Summit Views and Marty Calendars Now Available! 2013-11-22 16:36:01.000 - Ryan Knapp,  Weather Observer/Meteorologist Calendar store front example. Over the past few years, people would frequently ask if our images were available in a calendar. It is something I have looked into time and time again with limited success. It's not that there aren't plenty of available printers out there. The problem comes down to a numbers game. Of all the companies I looked at, the troubles came in one of two ways. The first was a requirement to buy a large amount of calendars to get an affordable price

Extreme Mount Washington nearing hibernation 2013-11-21 16:07:21.000 - Will Broussard,  Outreach Coordinator NULL We are growing closer to the moment when the former Mount Washington Summit Museum space will be put to bed for the winter ahead of the planned opening of Extreme Mount Washington in the spring of 2014. Most recently, the Appalachian Mountain Club's Construction Crew has been focusing on the finishing touches inside the museum space. Drywall and slat-wall installation and painting has begun and will continue. Electricians have begun installing circuits and conduits. Radiator cowling has been removed, painted, and reinstalled. The gift shop storage area

Night And Day 2013-11-20 23:40:21.000 - Ryan Knapp,  Weather Observer/Meteorologist Lake Winnipesaukee as seen from the summit today. Working nights, I see the world around the summit differently. Cities that surround the summit aren't identified by their buildings but by their lights. Ski resorts that are identified by white veins webbing the various peaks during the day are alternatively identified by the lights that line a handful of their runs at night. The sky goes from a large bowl of blue to a large black backlit canopy with holes punched in it with the various constellations walking across the sky

High Pressure 2013-11-19 22:37:53.000 - Tom Padham,  Weather Observer NULL Ever wonder why the "high pressure" meteorologists talk about is usually associated with nice weather? High atmospheric (or barometric) pressure causes sinking motions of air at the surface, meaning the air underneath a high pressure is both warming and drying out as it descends towards the surface. This tends to suppress cloud development, and often leads to clear or mostly clear skies underneath the high pressure like we have seen over the past few days. Winds underneath a high pressure system are generally light because there is typically little change

Severe Weather 2013-11-18 17:34:29.000 - Samuel Hewitt,  Summit Intern 11-17-13 Storm Reports courtesy NWS SPC Yesterday's severe weather outbreak across the Midwest/Ohio River Valley will go down as one of worst in recorded history for the month of November. Preliminary reports from the National Weather Service indicate that more than 70 tornadoes touched down across six states, the majority of which occurred in Illinois and Indiana. The most prominent tornado was a violent EF-4 (winds 166-200 mph) that passed through the town of Washington in Tazewell County, IL. Records show that this is the first EF-4 to strike Tazewell County

Sunday: Food and Tornadoes 2013-11-17 12:28:09.000 - Brian Fitzgerald,  Weather Observer/Education Specialist Tornado Probability: National Weather Service SPC As the calendar closes in on Thanksgiving Day, our shift is beginning the planning phases for our Turkey Day menu just like countless cooks across America. As you may be well aware, our facility here on the Rockpile operates 24 hours a day, 365 days a year, which means that ultimately one of our shifts will be at work for the holiday, meaning without friends and family we will be sure to put an absurd amount of focus into what we will

Extreme Mount Washington at 7 weeks 2013-11-14 16:48:31.000 - Will Broussard,  Outreach Coordinator NULL Winter is certainly taking hold at the summit of Mount Washington, New Hampshire, where we are now 7 weeks into the demolition of the space that will become Extreme Mount Washington in the spring of 2014, some 6 months away.Last week, 4 members of the Appalachian Mountain Club's Construction Crew spent 4 days at the summit. Their work focused on taping, mudding, and sanding drywall, continued painting of walls and ceilings, and the installation of flatwall within the new gift shop area.This week, the AMC crew

Not-So-Routine 2013-11-14 08:38:22.000 - Mike Carmon,  Weather Observer/Meteorologist MWO Truck The time of year for shift changes we would consider 'routine' has come to an end. Ascending and descending the mountain will become a lot more complicated during the winter; and yesterday's shift change served as an excellent example of foreshadowing. Our crew left the base of the Auto Road just before 9 AM, with chains fixed to the tires of both our truck and van. The truck led the way with the plow, hoping to cut through any snow drifts that may impede our progress to the summit. With

Vacation 2013-11-12 17:46:03.000 - Rebecca Scholand,  Weather Observer/Education Specialist NULL Once a year, a very special thing happens for each of the Observers on the summit. Vacation! Tomorrow when I get off the summit, my vacation will begin and I will not return to the summit until December 4th. With our schedule, normally we work eight days then get six days off, so with my 'week' off, I will end up with 20 days off for adventure. This year I am off to explore the weather of the US Virgin Islands. With an average daily temperature in the 80s (Fahrenheit),

Kitty Got a New Spot! 2013-11-11 21:01:23.000 - Pratik Patel,  Summit Intern Marty The weather on the summits for the next 36 hours will be very active and extreme. As the cold front passes through tonight into tomorrow, temperature will plummet to below zero as cold Arctic air settles over the region from the North. In addition, winds will reach cat. 1 hurricane speeds and heavy riming can occur as the summit will be in the fog. Seeing as how the weather outside is getting colder by the day. Marty decided to pick a new spot and get really cozy