Heading for 60! 2013-05-31 15:46:16.000 - Mike Carmon,  Weather Observer/Meteorologist Swelling Clouds Summer is in full gear today!Currently, the temperature outside is a balmy 59 degrees F. After the fog cleared this morning, the clouds began to billow, and eventually blossomed into scattered showers and thunderstorms across the White Mountains.Today and tomorrow have been declared 'Air Quality Action Days' by the New Hampshire Department of Environmental Services (NHDES), due to expected unhealthy levels of ground-level ozone over elevations of 3000 feet. While the mercury is reaching up to 60 degrees F up on the summit, temperatures in the valley today

Summit Return 2013-05-30 17:17:50.000 - Samantha Brady,  Summit Museum Supervisor NULL It's my second summer and second shift week up here working in our Museum and Gift Shop. This is my second season up here and my last one that will be spent before our complete renovation. In the fall we will be tearing out walls and by the following May we will be home to the new Extreme Mount Washington Museum. However, with all the changes that will be happening this winter the personalities of the organization will still stay the same! We are all excited to finally have

Retreat Time 2013-05-29 22:15:03.000 - Cyrena Briede,  Director of Summit Operations Our Executive Che-I mean Director in action! This week on the summit isn't a typical one for us. I'm not talking about the weather, which we all know is constantly changing up here, but about the staff retreat going on right now. For a second day we had both shifts present at the summit, and today we were joined by all of the staff at the Weather Discovery Center. After winter is over, it's common for us to have one of our monthly staff meetings on the summit, the

Twelve Hour Difference 2013-05-28 21:48:24.000 - Rebecca Scholand,  Weather Observer/Education Specialist Twelve Hour Difference from 6am to 6pm It is amazing how much things can change on the summit. Sunday night we recorded a peak gust of 123 mph and today winds are down to 15 mph. Another notable change to the summit today was the melting snow. In just 12 hours the summit went from winter wonderland to spring like conditions. Observer Ryan Knapp was able to capture the change from 6am to 6pm today. A twelve hour difference was all the summit needed to return to its prior

From One High Peak To Another 2013-05-27 15:33:22.000 - Ryan Knapp,  Weather Observer/Meteorologist The Summit Sign for Mt Mitchell, NC. "...Mount Washington, NH is the highest peak in the Northeast. To define that a bit more, it's the highest peak east of the Mississippi River and north of the Carolinas/Tenness..." Over the years I have said this phrase to countless guests while providing tours of our summit facilities. Occasionally some will follow up with, "So you're the second highest?" Nope, not even second highest. When looking over the various lists of the highest peaks on the east coast, we usually

My First Comment 2013-05-26 15:25:05.000 - Kaitlyn O`Brien,  Summit Intern Tip Top House with Our New Snow It has certainly been quite a busy week up here on the summit. We started out with pretty mild temperatures in the middle of the week, but it's obvious now that winter hasn't gone away for good just yet!I'm a new summer intern up here on Mount Washington and although it's only my fifth day on the summit, I've already learned so much about how the Observatory operates on a daily basis. There is always something going on! Whether it's a tour, a

Extreme Mount Washington Project 2013-05-25 17:04:28.000 - Scot Henley,  Executive Director NULL It is a big time for the Observatory and for everyone that loves Mount Washington. At a press event Thursday morning, we unveiled our plans for 'Extreme Mount Washington,' a brand new, interactive winter experience at the summit of Mount Washington, coming in spring of 2014. Welcoming more than 100,000 visitors each year, New Hampshire's most visited museum is located, amazingly, atop New England's tallest peak. Originally created in 1973, Mount Washington Observatory's summit museum has offered its visitors a look at the mountain's natural and human history,

First Days 2013-05-24 22:07:37.000 - Alex Carne,  Summit Intern NULL A year and a half ago, I was given a membership to the Mount Washing Observatory as a Christmas gift from my family. I began to research Mount Washington and developed a great interest in its extreme weather but, I never had a chance to venture to the mountain as I lived almost a thousand miles away at the time. A year after receiving my Observatory membership, I was told by one of my college professors that the Mount Washington Observatory offers internship positions. Upon hearing this I immediately applied

Extreme Mount Washington 2013-05-24 04:25:06.000 - Rebecca Scholand,  Weather Observer/Education Specialist NULL A brand new, interactive winter experience will soon greet summer visitors to Mount Washington, as Mount Washington Observatory prepares to perform a complete redesign and renovation of its museum at the summit. Plans for the museum, entitled 'Extreme Mount Washington', were unveiled to members of the media at a special reception this morning in North Conway.Welcoming more than 100,000 visitors each year, New Hampshire's most visited museum is located, amazingly, atop New England's tallest peak. Originally created in 1973, Mount Washington Observatory's summit museum has offered its visitors

First Thoughts on Summit Internship 2013-05-21 19:54:16.000 - Luke Davis,  Summit Intern NULL It's just my third day on the summit as an observatory intern, and it's already everything I imagined it would be. There is plenty of work, and a lot to learn, but I'm excited about the days ahead. With so many diverse responsibilities, these three days have been hectic. All the technical information that I've been shown, between 'METAR' meteorological coding, forecast analysis, and observation procedures, is spinning in my head. It's cool to see the things taught in the classroom in real-world situations, and to get