remain on backorder, and we continue to await their arrival before going forward. These light fixtures are recessed into the ceiling of the Brad Washburn exhibit, and will require delicate positioning within the sheetrock that forms the ceiling of

Summit Job Opening 2014-01-29 10:46:18.000 - Cyrena Briede,  Director of Summit Operations NULL Have you ever dreamt about working on the summit of Mount Washington? Do you love extreme weather and enjoy teaching people about the weather even more? If so, or you know someone that fits this description, boy do we have a deal for you! The Mount Washington Observatory is currently looking to hire an Education Specialist Weather Observer. This full-time year round salaried position is on the summit of Mount Washington with an 8-day shift. While on the summit, the Education Specialist Weather Observer will be providing

The Wind Howls as We Stir the Pot 2014-01-28 12:06:00.000 - Dianne Fallon & Hilary Clark,  Summit Volunteers NULL As I write at the kitchen table, a pulled pork lunch for 17 simmers in the crockpot and the wind shrieks above the stove vents. That wind has been howling for the past four days, hitting a peak gust of 121 mph on Sunday, when the temperature dropped to -25 and the wind chill was a crazy -76. And we summit volunteers are loving it! The possibility of extreme weather is one of the main reasons why I signed on for

Deja Vu 2014-01-26 19:31:31.000 - Tom Padham,  Weather Observer/Meteorologist NULL We have seen a wild swing in temperatures over the past few days, and one more arctic front approaching New England tonight will allow for one more huge swing in temperatures. Temperatures early this morning plummeted from near 0 to 23 below only 6 hours later, with winds ramping up to just over 100mph sustained. unfortunately I was asleep during the highest winds, and did not get to make a century club attempt. This second front will be almost identical to the one that crossed our area less than 24

Just Like Old Times 2014-01-25 21:41:38.000 - Michael Kyle,  Weather Observer NULL Some of you might have noticed that our website was not updating the current weather conditions. The black out of data on our current summit conditions webpage is due to ongoing maintenance of the IT infrastructure here on the summit. We are planning to have everything back up and running like normal later tonight if not during the day tomorrow. We will keep you posted if there any unexpected delays while the IT work is finished up.The IT work not only blacks out the data from streaming onto